I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2728 
To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2015 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Justice Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
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TITLE I—DECLARATION OF PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 101. Purposes. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 
Sec. 201. Concentration of Federal efforts. 
Sec. 202. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion. 
Sec. 203. Annual report. 
Sec. 204. Allocation of funds. 
Sec. 205. State plans. 
Sec. 206. Authority to make grants. 
Sec. 207. Grants to Indian tribes. 
Sec. 208. Research and evaluation; statistical analyses; information dissemina-
tion. 
Sec. 209. Training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 210. Incentive grants for State and local programs. 
Sec. 211. Administrative authority. 
Sec. 212. Technical and conforming amendments. 
TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 
PREVENTION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Sec. 302. Grants for delinquency prevention programs. 
Sec. 303. Technical and conforming amendment. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Evaluation by Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 403. Accountability and oversight. 
TITLE V—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS 
Sec. 501. Grant eligibility. 
TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 
PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to support a trauma-informed continuum 
of programs (including delinquency prevention, 
intervention, mental health, behavioral health, and 
substance abuse treatment, and aftercare) to ad-
dress the needs of at-risk youth and youth who come 
into contact with the justice system.’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) an Indian tribe; or’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (18) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(18) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 102 of the Federally Rec-
ognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 
479a);’’; 
(3) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘or confine 
adults’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘or con-
fine adult inmates;’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol-
lows: 
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