and that such officials are held liable to the
same standards and penalties that law enforce-
ment and juvenile justice system employees are
held liable to, for handling and disclosing such
information.
‘‘(19) EVALUATION.—Establishment of a com-
prehensive process for monitoring and evaluating the
effectiveness of State juvenile justice and delin-
quency prevention programs in reducing juvenile
crime and recidivism.
‘‘(20) BOOT
CAMPS.—Establishment of State
boot camps with an intensive restitution or work and
community service requirement as part of a system
of graduated sanctions.
‘‘SEC. 243. GRANT AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Of the total amount made
available to carry out part C for each fiscal year,
subject to subsection (b), each State shall be eligible
to receive the sum of—
‘‘(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to one-third of such total as the number of
juveniles in the State bears to the number of
juveniles in all States;
‘‘(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to one-third of such total as the number of
juveniles from families with incomes below the
poverty line in the State bears to the number
of such juveniles in all States; and
‘‘(C) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to one-third of such total as the average
annual number of part 1 violent crimes re-
ported by the State to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for the 3 most recent calendar
years for which such data are available, bears
to the number of part 1 violent crimes reported
by all States to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for such years.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT.—Each State
shall be eligible to receive not less than 3.5 percent
of one-third of the total amount appropriated to
carry out part C for each fiscal year, except that the
amount for which the Virgin Islands of the United
States, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is eligible
shall be not less than $100,000 and the amount for
which Palau is eligible shall be not less than
$15,000.
‘‘(3) UNAVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—For
purposes of this subsection, if data regarding the
measures governing allocation of funds under para-
graphs (1) and (2) in any State are unavailable or
substantially inaccurate, the Administrator and the
State shall utilize the best available comparable data
for the purposes of allocation of any funds under
this section.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATED
AMOUNT.—The amount made
available to carry out part C for any fiscal year shall be
allocated among the States as follows:
‘‘(1) 50 percent of the amount for which a
State is eligible under subsection (a) shall be allo-
cated to that State if it meets the requirements of
section 242(a).
‘‘(2) 50 percent of the amount for which a
State is eligible under subsection (a) shall be allo-
cated to that State if it meets the requirements of
subsections (a) and (c) of section 242.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts made available
under this section to carry out part C shall remain avail-
able until expended.
‘‘SEC. 244. ACCOUNTABILITY.
‘‘A State that receives a grant under section 241 shall
use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures that conform
to guidelines prescribed by the Administrator, and shall
ensure that any funds used to carry out section 241 shall
represent the best value for the State at the lowest pos-
sible cost and employ the best available technology.
‘‘SEC. 245. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) 
NONSUPPLANTING
REQUIREMENT.—Funds
made available under section 241 shall not be used to sup-
plant State funds, but shall be used to increase the
amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal
funds, be made available from State sources.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELATED COSTS.—Not
more than 2 percent of the funds appropriated under sec-
tion 299(a) for a fiscal year shall be available to the Ad-
ministrator for such fiscal year for purposes of—
‘‘(1) research and evaluation, including assess-
ment of the effect on public safety and other effects
of the expansion of correctional capacity and sen-
tencing reforms implemented pursuant to this part;
and
‘‘(2) technical assistance relating to the use of
grants made under section 241, and development
and implementation of policies, programs, and prac-
tices described in section 242.
‘‘(c) CARRYOVER OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds ap-
propriated under section 299(a) shall remain available
until expended.
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this part may not exceed 90 percent
of the costs of a proposal, as described in an application
approved under this part.’’.
TITLE III—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended by
striking subsections (a) through (e) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(a) OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELIN-
QUENCY PREVENTION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002, such sums as may be necessary to carry
out part A.
‘‘(b) BLOCK GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL PRO-
GRAMS.—There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002, to carry out part B.
‘‘(c) INCENTIVE
GRANTS
FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY-
BASED REFORMS.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, and 2002, to carry out part C.
‘‘(d) SOURCE OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this section may be appro-
priated from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.’’.
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