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(5) the evidence-base information used to justify such delin-
quency prevention programs was used with fidelity by local 
entities in accordance with the approach used to find the evi-
dence; 
SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 as enacted by Public Law 93–415 (88 Stat. 1133) 
(relating to miscellaneous and conforming amendments) is repealed. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall— 
(1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and evaluation 
regarding the performance of the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention (referred to in this section as ‘‘the 
agency’’), its functions, its programs, and its grants; 
(2) conduct a comprehensive audit and evaluation of a 
selected, sample of grantees (as determined by the Comptroller 
General) that receive Federal funds under grant programs 
administered by the agency including a review of internal con-
trols (as defined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11103), as 
amended by this Act) to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of 
funds by grantees; and 
(3) submit a report in accordance with subsection (d). 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In conducting the anal-
ysis and evaluation under subsection (a)(1), and in order to docu-
ment the efficiency and public benefit of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.), 
the Comptroller General shall take into consideration— 
(1) the outcome and results of the programs carried out 
by the agency and those programs administered through grants 
by the agency; 
(2) the extent to which the agency has complied with the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 
103–62; 107 Stat. 285); 
(3) the extent to which the jurisdiction of, and the programs 
administered by, the agency duplicate or conflict with the juris-
diction and programs of other agencies; 
(4) the potential benefits of consolidating programs 
administered by the agency with similar or duplicative pro-
grams of other agencies, and the potential for consolidating 
those programs; 
(5) whether less restrictive or alternative methods exist 
to carry out the functions of the agency and whether current 
functions or operations are impeded or enhanced by existing 
statutes, rules, and procedures; 
(6) the number and types of beneficiaries or persons served 
by programs carried out by the agency;
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(7) the manner with which the agency seeks public input 
and input from State and local governments on the performance 
of the functions of the agency; 
(8) the extent to which the agency complies with section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Freedom of Information Act); 
(9) whether greater oversight is needed of programs devel-
oped with grants made by the agency; and 
(10) the extent to which changes are necessary in the 
authorizing statutes of the agency in order for the functions 
of the agency to be performed in a more efficient and effective 
manner. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting the audit and 
evaluation under subsection (a)(2), and in order to document the 
efficiency and public benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.), the Comptroller 
General shall take into consideration— 
(1) whether grantees timely file Financial Status Reports; 
(2) whether grantees have sufficient internal controls to 
ensure adequate oversight of grant fund received; 
(3) whether disbursements were accompanied with ade-
quate supporting documentation (including invoices and 
receipts); 
(4) whether expenditures were authorized; 
(5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were complying 
with program requirements; 
(6) whether salaries and fringe benefits of personnel were 
adequately supported by documentation; 
(7) whether contracts were bid in accordance with program 
guidelines; and 
(8) whether grant funds were spent in accordance with 
program goals and guidelines. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall— 
(A) submit a report regarding the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a) and audit under subsection (b), to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate; and 
(B) make the report described in subparagraph (A) 
available to the public. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted in accordance with 
paragraph (1) shall include all audit findings determined by 
the selected, statistically significant sample of grantees as 
required by subsection (a)(2) and shall include the name and 
location of any selected grantee as well as any findings required 
by subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
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‘‘TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS; 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND 
OVERSIGHT 
‘‘SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
Act, except for titles III and IV, $176,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023, of which not more than $96,053,401 
shall be used to carry out title V for each such fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 602. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
in order to ensure that at-risk youth, and youth who come into 
contact with the juvenile justice system or the criminal justice 
system, are treated fairly and that the outcome of that contact 
is beneficial to the Nation— 
‘‘(1) the Department of Justice, through its Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, must restore meaning-
ful enforcement of the core requirements in title II; and 
‘‘(2) States, which are entrusted with a fiscal stewardship 
role if they accept funds under title II must exercise vigilant 
oversight to ensure full compliance with the core requirements 
for juveniles provided for in title II. 
‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY PROGRAM REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 
Act of 2018, the Director of the Office of Audit, Assess-
ment, and Management of the Office of Justice Pro-
grams at the Department of Justice (referred to in 
this section as the ‘Director’) shall— 
‘‘(I) conduct a comprehensive analysis and 
evaluation of the internal controls of the Office 
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
(referred to in this section as the ‘agency’) to deter-
mine if States and Indian Tribes receiving grants 
are following the requirements of the agency grant 
programs and what remedial action the agency 
has taken to recover any grant funds that are 
expended in violation of grant programs, including 
instances where— 
‘‘(aa) supporting documentation was not 
provided for cost reports; 
‘‘(bb) unauthorized expenditures occurred; 
and 
‘‘(cc) subrecipients of grant funds were not 
in compliance with program requirements; 
‘‘(II) conduct a comprehensive audit and 
evaluation of a selected statistically significant 
sample of States and Indian Tribes (as determined 
by the Director) that have received Federal funds 
under title II, including a review of internal con-
trols to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of funds 
by grantees; and
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‘‘(III) submit a report in accordance with 
clause (iv). 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATIONS.—In con-
ducting the analysis and evaluation under clause (i)(I), 
and in order to document the efficiency and public 
benefit of titles II and V, the Director shall take into 
consideration the extent to which— 
‘‘(I) greater oversight is needed of programs 
developed with grants made by the agency; 
‘‘(II) changes are necessary in the authorizing 
statutes of the agency in order that the functions 
of the agency can be performed in a more efficient 
and effective manner; and 
‘‘(III) 
the 
agency 
has 
implemented 
rec-
ommendations issued by the Comptroller General 
or Office of Inspector General relating to the grant 
making and grant monitoring responsibilities of 
the agency. 
‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 
the audit and evaluation under clause (i)(II), and in 
order to document the efficiency and public benefit 
of titles II and V, the Director shall take into consider-
ation— 
‘‘(I) whether grantees timely file Financial 
Status Reports; 
‘‘(II) whether grantees have sufficient internal 
controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant 
funds received; 
‘‘(III) whether grantees’ assertions of compli-
ance with the core requirements were accompanied 
with adequate supporting documentation; 
‘‘(IV) whether expenditures were authorized; 
‘‘(V) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 
complying with program requirements; and 
‘‘(VI) whether grant funds were spent in 
accordance with the program goals and guidelines. 
‘‘(iv) REPORT.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(I) submit to the Congress a report outlining 
the results of the analysis, evaluation, and audit 
conducted under clause (i), including supporting 
materials, to the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the President pro tempore of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(II) shall make such report available to the 
public online, not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(B) ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 
Act of 2018, the Administrator shall initiate a com-
prehensive analysis and evaluation of the internal con-
trols of the agency to determine whether, and to what 
extent, States and Indian Tribes that receive grants 
under titles II and V are following the requirements 
of the grant programs authorized under titles II and 
V.
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‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act 
of 2018, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 
a report containing— 
‘‘(I) the findings of the analysis and evaluation 
conducted under clause (i); 
‘‘(II) a description of remedial actions, if any, 
that will be taken by the Administrator to enhance 
the internal controls of the agency and recoup 
funds that may have been expended in violation 
of law, regulations, or program requirements 
issued under titles II and V; and 
‘‘(III) a description of— 
‘‘(aa) the analysis conducted under clause 
(i); 
‘‘(bb) whether the funds awarded under 
titles II and V have been used in accordance 
with law, regulations, program guidance, and 
applicable plans; and 
‘‘(cc) the extent to which funds awarded 
to States and Indian Tribes under titles II 
and V enhanced the ability of grantees to fulfill 
the core requirements. 
‘‘(C) REPORT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Juvenile 
Justice Reform Act of 2018, the Attorney General shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a 
report on the estimated amount of formula grant funds 
disbursed by the agency since fiscal year 2010 that did 
not meet the requirements for awards of formula grants 
to States under title II. 
‘‘(2) 
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
PERFORMANCE 
AUDITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the effective and 
appropriate use of grants administered under this Act 
(excluding title IV) and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds by grantees, the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Justice shall annually conduct audits of grantees 
that receive funds under this Act. 
‘‘(B) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 
2018 and annually thereafter, the Inspector General shall 
conduct a risk assessment to determine the appropriate 
number of grantees to be audited under subparagraph (A) 
in the year involved. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY ON WEBSITE.—The Attorney 
General shall make the summary of each review conducted 
under this section available on the website of the Depart-
ment of Justice, subject to redaction as the Attorney Gen-
eral determines necessary to protect classified and other 
sensitive information. 
‘‘(D) MANDATORY
EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant 
funds under this Act (excluding title IV) that is found 
to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible 
to receive grant funds under this Act (excluding title IV) 
during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month
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period beginning on the date on which the audit report 
is issued. 
‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act 
(excluding title IV), the Administrator shall give priority 
to a State or Indian Tribe that did not have an unresolved 
audit finding during the 3 fiscal years prior to the date 
on which the State or Indian Tribe submits an application 
for a grant under this Act. 
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a State or an Indian Tribe 
is awarded a grant under this Act (excluding title IV) 
during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the recipient is 
barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), the 
Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 
the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
grantee into the general fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 
to the general fund under clause (i) from the grantee 
that was erroneously awarded grant funds. 
‘‘(G) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘unre-
solved audit finding’ means a finding in the final audit 
report of the Inspector General— 
‘‘(i) that the audited State or Indian Tribe has 
used grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 
otherwise unallowable cost; and 
‘‘(ii) that is not closed or resolved during the 12- 
month period beginning on the date on which the final 
audit report is issued. 
‘‘(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph and 
the grant programs described in this Act (excluding title 
IV), the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organiza-
tion that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator may not award 
a grant under any grant program described in this Act 
(excluding title IV) to a nonprofit organization that holds 
money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding 
paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each nonprofit organization that 
is awarded a grant under a grant program described 
in this Act (excluding title IV) and uses the procedures 
prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable 
presumption of reasonableness for the compensation 
of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, 
shall disclose to the Administrator, in the application 
for the grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including— 
‘‘(I) the independent persons involved in 
reviewing and approving such compensation; 
‘‘(II) the comparability data used; and 
‘‘(III) contemporaneous substantiation of the 
deliberation and decision.
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‘‘(ii) PUBLIC
INSPECTION
UPON
REQUEST.—Upon 
request, the Administrator shall make the information 
disclosed under clause (i) available for public inspec-
tion. 
‘‘(4) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Justice under this Act may 
be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual 
or organization awarded discretionary funds through a 
cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support 
any expenditure for conferences that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available to the Department of 
Justice, unless the Deputy Attorney General or such Assist-
ant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as 
the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior 
written authorization that the funds may be expended to 
host a conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written approval under 
subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
costs associated with the conference, including the cost 
of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria 
for speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 
submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives on all conference 
expenditures approved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under this Act may not be utilized by any recipient 
of a grant made using such amounts— 
‘‘(i) to lobby any representative of the Department 
of Justice regarding the award of grant funding; or 
‘‘(ii) to lobby any representative of a Federal, State, 
local, or tribal government regarding the award of 
grant funding. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General determines 
that any recipient of a grant made using amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under this Act has violated subpara-
graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) require the recipient to repay the grant in 
full; and 
‘‘(ii) prohibit the recipient to receive another grant 
under this Act for not less than 5 years. 
‘‘(C) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of this paragraph, 
submitting an application for a grant under this Act shall 
not be considered lobbying activity in violation of subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(6) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 1st fiscal 
year that begins after the effective date of this section, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
an annual certification that—
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‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice under paragraph (2) have been com-
pleted and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 
General or Director; 
‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required under para-
graph (2)(D) have been issued; 
‘‘(C) all reimbursements required under paragraph 
(2)(F)(i) have been made; and 
‘‘(D) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 
under paragraph (2) during the then preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General awards a 
grant to an applicant under this Act, the Attorney General 
shall compare potential grant awards with other grants 
awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant awards 
are awarded for the same purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including 
the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; 
and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the 
duplicative grant. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE WITH AUDITING STANDARDS.—The Adminis-
trator shall comply with the Generally Accepted Government 
Auditing Standards, published by the General Accountability Office 
(commonly known as the ‘Yellow Book’), in the conduct of fiscal, 
compliance, and programmatic audits of States.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 388(a) of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
11280(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 345 and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$140,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 
2012, and 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘$127,421,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2020’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) PERIODIC ESTIMATE.—Of the amount authorized 
to be appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as 
may be necessary shall be made available to carry out 
section 345 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2020.’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2009 and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 
2012, and 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2020’’.
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(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 
et seq.) is amended by striking— 
(1) section 299 (34 U.S.C. 11171); and 
(2) section 505. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.