I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9579 
To allow Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program assistance 
be used to reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Mr. CROW (for himself and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To allow Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Pro-
gram assistance be used to reduce racial and ethnic 
disparities, 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 ‘‘Reducing Racial and 
Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System Act of 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and other 
youth of color are overrepresented in the juvenile 
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justice system and receive harsher consequences 
than White youth. 
(2) Reducing reliance on incarceration and pro-
viding evidence-based, trauma-informed, and linguis-
tically and culturally responsive support and services 
to youth who come in contact with the juvenile jus-
tice system is a key goal of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
11101 et seq.). 
(3) Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in 
the juvenile justice system requires accurate data re-
garding youth of color who come into contact with 
the juvenile justice system, including data that can 
be disaggregated by race, and ethnicity. 
(4) Youth of color and their families with lived 
experience interacting with the juvenile justice sys-
tem can provide important insight, analysis, and so-
lutions regarding how to recognize and address ra-
cial disparities in the juvenile justice system. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 of the Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
11103) is amended by striking paragraph (41) and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(41) the term ‘racial and ethnic disparity’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) that Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and 
other youth of color are involved at a decision 
point in the juvenile justice system at dis-
proportionately higher rates than White youth 
at that decision point; 
‘‘(B) that the percentage of Black, Indige-
nous, Hispanic, and other youth of color at any 
decision point is higher than the percentage of 
youth of color in the general population; 
‘‘(C) that Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and 
other youth of color experience more severe out-
comes at any decision point than similarly situ-
ated White youth; or 
‘‘(D) that Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, 
and other youth of color are detained and re-
moved from their homes when less restrictive 
alternatives would be more effective;’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 251(a)(1)(B)(viii) of the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency 
Prevention 
Act 
of 
1974 
(34 
U.S.C. 
11161(a)(1)(B)(viii)) is amended by striking ‘‘members of 
minority groups’’ and inserting ‘‘Black, Indigenous, His-
panic, and other youth of color’’. 
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SEC. 4. JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION PROGRAM STATE PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(a) of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 
U.S.C. 11133(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(A)(v), by striking ‘‘of 
someone’’ and inserting ‘‘of a youth representative 
of the population in detention and secure confine-
ment’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)(B)— 
(A) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause 
(x); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (viii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ix) a plan to implement systems for iden-
tifying and recording youth data disaggregated 
by race and ethnicity; and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) in subparagraph (V), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (W), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (W) 
the following: 
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‘‘(X) programs seeking to reduce racial 
and ethnic disparities at any decision point, 
such as at the point of arrest, referral to court, 
diversion, secure detention, judicial waiver to 
adult criminal court, case petitioning, delin-
quency finding or adjudication, probation, or 
residential placement, including secure confine-
ment, including prevention, diversion, and com-
munity supervision, and other programs that 
provide linguistically and culturally responsive 
support and services to youth;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (15)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and youth representative of the population in 
detention and secure confinement who have 
been or are currently under the jurisdiction of 
the juvenile justice system or, if not feasible 
and in appropriate circumstances, parents or 
guardians of a Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, or 
other youth of color who has been or is cur-
rently under the jurisdiction of the juvenile jus-
tice system’’ after ‘‘educational system’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
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(C) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) reporting on measurable progress on 
the work plan described in subparagraph (C) 
for the prior year;’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (22)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) promote opportunity for community- 
based providers serving youth in communities 
with higher than average racial and ethnic dis-
parities at any decision point in the juvenile 
justice system in the State, compared with 
other communities in the same State;’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE FOR COLLECTION OF DATA.—Section 
223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11133) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(h) GUIDANCE FOR COLLECTION OF DATA.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Reduc-
ing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice 
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System Act of 2022, the Administrator shall, in consulta-
tion with the United States Commission on Civil Rights 
and the Director of the Census Bureau, develop guidance 
for States with respect to a uniform standard for the col-
lection and reporting of disaggregated and cross-ref-
erenced data on race and ethnicity under this section to 
assist States in implementing subsection (a)(15).’’. 
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