‘‘(A) not less than 60 percent of such
amount for grants for the uses specified in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2);
‘‘(B) not less than 10 percent of such
amount for grants for the use specified in para-
graph (2)(C), and
‘‘(C) not less than 20 percent of such
amount for grants for the uses specified in sub-
paragraphs (E) and (G) of paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) USES.—Amounts paid to a unit of local
government under this section shall be used by the
unit for 1 or more of the following:
‘‘(A) Preventing juveniles from becoming
involved in crime or gangs by—
‘‘(i) operating after-school programs
for at-risk juveniles;
‘‘(ii) developing safe havens from and
alternatives to street violence, including
educational, vocational or other extra-
curricular activities opportunities;
‘‘(iii) establishing community service
programs, based on community service
corps models that teach skills, discipline,
and responsibility;
‘‘(iv) establishing peer medication pro-
grams in schools;
‘‘(v) establishing big brother programs
and big sister programs;
‘‘(vi) establishing anti-truancy pro-
grams;
‘‘(vii) establishing and operating pro-
grams to strengthen the family unit;
‘‘(viii) establishing and operating drug
prevention, treatment and education pro-
grams; or
‘‘(ix) establishing activities substan-
tially similar to programs described in
clauses (i) through (viii).
‘‘(B) Establishing and operating early
intervention programs for at-risk juveniles.
‘‘(C) Building or expanding secure juvenile
correction or detention facilities for violent juve-
nile offenders.
‘‘(D) Providing comprehensive treatment,
education, training, and after-care programs for
juveniles in juvenile detention facilities.
‘‘(E) Implementing graduated sanctions
for juvenile offenders.
‘‘(F) Establishing initiatives that reduce
the access of juveniles to fire arms.
‘‘(G) Improving State juvenile justice sys-
tems by—
‘‘(i) developing and administering ac-
countability-based sanctions for juvenile of-
fenders;
‘‘(ii) hiring additional prosecutors, so
that more cases involving violent juvenile
offenders can be prosecuted and backlogs
reduced; or
‘‘(iii) providing funding to enable ju-
venile courts and juvenile probation offices
to be more effective and efficient in hold-
ing juvenile offenders accountable;
‘‘(H) providing funding to enable prosecu-
tors—
‘‘(i) to address drug, gang, and vio-
lence problems involving juveniles more ef-
fectively;
‘‘(ii) to develop anti-gang units and
anti-gang task forces to address the par-
ticipation of juveniles in gangs, and to
share information about juvenile gangs and
their activities; or
‘‘(iii) providing funding for tech-
nology, equipment, and training to assist
prosecutors in identifying and expediting
the prosecution of violent juvenile offend-
ers;
‘‘(I) hiring additional law enforcement offi-
cers (including, but not limited to, police, cor-
rections, probation, parole, and judicial officers)
who are involved in the control or reduction of
juvenile delinquency; or
‘‘(J) providing funding to enable city attor-
neys and county attorneys to seek civil remedies
for violations of law committed by juveniles who
participate in gangs.
‘‘(3) 
GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANTS.— The Director shall ensure that grants
made under this part are equitably distributed
among all units of local government in each of the
States and among all units of local government
throughout the United States.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITED USES.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, a unit of local government may not
expend any of the funds provided under this part to pur-
chase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire—
‘‘(1) tanks or armored personnel carriers;
‘‘(2) fixed wing aircraft;
‘‘(3) limousines;
‘‘(4) real estate;
‘‘(5) yachts;
‘‘(6) consultants; or
‘‘(7) vehicles not primarily used for law enforce-
ment;
unless the Attorney General certifies that extraordinary
and exigent circumstances exist that make the use of
funds for such purposes essential to the maintenance of
public safety and good order in such unit of local govern-
ment.
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—A unit of local
government shall repay to the Director, by not later
than 27 months after receipt of funds from the Di-
rector, any amount that is—
‘‘(A) paid to the unit from amounts appro-
priated under the authority of this section; and
‘‘(B) not expended by the unit within 2
years after receipt of such funds from the Di-
rector.
‘‘(2) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPAY.—If the
amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the Di-
rector shall reduce payment in future payment peri-
ods accordingly.
