Union Calendar No. 173
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3353
[Report No. 103–322]
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop
more effective programs to reduce juvenile gang
participation and juvenile drug trafficking.
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 173
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3353
[Report No. 103–322]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
allow grants to develop more effective programs to reduce juvenile gang
participation and juvenile drug trafficking.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 26, 1993
Mr. BROOKS (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Additional sponsor: Mr. HUGHES
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 26, 1993]
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop more effective
programs to reduce juvenile gang participation and juve-
nile drug trafficking.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND GANG PRE-
VENTION GRANTS.
(a) The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968, is amended—
(1) by redesignating part Q as part R;
(2) by redesignating section 1701 as section
1801; and
(3) by inserting after part P the following new
part:
‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND
GANG PREVENTION GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 1701. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to
make grants to States and units of local government or com-
binations thereof to assist them in planning, establishing,
operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects directly or
through grants and contracts with public and private agen-
cies for the development of more effective programs, includ-
ing education, prevention, treatment and enforcement pro-
grams to reduce—
‘‘(1) the formation or continuation of juvenile
gangs; and
‘‘(2) the use and sale of illegal drugs by juve-
niles.
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—The grants made under this
section may be used for any of the following specific pur-
poses:
‘‘(1) to reduce the participation of juveniles in
drug related crimes (including drug trafficking and
drug use), particularly in and around elementary
and secondary schools;
‘‘(2) to reduce juvenile involvement in organized
crime, drug and gang-related activity, particularly
activities that involve the distribution of drugs by or
to juveniles;
‘‘(3) to develop new and innovative means to ad-
dress the problems of juveniles convicted of serious,
drug-related and gang-related offenses;
‘‘(4) to reduce juvenile drug and gang-related ac-
tivity in public housing projects;
‘‘(5) to provide technical assistance and training
to personnel and agencies responsible for the adju-
dicatory and corrections components of the juvenile
justice system to identify drug-dependent or gang-in-
volved juvenile offenders and to provide appropriate
counseling and treatment to such offenders;
‘‘(11) to develop new programs that specifically
address the unique crime, drug, and alcohol-related
challenges faced by juveniles living at or near Inter-
national Ports of Entry and in other international
border communities, including rural localities;
‘‘(12) to identify promising new juvenile drug
demand reduction and enforcement programs, to rep-
licate and demonstrate these programs to serve as na-
tional, regional or local models that could be used, in
whole or in part, by other public and private juvenile
justice programs, and to provide technical assistance
and training to public or private organizations to
implement similar programs; and
‘‘(13) to coordinate violence, gang, and juvenile
drug prevention programs with other existing Federal
programs that serve community youth to better ad-
dress the comprehensive needs of such youth.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant
made under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the total
costs of the projects described in applications submitted
under this section for the fiscal year for which the projects
receive assistance under this part.
‘‘SEC. 1702. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘A State or unit of local government applying for
grants under this part shall submit an application to the
Director in such form and containing such information as
the Director shall reasonably require.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is amended by striking
the matter relating to part Q and inserting the following:
‘‘PART Q—JUVENILE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND GANG PREVENTION GRANTS
‘‘Sec. 1701. Grant authorization.
‘‘Sec. 1702. Applications.
‘‘PART R—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER
‘‘Sec. 1801. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is
amended by adding after paragraph (10) the following:
‘‘(11) There are authorized to be appropriated
$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995
to carry out the projects under part Q.’’.