IIB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 863
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 17, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To provide grants to ensure increased accountability for
juvenile offenders.
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 ‘‘Consequences for Juve-
nile Offenders Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.
Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘PART R—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK
GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 1801. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is author-
ized to provide grants to States, for use by States and
units of local government, and in certain cases directly to
specially qualified units.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Amounts paid to a
State or a unit of local government under this part shall
be used by the State or unit of local government for the
purpose of strengthening the juvenile justice system,
which includes—
‘‘(1) developing, implementing, and admin-
istering graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders;
‘‘(2) building, expanding, renovating, or oper-
ating temporary or permanent juvenile correction,
detention, or community corrections facilities;
‘‘(3) hiring juvenile court judges, probation offi-
cers, and court-appointed defenders and special ad-
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vocates, and funding pretrial services (including
mental health screening and assessment) for juvenile
offenders, to promote the effective and expeditious
administration of the juvenile justice system;
‘‘(4) hiring additional prosecutors, so that more
cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be
prosecuted and case backlogs reduced;
‘‘(5) providing funding to enable prosecutors to
address drug, gang, and youth violence problems
more effectively and for technology, equipment, and
training to assist prosecutors in identifying and ex-
pediting the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders;
‘‘(6) establishing and maintaining training pro-
grams for law enforcement and other court per-
sonnel with respect to preventing and controlling ju-
venile crime;
‘‘(7) establishing juvenile gun courts for the
prosecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms of-
fenders;
‘‘(8) establishing drug court programs for juve-
nile offenders that provide continuing judicial super-
vision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse
problems and the integrated administration of other
sanctions and services for such offenders;
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‘‘(9) establishing and maintaining a system of
juvenile records designed to promote public safety;
‘‘(10) establishing and maintaining interagency
information-sharing programs that enable the juve-
nile and criminal justice systems, schools, and social
services agencies to make more informed decisions
regarding the early identification, control, super-
vision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly
commit serious delinquent or criminal acts;
‘‘(11) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs designed to reduce recidivism
among juveniles who are referred by law enforce-
ment personnel or agencies;
‘‘(12) establishing and maintaining programs to
conduct risk and need assessments of juvenile of-
fenders that facilitate the effective early intervention
and the provision of comprehensive services, includ-
ing mental health screening and treatment and sub-
stance abuse testing and treatment to such offend-
ers;
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance
school safety;
‘‘(14) establishing and maintaining restorative
justice programs;
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‘‘(15) establishing and maintaining programs to
enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation officers
to be more effective and efficient in holding juvenile
offenders accountable and reducing recidivism; or
‘‘(16) hiring detention and corrections per-
sonnel, and establishing and maintaining training
programs for such personnel to improve facility
practices and programming.
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘restorative justice program’ means a program that
emphasizes the moral accountability of an offender toward
the victim and the affected community, and may include
community reparations boards, restitution (in the form of
monetary payment or service to the victim or, where no
victim can be identified, service to the affected commu-
nity), and mediation between victim and offender.
‘‘SEC. 1802. GRANT ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive
a grant under this section, a State shall submit to the
Attorney General an application at such time, in such
form, and containing such assurances and information as
the Attorney General may require by guidelines,
including—
‘‘(1) information about—
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‘‘(A) the activities proposed to be carried
out with such grant; and
‘‘(B) the criteria by which the State pro-
poses to assess the effectiveness of such activi-
ties on achieving the purposes of this part; and
‘‘(2) assurances that the State and any unit of
local government to which the State provides fund-
ing under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall
have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date
that the State submits such application) laws, or has
implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1
year after the date that the State submits such ap-
plication) policies and programs, that provide for a
system of graduated sanctions described in sub-
section (c).