‘‘(d) 
NONSUPPLANTING
REQUIREMENT.—Funds
made available under this part to units of local govern-
ment shall not be used to supplant State or local funds,
but shall be used to increase the amount of funds that
would, in the absence of funds made available under this
part, be made available from State or local sources.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this part may not exceed 90 percent
of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 1802. 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 1998;
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
The appropriations authorized by this subsection may be
made from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ADMINIS-
TRATION.—Not more than 3 percent of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) for each
of the fiscal years 1998 through 2000 shall be available
to the Attorney General for studying the overall effective-
eral, with the right to inspect, records that the Di-
rector reasonably requires to review compliance with
this part or that the Comptroller General reasonably
requires to review compliance and operation;
‘‘(6) the unit of local government will spend the
funds made available under this part only for the
purposes set forth in section 1801(a)(2);
‘‘(7) the unit of local government has estab-
lished procedures to give members of the Armed
Forces who, on or after October 1, 1990, were or
are selected for involuntary separation (as described
in section 1141 of title 10, United States Code), ap-
proved for separation under section 1174a or 1175
of such title, or retired pursuant to the authority
provided under section 4403 of the Defense Conver-
sion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of
1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C.
1293 note), a suitable preference in the employment
of persons as additional law enforcement officers or
support personnel using funds made available under
this title. The nature and extent of such employment
preference shall be jointly established by the Attor-
ney General and the Secretary of Defense. To the
extent practicable, the Director shall endeavor to in-
form members who were separated between October
1, 1990, and the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion of their eligibility for the employment pref-
erence;
‘‘(d) SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Director determines
that a unit of local government has not complied
substantially with the requirements or regulations
prescribed under subsections (a) and (c), the Direc-
tor shall notify the unit of local government that if
the unit of local government does not take corrective
action within 60 days of such notice, the Director
will withhold additional payments to the unit of local
government for the current and future payment peri-
ods until the Director is satisfied that the unit of
local government—
‘‘(A) has taken the appropriate corrective
action; and
‘‘(B) will comply with the requirements
and regulations prescribed under subsections
(a) and (c).
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Before giving notice under para-
graph (1), the Director shall give the chief executive
officer of the unit of local government reasonable no-
tice and an opportunity for comment.
‘‘(e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT.—A
unit of local government qualifies for a payment under this
part for a payment period only if the unit’s expenditures
on law enforcement services (as reported by the Bureau
of the Census) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year
in which the payment period occurs were not less than
90 percent of the unit’s expenditures on such services for
the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which
the payment period occurs.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of the title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended
by striking the matter relating to part R and inserting
the following:
‘‘PART R—JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL GRANTS
‘‘Sec. 1801. Payments to local governments.
‘‘Sec. 1802. Authorization of appropriations.
‘‘Sec. 1803. Qualification for payment.’’.
SEC. 103. MODEL PROGRAMS TO PREVENT JUVENILE DE-
LINQUENCY.
The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention shall provide, through the
clearinghouse and information center established under
section 242(3) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5652(3)), information
and technical assistance to community-based organiza-
tions and units of local government to assist in the estab-
lishment, operation, and replication of model programs de-
signed to prevent juvenile delinquency.
TITLE II—VIOLENT JUVENILE
OFFENDERS
SEC. 201. TIME LIMIT ON TRANSFER DECISION.
Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘The transfer decision shall be made
not later than 90 days after the first day of the hearing.’’
after the first sentence of the 4th paragraph.
SEC. 202. ELIMINATION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR
MURDER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3281 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 3281. Capital offenses and Class A felonies involv-
ing murder
‘‘An indictment for any offense punishable by death
or an indictment or information for a Class A felony in-
volving murder (as defined in section 1111 or as defined
under applicable State law in the case of an offense under
section 1963(a) involving racketeering activity described
in section 1961(1)) may be found at any time without limi-
tation.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) applies to any offense for which the applicable
statute of limitations had not run as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR
VIOLENT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIMES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 3295. Class A violent and drug trafficking offenses
‘‘Except as provided in section 3281, no person shall
be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a Class A felony that
is a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime (as that
term is defined in section 924(c)) unless the indictment
is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after
the commission of the offense.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) applies to any offense for which the applicable
statute of limitations had not run as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The chapter anal-
ysis for chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in the item relating to section 3281, by in-
serting ‘‘and Class A felonies involving murder’’ be-
fore the period; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘3295. Class A violent and drug trafficking offenses.’’.
SEC. 204. INCREASED DETENTION, MANDATORY RESTITU-
TION, AND ADDITIONAL SENTENCING OP-
TIONS FOR YOUTH OFFENDERS.
Section 5037 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 5037. Dispositional hearing
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) HEARING.—In a juvenile proceeding under
section 5032, if the court finds a juvenile to be a ju-
venile delinquent, the court shall hold a hearing con-
cerning the appropriate disposition of the juvenile
not later than 20 court days after the finding of ju-
venile delinquency unless the court has ordered fur-
ther study pursuant to subsection (e).
‘‘(2) REPORT.—A predisposition report shall be
prepared by the probation officer who shall promptly
provide a copy to the juvenile, the attorney for the
juvenile, and the attorney for the government.
‘‘(3) ORDER
OF
RESTITUTION.—After the
dispositional hearing, and after considering any per-
tinent policy statements promulgated by the Sen-
tencing Commission pursuant to 994, of title 28, the
court shall enter an order of restitution pursuant to
section 3556, and may suspend the findings of juve-
nile delinquency, place the juvenile on probation,
commit the juvenile to official detention (including
the possibility of a term of supervised release), and
impose any fine that would be authorized if the juve-
nile had been tried and convicted as an adult.
‘‘(4) RELEASE OR DETENTION.—With respect
to release or detention pending an appeal or a peti-
tion for a writ of certiorari after disposition, the
court shall proceed pursuant to the provisions of
chapter 207.
‘‘(b) TERM OF PROBATION.—The term for which pro-
bation may be ordered for a juvenile found to be a juvenile
delinquent may not extend beyond the maximum term that
would be authorized by section 3561(c) if the juvenile had
been tried and convicted as an adult. Sections 3563, 3564,
and 3565 are applicable to an order placing a juvenile on
probation.
‘‘(c) TERM OF OFFICIAL DETENTION.—
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM TERM.—The term for which of-
ficial detention may be ordered for a juvenile found
to be a juvenile delinquent may not extend beyond
the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the maximum term of imprisonment
that would be authorized if the juvenile had
been tried and convicted as an adult;
‘‘(B) 10 years; or
‘‘(C) the date on which the juvenile
achieves the age of 26.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—
Section 3624 shall apply to an order placing a juve-
nile in detention.
‘‘(d) TERM OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.—The term for
which supervised release may be ordered for a juvenile
found to be a juvenile delinquent may not extend beyond
5 years. Subsections (c) through (i) of section 3583 shall
apply to an order placing a juvenile on supervised release.
‘‘(e) CUSTODY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the court desires more
detailed information concerning a juvenile alleged to
have committed an act of juvenile delinquency or a
juvenile adjudicated delinquent, it may commit the
juvenile, after notice and hearing at which the juve-
nile is represented by an attorney, to the custody of
the Attorney General for observation and study by
an appropriate agency or entity.
‘‘(2) OUTPATIENT BASIS.—Any observation and
study pursuant to a commission under paragraph
(1) shall be conducted on an outpatient basis, unless
the court determines that inpatient observation and
study are necessary to obtain the desired informa-
tion, except that in the case of an alleged juvenile
delinquent, inpatient study may be ordered with the
consent of the juvenile and the attorney for the juve-
nile.
‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The agency or en-
tity conducting an observation or study under this
subsection shall make a complete study of the al-
leged or adjudicated delinquent to ascertain the per-
sonal traits, capabilities, background, any prior de-
linquency or criminal experience, any mental or
physical defect, and any other relevant factors per-
taining to the juvenile.
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—The Attorney
General shall submit to the court and the attorneys
for the juvenile and the government the results of
the study not later than 30 days after the commit-
ment of the juvenile, unless the court grants addi-
tional time.
‘‘(5) EXCLUSION OF TIME.—Any time spent in
custody under this subsection shall be excluded for
purposes of section 5036.
