I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 
To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2017 
Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SCOTT of 
Virginia, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 
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 Justice Re-
form Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—DECLARATION OF FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND 
DEFINITIONS 
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Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Purposes. 
Sec. 103. Definitions. 
TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 
Sec. 201. Concentration of Federal efforts. 
Sec. 202. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion. 
Sec. 203. Annual report. 
Sec. 204. Allocation of funds. 
Sec. 205. State plans. 
Sec. 206. Repeal of juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program. 
Sec. 207. Research and evaluation; statistical analyses; information dissemina-
tion. 
Sec. 208. Training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 210. Administrative authority. 
TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 
PREVENTION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 301. Short Title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Duties and functions of the administrator. 
Sec. 304. Grants for delinquency prevention programs. 
Sec. 305. Grants for tribal delinquency prevention and response programs. 
Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 307. Technical amendment. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Evaluation by Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 402. Accountability and oversight. 
TITLE 
I—DECLARATION 
OF 
FINDINGS, 
PURPOSE, 
AND 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Section 101(a)(9) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601(a)(9)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including offenders who enter the 
juvenile justice system as the result of sexual abuse, ex-
ploitation, and trauma,’’ after ‘‘young juvenile offenders’’. 
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SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 
Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, tribal,’’ 
after ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, tribal,’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) to assist State, tribal, and local govern-
ments in addressing juvenile crime through the pro-
vision of technical assistance, research, training, 
evaluation, and the dissemination of current and rel-
evant information on effective and evidence-based 
programs and practices for combating juvenile delin-
quency; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to support a continuum of evidence-based 
or promising programs (including delinquency pre-
vention, intervention, mental health, behavioral 
health and substance abuse treatment, family serv-
ices, and services for children exposed to violence) 
that are trauma informed, reflect the science of ado-
lescent development, and are designed to meet the 
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needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into con-
tact with the justice system.’’. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by adding 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(2) in paragraph (18)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘for purposes of title II,’’ 
before ‘‘the term’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘that has a law enforcement function, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with 
the Attorney General;’’. 
(3) by amending paragraph (22) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(22) the term ‘jail or lockup for adults’ means 
a secure facility that is used by a State, unit of local 
government, or law enforcement authority to detain 
or confine adult inmates;’’; 
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(4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(25) the term ‘sight or sound contact’ means 
any physical, clear visual, or verbal contact that is 
not brief and inadvertent;’’; 
(5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 
‘‘(A) means an individual who— 
‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi-
nal responsibility under applicable State 
law; and 
‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus-
tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 
charge, or is convicted of a criminal of-
fense; and 
‘‘(B) does not include an individual who— 
‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of-
fense, was younger than the maximum age 
at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 
facility under applicable State law; and 
‘‘(ii) was committed to the care and 
custody or supervision, including post- 
placement or parole supervision, of a juve-
nile correctional agency by a court of com-
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petent jurisdiction or by operation of appli-
cable State law;’’; 
(6) in paragraph (28), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(7) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) the term ‘core requirements’— 
‘‘(A) means the requirements described in 
paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (15) of section 
223(a); and 
‘‘(B) does not include the data collection 
requirements described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (K) of section 207(1); 
‘‘(31) the term ‘chemical agent’ means a spray 
or injection used to temporarily incapacitate a per-
son, including oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, 
and 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 
‘‘(32) the term ‘isolation’— 
‘‘(A) means any instance in which a youth 
is confined alone for more than 10 minutes in 
a room or cell; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) confinement during regularly 
scheduled sleeping hours; 
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‘‘(ii) separation based on a treatment 
program approved by a licensed medical or 
mental health professional; 
‘‘(iii) confinement or separation that 
is requested by the youth; or 
‘‘(iv) the separation of the youth from 
a group in a nonlocked setting for the lim-