‘‘(b) LOCAL ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) SUBGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to
receive a subgrant, a unit of local government, other
than a specially qualified unit, shall provide to the
State—
‘‘(A) information about—
‘‘(i) the activities proposed to be car-
ried out with such subgrant; and
‘‘(ii) the criteria by which the unit
proposes to assess the effectiveness of such
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activities on achieving the purposes of this
part; and
‘‘(B) such assurances as the State shall re-
quire, that, to the maximum extent applicable,
the unit of local government has in effect (or
shall have in effect, not later than 1 year after
the date that the unit submits such application)
laws, or has implemented (or shall implement,
not later than 1 year after the date that the
unit submits such application) policies and pro-
grams, that provide for a system of graduated
sanctions described in subsection (c).
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—The requirements of
paragraph (1) shall apply to a specially qualified
unit that receives funds from the Attorney General
under section 1803(e), except that information that
is otherwise required to be submitted to the State
shall be submitted to the Attorney General.
‘‘(c) GRADUATED SANCTIONS.—A system of grad-
uated sanctions, which may be discretionary as provided
in subsection (d), shall ensure, at a minimum, that—
‘‘(1) sanctions are imposed on a juvenile of-
fender for each delinquent offense;
‘‘(2) sanctions escalate in intensity with each
subsequent, more serious delinquent offense;
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‘‘(3) there is sufficient flexibility to allow for in-
dividualized sanctions and services suited to the indi-
vidual juvenile offender; and
‘‘(4) appropriate consideration is given to public
safety and victims of crime.
‘‘(d) DISCRETIONARY USE OF SANCTIONS.—
‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—A State or
unit of local government may be eligible to receive
a grant under this part if—
‘‘(A) its system of graduated sanctions is
discretionary; and
‘‘(B) it demonstrates that it has promoted
the use of a system of graduated sanctions by
taking steps to encourage implementation of
such a system by juvenile courts.
‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT IF GRADUATED
SANCTIONS NOT USED.—
‘‘(A) JUVENILE COURTS.—A State or unit
of local government in which the imposition of
graduated sanctions is discretionary shall re-
quire 
each 
juvenile 
court 
within 
its
jurisdiction—
‘‘(i) which has not implemented a sys-
tem of graduated sanctions, to submit an
annual report that explains why such court
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did not implement graduated sanctions;
and
‘‘(ii) which has implemented a system
of graduated sanctions but has not im-
posed graduated sanctions in all cases, to
submit an annual report that explains why
such court did not impose graduated sanc-
tions in all cases.
‘‘(B) UNITS
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—
Each unit of local government, other than a
specially qualified unit, that has 1 or more juve-
nile courts that use a discretionary system of
graduated sanctions shall collect the informa-
tion reported under subparagraph (A) for sub-
mission to the State each year.
‘‘(C) STATES.—Each State and specially
qualified unit that has 1 or more juvenile courts
that use a discretionary system of graduated
sanctions shall collect the information reported
under subparagraph (A) for submission to the
Attorney General each year. A State shall also
collect and submit to the Attorney General the
information collected under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
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‘‘(1) The term ‘discretionary’ means that a sys-
tem of graduated sanctions is not required to be im-
posed by each and every juvenile court in a State or
unit of local government.
‘‘(2) The term ‘sanctions’ means tangible, pro-
portional consequences that hold the juvenile of-
fender accountable for the offense committed. A
sanction may include counseling, restitution, commu-
nity service, a fine, supervised probation, or confine-
ment.
‘‘SEC. 1803. ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) STATE ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with regula-
tions promulgated pursuant to this part and except
as provided in paragraph (3), the Attorney General
shall allocate—
‘‘(A) 0.50 percent for each State; and
‘‘(B) of the total funds remaining after the
allocation under subparagraph (A), to each
State, an amount which bears the same ratio to
the amount of remaining funds described in this
subparagraph as the population of people under
the age of 18 living in such State for the most
recent calendar year in which such data is
available bears to the population of people
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under the age of 18 of all the States for such
fiscal year.
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to a
State under this subsection or received by a State
for distribution under subsection (b) may be distrib-
uted by the Attorney General or by the State in-
volved for any program other than a program con-
tained in an approved application.