‘‘(f) CONVICTION AS ADULT.—With respect to any
juvenile prosecuted and convicted as an adult pursuant to
section 5032, the court may, pursuant to guidelines pro-
mulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission
under section 994 of title 28, determine to treat the con-
viction as an adjudication of delinquency and impose any
disposition authorized under this section. The United
States Sentencing Commission shall promulgate such
guidelines as soon as practicable and not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act.
‘‘(g)(1) A juvenile detained either pending juvenile
proceedings or a criminal trial, or detained or imprisoned
pursuant to an adjudication or conviction shall be substan-
tially segregated from any prisoners convicted for crimes
who have attained the age of 21 years.
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘substan-
tially segregated’—
‘‘(A) means complete sight and sound separa-
tion in residential confinement; but
‘‘(B) is not inconsistent with—
‘‘(i) the use of shared direct care and man-
agement staff, properly trained and certified to
interact with juvenile offenders, if the staff does
not interact with adult and juvenile offenders
during the same shift; and
‘‘(ii) incidental contact during transpor-
tation to court proceedings and other activities
in accordance with regulations issued by the At-
torney General to ensure reasonable efforts are
made to segregate adults and juveniles.’’.
SEC. 205. JUVENILE HANDGUN POSSESSION.
Section 924(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking all that precedes subparagraph
(B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(6)(A) A juvenile who violates section 922(x) shall
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both, and for a second or subsequent violation, or for
a first violation committed after an adjudication of delin-
quency for an act that, if committed by an adult, would
be a serious violent felony (as defined in section 3559(c)
of this title), shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 5 years, or both.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘one
year’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘not
more than 10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 3
nor more than 10 years’’.
SEC. 206. INCREASED PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY RECEIV-
ING FIREARM WITH OBLITERATED SERIAL
NUMBER.
Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘(k),’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(k),’’ after
‘‘(j),’’.
SEC. 207. AMENDMENT OF THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES
FOR TRANSFERS OF FIREARMS TO PROHIB-
ITED PERSONS.
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title
28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing
Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing guidelines
to increase the base offense level for offenses subject to
section 2K2.1 of the guidelines (relating to unlawful re-
ceipt, possession, or transportation of firearms or ammu-
nition and prohibited transactions involving firearms or
ammunitions) to provide that a person who transfers a
firearm or ammunition, knowing or having reasonable
cause to believe that the transferee is a person described
in section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is subject
to the same base offense level as the transferee. This sec-
tion shall not require the same offense level for the trans-
feror and transferee to the extent that the transferee’s
base offense level is subject to an additional increase on
the basis of a past criminal conviction of either a crime
of violence or a controlled substance offense.
SEC. 208. ACCESS TO RECORDS OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.
Section 5038 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Throughout
and upon’’ and all that follows through the colon
and inserting the following: ‘‘Throughout and upon
completion of the juvenile delinquency proceeding
pursuant to 5032(a), the court records of the origi-
nal proceeding shall be safeguarded from disclosure
to unauthorized persons. The records shall be re-
leased to the extent necessary to meet the following
circumstances:’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before the
semicolon ‘‘or analysis requested by the Attorney
General’’;
(3) in subsection (c), inserting before the
comma and after ‘‘relating to the proceeding’’ the
phrase ‘‘other than necessary docketing data’’; and
(4) by striking subsections (d) and (f), by re-
designating subsection (e) as subsection (d), by in-
serting ‘‘pursuant to section 5032 (b) or (c)’’ after
‘‘adult’’ in subsection (d) as so redesignated, and by
adding at the end new subsections (e) and (f) as fol-
lows:
‘‘(e) Whenever a juvenile has been adjudicated delin-
quent for an act that if committed by an adult would be
a felony or for a violation of section 924(a)(6), the juvenile
shall be fingerprinted and photographed, and the finger-
prints and photograph shall be sent to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The court shall also transmit to the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation the information concerning
the adjudication, including name, date of adjudication,
court, offenses, and sentence, along with the notation that
the matter was a juvenile adjudication. The fingerprints,
photograph, and other records and information relating to
a juvenile described in this subsection, or to a juvenile who
is prosecuted as an adult pursuant to sections 5032 (b)
or (c), shall be made available in the manner applicable
to adult defendants.
‘‘(f) In addition to any other authorization under this
section for the reporting, retention, disclosure, or avail-
ability of records or information, if the law of the State
in which a Federal juvenile delinquency proceeding takes
place permits or requires the reporting, retention, disclo-
sure, or availability of records or information relating to
a juvenile or to a juvenile delinquency proceeding or adju-
dication in certain circumstances, then such reporting, re-
tention, disclosure, or availability is permitted under this
section whenever the same circumstances exist.’’.
TITLE III—GANG VIOLENCE
SEC. 301. INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR USING PHYSICAL
FORCE TO TAMPER WITH WITNESSES, VIC-
TIMS, OR INFORMANTS.
Section 1512 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘as pro-
vided in paragraph (3)’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3);
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:
‘‘(2) Whoever uses physical force or the threat
of physical force, or attempts to do so, with intent
to—
‘‘(A) influence, delay, or prevent the testi-
mony of any person in an official proceeding;
‘‘(B) cause or induce any person to—
‘‘(i) withhold testimony, or withhold a
record, document, or other object, from an
official proceeding;
‘‘(ii) alter, destroy, mutilate, or con-
ceal an object with intent to impair the ob-
ject’s integrity or availability for use in an
official proceeding;
‘‘(iii) evade legal process summoning
that person to appear as a witness, or to
produce a record, document, or other ob-
ject, in an official proceeding; and
‘‘(iv) be absent from an official pro-
ceeding to which such person has been
summoned by legal process; or
‘‘(C) hinder, delay, or prevent the commu-
nication to a law enforcement officer or judge
of the United States of information relating to
the commission or possible commission of a
Federal offense or a violation of conditions of
probation, parole, or release pending judicial
proceedings;
shall be punished as provided in paragraph (3).’’;
and
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), as redesignated,
by striking ‘‘in the case of ’’ and all that follows
before the period and inserting ‘‘an attempt to
murder, the use of physical force, the threat of
physical force, or an attempt to do so, imprison-
ment for not more than 20 years’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or physical
force’’.
SEC. 302. INTERSTATE TRAVEL TO ENGAGE IN WITNESS IN-
TIMIDATION OR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
(c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by adding a new subsection (b), as follows:
‘‘(b) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign com-
merce with intent by bribery, force, intimidation, or
threat, directed against any person, to delay or influence
the testimony of or prevent from testifying a witness in
a State criminal proceeding or by any such means to cause
any person to destroy, alter, or conceal a record, docu-
ment, or other object, with intent to impair the object’s
integrity or availability for use in such a proceeding, and
thereafter engages or endeavors to engage in such con-
duct, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than ten years, or both; and if serious bodily injury (as
defined in section 1365 of this title) results, shall be so
fined or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or
both; and if death results, shall be so fined and imprisoned
for any term of years or for life, or both, and may be sen-
tenced to death.’’.
SEC. 303. EXPANDING PRETRIAL DETENTION ELIGIBILITY
FOR SERIOUS GANG AND OTHER VIOLENT
CRIMINALS.
(a) 
DEFINITION
OF
‘‘CONVICTED’’.—Section
3142(f)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after the semicolon ‘‘for purposes of this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘convicted’ includes a finding, under
State or Federal law, that a person has committed an act
of juvenile delinquency;’’.
(b) INCLUSION
OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.—Section
3156(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(B);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(D) an offense that is a violation of sec-
tion 842(i) or 922(g) of this title (relating to
possession of explosives or firearms by convicted
felons and other categories of prohibited per-
sons).’’.
(c) MEMBERSHIP IN GANGS.—Section 3142(g)(3)(B)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘the person’’; and
(2) by inserting the following before the semi-
colon: ‘‘, or (ii) was a member of or participated in
a criminal street gang, racketeering enterprise, or
other criminal organization’’.
SEC. 304. CONSPIRACY PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE 
OFFENSES 
INVOLVING 
VICTIMS,
WITNESSES, AND INFORMANTS.
Section 1512 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end a new subsection, as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) Whoever conspires to commit any offense defined
in this section or section 1513 of this title shall be subject
to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense
the commission of which was the object of the conspir-
acy.’’.