ited purpose of calming; 
‘‘(33) the term ‘restraints’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ii); 
‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro-
gram or practice that— 
‘‘(A) is demonstrated to be effective when 
implemented with fidelity; 
‘‘(B) is based on a clearly articulated and 
empirically supported theory; 
‘‘(C) has measurable outcomes relevant to 
juvenile justice, including a detailed description 
of the outcomes produced in a particular popu-
lation, whether urban or rural; and 
‘‘(D) has been scientifically tested and 
proven effective through randomized control 
studies or comparison group studies and with 
the ability to replicate and scale; 
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‘‘(35) the term ‘promising’ means a program or 
practice that— 
‘‘(A) is demonstrated to be effective based 
on positive outcomes relevant to juvenile justice 
from 1 or more objective, independent, and sci-
entifically valid evaluations, as documented in 
writing to the Administrator; and 
‘‘(B) will be evaluated through a well-de-
signed and rigorous study, as described in para-
graph (34)(D); 
‘‘(36) the term ‘dangerous practice’ means an 
act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason-
able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 
harm to a juvenile subjected to the act, procedure, 
or program; 
‘‘(37) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc-
ess— 
‘‘(A) designed to identify youth who may 
have mental health, behavioral health, sub-
stance abuse, or other needs requiring imme-
diate attention, intervention, and further eval-
uation; and 
‘‘(B) the purpose of which is to quickly 
identify a youth with possible mental health, be-
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havioral health, substance abuse, or other needs 
in need of further assessment; 
‘‘(38) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min-
imum, an interview and review of available records 
and other pertinent information— 
‘‘(A) by an appropriately trained profes-
sional who is licensed or certified by the appli-
cable State in the mental health, behavioral 
health, or substance abuse fields; and 
‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi-
cant mental health, behavioral health, or sub-
stance abuse treatment needs to be addressed 
during a youth’s confinement; 
‘‘(39) for purposes of section 223(a)(15), the 
term ‘contact’ means the points at which a youth 
and the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 
system officially intersect, including interactions 
with a juvenile justice, juvenile court, or law enforce-
ment official; 
‘‘(40) the term ‘trauma-informed’ means— 
‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo-
sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 
physical, psychological, and psychosocial devel-
opment; 
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‘‘(B) recognizing when a youth has been 
exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 
of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 
trauma; and 
‘‘(C) responding in ways that resist re-
traumatization; 
‘‘(41) the term ‘racial and ethnic disparity’ 
means minority youth populations are involved at a 
decision point in the juvenile justice system at high-
er rates, incrementally or cumulatively, than non-mi-
nority youth at that decision point; 
‘‘(42) the term ‘status offender’ means a juve-
nile who is charged with or who has committed an 
offense that would not be criminal if committed by 
an adult; 
‘‘(43) the term ‘rural’ means an area that is 
not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as de-
fined by the Office of Management and Budget; 
‘‘(44) the term ‘internal controls’ means a proc-
ess implemented to provide reasonable assurance re-
garding the achievement of objectives in— 
‘‘(A) effectiveness and efficiency of oper-
ations, such as grant management practices; 
‘‘(B) reliability of reporting for internal 
and external use; and 
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‘‘(C) compliance with applicable laws and 
regulations, as well as recommendations of the 
Office of Inspector General and the Government 
Accountability Office; and 
‘‘(45) the term ‘tribal government’ means the 
governing body of an Indian tribe.’’. 
TITLE 
II—JUVENILE 
JUSTICE 
AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION 
SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 
Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the first sen-
tence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a long-term plan, and 
implement’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a 
long-term plan to improve the juvenile jus-
tice system in the United States, taking 
into account scientific knowledge regarding 
adolescent development and behavior and 
regarding the effects of delinquency pre-
vention programs and juvenile justice 
interventions on adolescents, and shall im-
plement’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘research, and im-
provement of the juvenile justice system in 
the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and re-
search’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Fed-
eral Register’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘Federal Register during the 30-day period 
ending on October 1 of each year.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (7); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4), the 
following: 
‘‘(5) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 
in consultation with Indian tribes, develop a policy 
for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention to collaborate with representatives of In-
dian tribes with a criminal justice function on the 
implementation of the provisions of this Act relating 
to Indian tribes;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, 
by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(E) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘monitoring’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 223(a)(15)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 223(a)(14)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘to review the ade-
quacy of such systems; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘for monitoring compliance.’’. 
SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 
AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 
Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘the Assistant Sec-
retary for Mental Health and Substance 
Use, the Secretary of the Interior,’’ after 
‘‘the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Im-
migration and Naturalization’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘United 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Government’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 
223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re-
quirements’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 
basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) not later than 120 days after the 
completion of the last meeting of the Council 
during any fiscal year, submit to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(i) contains the recommendations de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) includes a detailed account of the 
activities conducted by the Council during 
the fiscal year, including a complete de-
tailed accounting of expenses incurred by 
the Council to conduct operations in ac-
cordance with this section; 
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‘‘(G) a summary of data from 1 month of 
the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 
and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 
of secure detention and correctional facilities 
operated by a State or unit of local government; 
‘‘(H) the number of status offense cases 
petitioned to court, number of status offenders 
held in secure detention, the findings used to 
justify the use of secure detention, and the av-
erage period of time a status offender was held 
in secure detention; 
‘‘(I) the number of juveniles released from 
custody and the type of living arrangement to 
which they are released; 
‘‘(J) the number of juveniles whose offense 
originated on school grounds, during school- 
sponsored off-campus activities, or due to a re-
ferral by a school official, as collected and re-
ported by the Department of Education or simi-
lar State educational agency; and 
‘‘(K) the number of juveniles in the cus-
tody of secure detention and correctional facili-
ties operated by a State or unit of local govern-
ment who report being pregnant.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(5) A description of the criteria used to deter-
mine what programs qualify as evidence-based and 
promising programs under this title and title V and 
a comprehensive list of those programs the Adminis-
trator has determined meet such criteria in both 
rural and urban areas. 
‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In-
dian tribes under this Act or for a juvenile delin-
quency or prevention program under the Tribal Law 
and Order Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–211; 124 
Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 
funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 
unit of local government. 
‘‘(7) An analysis and evaluation of the internal 
controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol-
lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant programs 
and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re-
cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 
of the grant programs, including instances— 
‘‘(A) in which supporting documentation 
was not provided for cost reports; 
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‘‘(B) where unauthorized expenditures oc-
curred; or 
‘‘(C) where subrecipients of grant funds 
were not compliant with program requirements. 
‘‘(8) An analysis and evaluation of the total 
amount of payments made to grantees that the Of-
fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio-
lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 
programs, including— 
‘‘(A) the full name and location of the 
grantee; 
‘‘(B) the violation of the program found; 
‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re-
couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention; and 
‘‘(D) the actual amount recouped by the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention.’’. 
SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 221(b)(1) of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 
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(b) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Section 222 of the Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘age 
eighteen’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age, based 
on the most recent data available from the Bu-
reau of the Census’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a 
fiscal year to carry out this title is less than $75,000,000, 
then— 
‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State other 
than a State described in clause (ii) for that fiscal 
year shall be not less than $400,000; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 
that fiscal year shall be not less than $75,000. 
‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a fis-
cal year to carry out this title is not less than 
$75,000,000, then— 
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‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State other 
than a State described in clause (ii) for that fiscal 
year shall be not less than $600,000; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 
that fiscal year shall be not less than $100,000.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘efficient ad-
ministration, including monitoring, evaluation, and 
one full-time staff position’’ and inserting ‘‘effective 
and efficient administration of funds, including the 
designation of not less than 1 individual who shall 
coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 
with the core requirements and certify whether the 
State is in compliance with such requirements’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘5 per centum 
of the minimum’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 5 
percent of the’’. 
SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 
Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 
compliance with State plan requirements.’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘and shall describe how the State plan 
is supported by or takes account of scientific 
knowledge regarding adolescent development 
and behavior and regarding the effects of delin-
quency prevention programs and juvenile justice 
interventions on adolescents. Not later than 60 
days after the date on which a plan or amended 
plan submitted under this subsection is final-
ized, a State shall make the plan or amended 
plan publicly available by posting the plan or 
amended plan on the State’s publicly available 
website.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘de-
scribed in section 299(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as 
designated by the chief executive officer of the 
State’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad-
olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con-
