‘‘(B) the amount of the grant or subgrant is
such that carrying out the assessment would not
be an effective use of those amounts; or
‘‘(C) the resources available to the State or
unit are such that carrying out the assessment
would pose a financial hardship on the State or
unit.
‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or more
grants are awarded under this part, the Attorney General
shall submit to the Congress a report, which shall include—
‘‘(1) a summary of the information provided
under subsection (a);
‘‘(2) the assessment of the Attorney General of
the grant program carried out under this part; and
‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney Gen-
eral considers appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 1809. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) The term ‘unit of local government’
means—
‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political
subdivision of a county, township, or city, that
is a unit of local government as determined by
the Secretary of Commerce for general statistical
purposes;
‘‘(B) any law enforcement district or judi-
cial enforcement district that—
‘‘(i) is established under applicable
State law; and
‘‘(ii) has the authority, in a manner
independent of other State entities, to estab-
lish a budget and raise revenues; and
‘‘(C) the District of Columbia and the recog-
nized governing body of an Indian tribe or Alas-
kan Native village that carries out substantial
governmental duties and powers.
‘‘(2) The term ‘specially qualified unit’ means a
unit of local government which may receive funds
under this part only in accordance with section
1803(e).
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,
except that American Samoa, Guam, and the North-
ern Mariana Islands shall be considered as 1 State
and that, for purposes of section 1803(a), 33 percent
of the amounts allocated shall be allocated to Amer-
ican Samoa, 50 percent to Guam, and 17 percent to
the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(4) The term ‘juvenile’ means an individual
who is 17 years of age or younger.
‘‘(5) The term ‘juvenile justice expenditures’
means expenditures in connection with the juvenile
justice system, including expenditures in connection
with such system to carry out—
‘‘(A) activities specified in section 1801(b);
and
‘‘(B) other activities associated with pros-
ecutorial and judicial services and corrections as
reported to the Bureau of the Census for the fis-
cal year preceding the fiscal year for which a de-
termination is made under this part.
‘‘(6) The term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ means
murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the
Uniform Crime Reports.
‘‘SEC. 1810. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—
‘‘(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (a), there shall be available to the Attorney Gen-
eral, for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004 (as ap-
plicable), to remain available until expended—
‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent of that amount, for
research, evaluation, and demonstration consistent
with this part;
‘‘(2) not more than 1 percent of that amount, for
training and technical assistance; and
‘‘(3) not more than 1 percent, for administrative
costs to carry out the purposes of this part.
The Attorney General shall establish and execute an over-
sight plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipients.
‘‘(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Appropriations for activities
authorized in this part may be made from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. TRANSITION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY IN-
CENTIVE BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM.
For each grant made from amounts made available for
the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants pro-
gram (as described under the heading ‘‘VIOLENT CRIME
REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ in the Department of
Justice Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted by Public
Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1537–14)), the grant award shall
remain available to the grant recipient for not more than
36 months after the date of receipt of the grant.
Union Calendar No. 29
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 863
[Report No. 107–46]
A BILL
To provide grants to ensure increased
accountability for juvenile offenders.
APRIL 20, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed