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Union Calendar No. 422 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6019 
[Report No. 112–582] 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs 
to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2012 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. RANGEL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. HAHN, and 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 9, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. REYES, Ms. CHU, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. HIRONO 
JULY 9, 2012 
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] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juvenile Account-
ability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address 
occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the Juvenile 
Accountability Block Grants program. 
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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 ‘‘Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention 
and Intervention Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PRO-
GRAMS; REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE AC-
COUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS. 
(a) BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 
1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
school safety, which programs may include research 
to prevent bullying, the prevention of cyberbullying, 
and gang prevention programs, as well as interven-
tion programs regarding bullying;’’. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that the use of best practices in the ef-
fort to combat bullying should be encouraged. 
(b)
REAUTHORIZATION
OF
JUVENILE
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS.—Section 1810(a) of such Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 3796ee–10(a)) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘and $40,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention 
and Intervention Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PRO-
GRAMS; REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE AC-
COUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS. 
(a) BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 
1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
school safety, which programs may include research- 
based bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, 
and gang prevention programs, as well as interven-
tion programs regarding bullying;’’. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged 
for all activities for which grants under part R of 
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