cerning’’; 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) in subclause (II), by in-
serting ‘‘publicly supported court- 
appointed legal counsel with ex-
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perience representing juveniles in 
delinquency proceedings,’’ after 
‘‘youth,’’; 
(bb) in subclause (III), by 
striking ‘‘mental health, edu-
cation, special education’’ and in-
serting ‘‘child and adolescent 
mental health, education, child 
and adolescent substance abuse, 
special education, services for 
youth with disabilities’’; 
(cc) in subclause (V), by 
striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 
delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
linquent youth or youth at risk of 
delinquency’’; 
(dd) in subclause (VI), by 
striking ‘‘youth workers involved 
with’’ and inserting ‘‘representa-
tives of’’; 
(ee) in subclause (VII), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ff) by striking subclause 
(VIII) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(VIII) persons, licensed or cer-
tified by the applicable State, with ex-
pertise and competence in preventing 
and addressing mental health and 
substance abuse needs in delinquent 
youth and youth at risk of delin-
quency; 
‘‘(IX) representatives of victim or 
witness advocacy groups, including at 
least 1 individual with expertise in ad-
dressing the challenges of sexual 
abuse and exploitation and trauma, 
particularly the needs of youth who 
experience disproportionate levels of 
sexual abuse, exploitation, and trauma 
before entering the juvenile justice 
system; and 
‘‘(X) for a State in which 1 or 
more Indian tribes are located, an In-
dian tribal representative or other in-
dividual with significant expertise in 
tribal law enforcement and juvenile 
justice in Indian tribal communities;’’; 
(III) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘24 at the time of appointment’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘28 at the time of initial ap-
pointment’’; and 
(IV) in clause (v) by inserting 
‘‘or, if not feasible and in appropriate 
circumstances, who is the parent or 
guardian of someone who has been or 
is currently under the jurisdiction of 
the juvenile justice system’’ after ‘‘ju-
venile justice system’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘at 
least annually recommendations re-
garding State compliance with the re-
quirements of paragraphs (11), (12), 
and (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘at least 
every 2 years a report and necessary 
recommendations 
regarding 
State 
compliance with the core require-
ments’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
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(I) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘In-
dian tribes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘appli-
cable to the detention and confinement of juve-
niles’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribes that agree 
to attempt to comply with the core require-
ments applicable to the detention and confine-
ment of juveniles’’; 
(E) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(II) by striking clause (iv) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(iv) a plan to provide alternatives to 
detention for status offenders, survivors of 
commercial sexual exploitation, and others, 
where appropriate, such as specialized or 
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problem-solving courts or diversion to 
home-based or community-based services 
or treatment for those youth in need of 
mental health, substance abuse, or co-oc-
curring disorder services at the time such 
juveniles first come into contact with the 
juvenile justice system; 
‘‘(v) a plan to reduce the number of 
children housed in secure detention and 
corrections facilities who are awaiting 
placement in residential treatment pro-
grams; 
‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family mem-
bers, where appropriate, in the design and 
delivery of juvenile delinquency prevention 
and treatment services, particularly post- 
placement; 
‘‘(vii) a plan to use community-based 
services to respond to the needs of at-risk 
youth or youth who have come into contact 
with the juvenile justice system; 
‘‘(viii) a plan to promote evidence- 
based and trauma-informed programs and 
practices; and 
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‘‘(ix) not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Juvenile Justice 
Reform Act of 2017, a plan, which shall be 
implemented not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of the Juvenile Jus-
tice Reform Act of 2017, to— 
‘‘(I) eliminate the use of re-
straints of known pregnant juveniles 
housed in secure juvenile detention 
and correction facilities, during labor, 
delivery, and post-partum recovery, 
unless credible, reasonable grounds 
exist to believe the detainee presents 
an immediate and serious threat of 
hurting herself, staff, or others; and 
‘‘(II) eliminate the use of abdom-
inal restraints, leg and ankle re-
straints, wrist restraints behind the 
back, and four-point restraints on 
known pregnant juveniles, unless— 
‘‘(aa) credible, reasonable 
grounds exist to believe the de-
tainee presents an immediate and 
serious threat of hurting herself, 
staff, or others; or 
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‘‘(bb) 
reasonable 
grounds 
exist to believe the detainee pre-
sents an immediate and credible 
risk of escape that cannot be rea-
sonably minimized through any 
other method;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘exist-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and prom-
ising’’; 
(G) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, with priority in 
funding given to entities meeting the cri-
teria for evidence-based or promising pro-
grams’’ after ‘‘used for’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘status of-
fenders and other’’ before ‘‘youth 
who need’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(II) in clause (ii) by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
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(III) by inserting after clause (ii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) for youth who need specialized 
intensive and comprehensive services that 
address the unique issues encountered by 
youth when they become involved with 
gangs;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘parents and 
other family members’’ and inserting 
‘‘status offenders, other youth, and 
the parents and other family members 
of such offenders and youth’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 
and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘delinquent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘at-risk or delinquent youth’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, 
including for truancy prevention and 
reduction’’ before the semicolon; 
(v) in subparagraph (F), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘ex-
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