‘‘(b) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each State which receives funds under
subsection (a)(1) in a fiscal year shall distribute
among units of local government, for the purposes
specified in section 1801, not less than 75 percent
of such amounts received.
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—If a State submits to the Attor-
ney General an application for waiver that dem-
onstrates and certifies to the Attorney General
that—
‘‘(A) the State’s juvenile justice expendi-
tures in the fiscal year preceding the date in
which an application is submitted under this
part (the ‘State percentage’) is more than 25
percent of the aggregate amount of juvenile jus-
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tice expenditures by the State and its eligible
units of local government; and
‘‘(B) the State has consulted with as many
units of local government in such State, or or-
ganizations representing such units, as prac-
ticable regarding the State’s calculation of ex-
penditures under subparagraph (A), the State’s
application for waiver under this paragraph,
and the State’s proposed uses of funds,
the percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall
equal the percentage determined by subtracting the
State percentage from 100 percent.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—In making the distribution
under paragraph (1), the State shall allocate to such
units of local government an amount which bears
the same ratio to the aggregate amount of such
funds as—
‘‘(A) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the product of—
‘‘(I) three-quarters; multiplied by
‘‘(II) the average juvenile justice
expenditure for such unit of local gov-
ernment for the 3 most recent cal-
endar years for which such data is
available; plus
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‘‘(ii) the product of—
‘‘(I) one-quarter; multiplied by
‘‘(II) the average annual number
of part 1 violent crimes in such unit
of local government for the 3 most re-
cent calendar years for which such
data is available, bears to—
‘‘(B) the sum of the products determined
under subparagraph (A) for all such units of
local government in the State.
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURES.—The allocation any unit
of local government shall receive under paragraph
(3) for a payment period shall not exceed 100 per-
cent of juvenile justice expenditures of the unit for
such payment period.
‘‘(5) REALLOCATION.—The amount of any unit
of local government’s allocation that is not available
to such unit by operation of paragraph (4) shall be
available to other units of local government that are
not affected by such operation in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(c) UNAVAILABILITY
OF DATA
FOR UNITS
OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—If the State has reason to believe
that the reported rate of part 1 violent crimes or juvenile
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justice expenditures for a unit of local government is in-
sufficient or inaccurate, the State shall—
‘‘(1) investigate the methodology used by the
unit to determine the accuracy of the submitted
data; and
‘‘(2) if necessary, use the best available com-
parable data regarding the number of violent crimes
or juvenile justice expenditures for the relevant years
for the unit of local government.
‘‘(d) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALLOCATIONS LESS
THAN $10,000.—If under this section a unit of local gov-
ernment is allocated less than $10,000 for a payment pe-
riod, the amount allotted shall be expended by the State
on services to units of local government whose allotment
is less than such amount in a manner consistent with this
part.
‘‘(e) DIRECT GRANTS
TO SPECIALLY QUALIFIED
UNITS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State does not qualify
or apply for funds reserved for allocation under sub-
section (a) by the application deadline established by
the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall re-
serve not more than 75 percent of the allocation that
the State would have received under subsection (a)
for such fiscal year to provide grants to specially
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qualified units which meet the requirements for
funding under section 1802.
‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS.—In addition to the quali-
fication requirements for direct grants for specially
qualified units the Attorney General may use the av-
erage amount allocated by the States to units of
local government as a basis for awarding grants
under this section.
‘‘SEC. 1804. GUIDELINES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall issue
guidelines establishing procedures under which a State or
specially qualified unit of local government that receives
funds under section 1803 is required to provide notice to
the Attorney General regarding the proposed use of funds
made available under this part.
‘‘(b) ADVISORY BOARD.—The guidelines referred to
in subsection (a) shall include a requirement that such eli-
gible State or unit of local government establish and con-
vene an advisory board to review the proposed uses of such
funds. The board shall include representation from, if
appropriate—
‘‘(1) the State or local police department;
‘‘(2) the local sheriff’s department;
‘‘(3) the State or local prosecutor’s office;
‘‘(4) the State or local juvenile court;
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‘‘(5) the State or local probation office;
‘‘(6) the State or local educational agency;
‘‘(7) a State or local social service agency;
‘‘(8) a nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advo-
cacy organization; and
‘‘(9) a nonprofit, religious, or community group.
