I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2721 
To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 
to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency 
to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law- 
abiding lives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2011 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LATOU-
RETTE, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
prevention and intervention to help build individual, fam-
ily, and community strength and resiliency to ensure 
that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and 
law-abiding lives. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Prison Reduc-
tion through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Sup-
port, and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘Youth Promise Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act are as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Findings. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 
JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION AND EFFORTS 
Sec. 101. Promise advisory panel. 
Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation. 
TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 
Sec. 201. Purposes. 
Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 
Sec. 202. Promise assessment and planning grants authorized. 
Sec. 203. Promise coordinating councils. 
Sec. 204. Needs and strengths assessment. 
Sec. 205. Promise plan components. 
Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 
Sec. 211. Promise implementation grants authorized. 
Sec. 212. Promise implementation grant application requirements. 
Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines. 
Sec. 214. Reports. 
Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 
Sec. 221. Nonsupplanting clause. 
Sec. 222. Grant application review panel. 
Sec. 223. Evaluation of promise grant programs. 
TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH CENTERS 
Sec. 301. Establishment of the national research center for proven juvenile jus-
tice practices. 
Sec. 302. Grants for regional research proven practices partnerships. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 
(2) 
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘‘community’’ 
means a unit of local government or an Indian 
Tribe, or part of such a unit or Tribe, as determined 
by such a unit or Tribe for the purpose of applying 
for a grant under this Act. 
(3) DESIGNATED
GEOGRAPHIC
AREA.—The 
term ‘‘designated geographic area’’ means a 5-digit 
postal ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by 
the United States Postal Service. 
(4) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence- 
based’’, when used with respect to a practice relating 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention, means a practice 
(including a service, program, or strategy) that has 
statistically significant juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity reduction outcomes 
when evaluated by— 
(A) an experimental trial, in which partici-
pants are randomly assigned to participate in 
the practice that is the subject of the trial; or 
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