SEC. 305. GANG FRANCHISING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 26 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 
522. 
INTERSTATE 
FRANCHISING 
OF 
CRIMINAL
STREET GANGS.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACT.—Whoever travels in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or causes another to do so, to
recruit, solicit, induce, command, or cause to create, or
attempt to create a franchise of a criminal street gang
shall be punished in accordance with subsection (c).
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
STREET
GANG.—The term
‘criminal street gang’ has the meaning given that
term in section 521 of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(2) FRANCHISE.—The term ‘franchise’ means
an organized group of individuals related by name,
moniker, or other identifier, that engages in coordi-
nated violent crime or drug trafficking activities in
interstate or foreign commerce with a criminal street
gang in another State.
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—A person who violates subsection
(a) shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, fined
under this title, or both.
‘‘(d) SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT.—Pursuant to its
authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States
Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall
amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide an ap-
propriate enhancement for the recruitment of minors in
furtherance of the creation of a criminal street gang fran-
chise.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘522. Interstate franchising of criminal street gangs.’’.
TITLE 
IV—PREVENTION 
AND
TREATMENT OF YOUTH DRUG
ADDICTION
SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO INCREASE SAFE AND
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
PROGRAM.
It is the sense of the Congress that appropriations
for State grants under subpart 1 and national programs
under subpart 2 of title IV of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7104 et seq.) should in-
crease to a total of $655,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2000, and $955,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2001 through 2002.
SEC. 402. REAUTHORIZATION OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL
DRUG CONTROL POLICY.
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 1009 of the Na-
tional Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1506)
is amended by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1011 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988
(21 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by striking ‘‘8’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘13’’.
SEC. 403. RESCHEDULING OF ‘‘CLUB’’ DRUGS.
Notwithstanding section 201 or subsection (a) or (b)
of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 811, 812(a), 812(b)) respecting the scheduling of
controlled substances, the Attorney General shall, by order
add ketamine hydrochloride and gamma hydroxybutyrate
to schedule III of such Act.
SEC. 404. ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORITY TO RESCHED-
ULE CERTAIN DRUGS POSING IMMINENT
DANGER TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Section 201(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 811)(h)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘if the sub-
stance is not listed in any other schedule in section
812 of this title or’’ and by inserting ‘‘or the re-
scheduling of a previously scheduled substance’’
after ‘‘the scheduling of a substance’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or reschedul-
ing’’ after ‘‘scheduling’’ each time it appears.
TITLE V—IMPROVING JUVENILE
CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION
SEC. 501. STUDY BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall enter
into a contract with a public or nonprofit private entity,
subject to subsection (b), for the purpose of conducting
a study or studies—
(1) to evaluate the effectiveness of federally
funded programs for preventing juvenile violence and
juvenile substance abuse;
(2) to evaluate the effectiveness of federally
funded grant programs for preventing criminal vic-
timization of juveniles;
(3) to identify specific Federal programs and
programs that receive Federal funds that contribute
to reductions in juvenile violence, juvenile substance
abuse, and risk factors among juveniles that lead to
violent behavior and substance abuse;
(4) to identify specific programs that have not
achieved their intended results; and
(5) to make specific recommendations on pro-
grams that—
(A) should receive continued or increased
funding because of their proven success; or
(B) should have their funding terminated
or reduced because of their lack of effectiveness.
(b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—The Attor-
ney General shall request the National Academy of
Sciences to enter into the contract under subsection (a)
to conduct the study or studies described in subsection (a).
If the Academy declines to conduct the study, the Attorney
General shall carry out such subsection through other
public or nonprofit private entities.
(c) ASSISTANCE.—In conducting the study under
subsection (a) the contracting party may request analytic
assistance, data, and other relevant materials from the
Department of Justice and any other appropriate Federal
agency.
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1,
2000, the Attorney General shall submit a report de-
scribing the findings made as a result of the study
required by subsection (a) to the Committee on the
Judiciary and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives, and to
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by this
subsection shall contain specific recommendations
concerning funding levels for the programs evalu-
ated. Reports on the effectiveness of such programs
and recommendations on funding shall be provided
to the appropriate subcommittees of the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(e) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the study under subsection (a) such
sums as may be necessary.
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