‘‘SEC. 1805. PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Attorney General
shall pay, to each State or specially qualified unit of local
government that receives funds under section 1803 that
has submitted an application under this part, the amount
awarded to such State or unit not later than the later of
the following two dates:
‘‘(1) 180 days after the date that the amount
is available.
‘‘(2) The first day of the payment period if the
State has provided the Attorney General with the as-
surances required by subsection (c).
‘‘(b) REPAYMENT OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—From amounts
awarded under this part, a State or specially quali-
fied unit shall repay to the Attorney General, before
the expiration of the 36-month period beginning on
the date of the award, any amount that is not ex-
pended by such State or unit.
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‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Attorney General may
adopt policies and procedures providing for a one-
time extension, by not more than 12 months, of the
period referred to in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPAY.—If the
amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the At-
torney General shall reduce payment in future pay-
ment periods accordingly.
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS REPAID.—Amounts
received by the Attorney General as repayments
under this subsection shall be deposited in a des-
ignated fund for future payments to States and spe-
cially qualified units.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State or unit of
local government that receives funds under this part may
use not more than 5 percent of such funds to pay for ad-
ministrative costs.
‘‘(d) 
NONSUPPLANTING
REQUIREMENT.—Funds
made available under this part to States and units of local
government shall not be used to supplant State or local
funds as the case may be, 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, as the case may be.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this part may not exceed 90
percent of the total program costs.
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), with respect to the cost of
constructing juvenile detention or correctional facili-
ties, the Federal share of a grant received under this
part may not exceed 50 percent of approved cost.
‘‘SEC. 1806. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.
‘‘Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this
part may be used by a State or unit of local government
that receives a grant under this part to contract with pri-
vate, nonprofit entities, or community-based organizations
to carry out the purposes specified under section 1801(b).
‘‘SEC. 1807. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or specially qualified
unit that receives funds under this part shall—
‘‘(1) establish a trust fund in which the govern-
ment will deposit all payments received under this
part;
‘‘(2) use amounts in the trust fund (including
interest) during the period specified in section
1805(b)(1) and any extension of that period under
section 1805(b)(2);
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‘‘(3) designate an official of the State or spe-
cially qualified unit to submit reports as the Attor-
ney General reasonably requires, in addition to the
annual reports required under this part; and
‘‘(4) spend the funds only for the purpose of
strengthening the juvenile justice system.
‘‘(b) TITLE I PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided, the administrative provisions of part H shall apply
to this part and for purposes of this section any reference
in such provisions to title I shall be deemed to include
a reference to this part.
‘‘SEC. 1808. ASSESSMENT REPORTS.
‘‘(a) REPORTS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (4), for each fiscal year for which a grant or
subgrant is awarded under this part, each State or
specially qualified unit of local government that re-
ceives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney
General a grant report, and each unit of local gov-
ernment that receives such a subgrant shall submit
to the State a subgrant report, at such time and in
such manner as the Attorney General may reason-
ably require.
‘‘(2) GRANT REPORT.—Each grant report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include—
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‘‘(A) a summary of the activities carried
out with such grant;
‘‘(B) if such activities included any
subgrant, a summary of the activities carried
out with each such subgrant; and
‘‘(C) an assessment of the effectiveness of
such activities on achieving the purposes of this
part.
‘‘(3) SUBGRANT REPORT.—Each subgrant re-
port required by paragraph (1) shall include—
‘‘(A) a summary of the activities carried
out with such subgrant; and
‘‘(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of
such activities on achieving the purposes of this
part.
‘‘(4) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may
waive the requirement of an assessment in para-
graph (2)(C) for a State or specially qualified unit
of local government, or in paragraph (3)(B) for a
unit of local government, if the Attorney General de-
termines that—
‘‘(A) the nature of the activities are such
that assessing their effectiveness would not be
practical or insightful;
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‘‘(B) the amount of the grant or subgrant
is such that carrying out the assessment would
not be an effective use of those amounts; or
‘‘(C) the resources available to the State or
unit are such that carrying out the assessment
would pose a financial hardship on the State or
unit.
‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90
days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or
more grants are awarded under this part, the Attorney
General shall submit to the Congress a report, which shall
include—
‘‘(1) a summary of the information provided
under subsection (a);
‘‘(2) an assessment by the Attorney General of
the grant program carried out under this part; and
‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney
General considers appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 1809. TRIBAL GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount made avail-
able under section 1811(b), the Attorney General shall
make grants to Indian tribes, or consortia of such tribes,
for programs to strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems
and to hold tribal youth accountable.
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive grant
amounts under this section, an Indian tribe or consortia
of such tribes—
‘‘(1) must carry out tribal juvenile justice func-
tions; and
‘‘(2) shall submit to the Attorney General an
application at such time, in such form, and con-
taining such assurances and information as the At-
torney General may require by guidelines.
‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Attorney General
shall award grants under this section on a competitive
basis.
‘‘(d) GUIDELINES.—In issuing guidelines to carry out
this section, the Attorney General shall ensure that the
application for, award of, and use of grant amounts under
this section are consistent with the purposes and require-
ments of this part.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning given such term in
section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 479a).
‘‘SEC. 1810. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) The term ‘unit of local government’
means—
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‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political
subdivision of a county, township, or city, that
is a unit of local government as determined by
the Secretary of Commerce for general statis-
tical purposes;
‘‘(B) any law enforcement district or judi-
cial enforcement district that—
‘‘(i) is established under applicable
State law; and
‘‘(ii) has the authority, in a manner
independent of other State entities, to es-
tablish a budget and raise revenues; and
‘‘(C) the District of Columbia and the rec-
ognized governing body of an Indian tribe or
Alaskan Native village that carries out substan-
tial governmental duties and powers.
‘‘(2) The term ‘specially qualified unit’ means a
unit of local government which may receive funds
under this part only in accordance with section
1803(e).
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, except that—
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‘‘(A) the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (the
‘partial States’) shall collectively be considered
as 1 State; and
‘‘(B) for purposes of section 1803(a), the
amount allocated to a partial State shall bear
the same proportion to the amount collectively
allocated to the partial States as the population
of the partial State bears to the collective popu-
lation of the partial States.
‘‘(4) The term ‘juvenile’ means an individual
who is 17 years of age or younger.
‘‘(5) The term ‘juvenile justice expenditures’
means expenditures in connection with the juvenile
justice system, including expenditures in connection
with such system to carry out—
‘‘(A) activities specified in section 1801(b);
and
‘‘(B) other activities associated with pros-
ecutorial and judicial services and corrections as
reported to the Bureau of the Census for the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which a
determination is made under this part.
‘‘(6) The term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ means
murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible
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rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of
the Uniform Crime Reports.
‘‘SEC. 1811. 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 2002;
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
‘‘(b) TRIBAL SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a), 2 percent shall be
made available for grants under section 1809.
‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ADMINIS-
TRATION.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under subsection (a), there shall be available to the Attor-
ney General, for each of the fiscal years 2002 through
2004 (as applicable), to remain available until expended—
‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent of that amount,
for research, evaluation, and demonstration con-
sistent with this part;
‘‘(2) not more than 2 percent of that amount,
for training and technical assistance; and
‘‘(3) not more than 1 percent, for administra-
tive costs to carry out the purposes of this part.
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The Attorney General shall establish and execute an over-
sight plan for monitoring the activities of grant recipi-
ents.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. TRANSITION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY IN-
CENTIVE BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM.
For each grant made from amounts made available
for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants
program (as described under the heading ‘‘VIOLENT
CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ in the
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en-
acted by Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1537–14)), the
grant award shall remain available to the grant recipient
for not more than 36 months after the date of reciept of
the grant.
Passed the House of Representatives October 16,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.