Juvenile Corrections Act of 1997

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Corrections Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR FACILITIES FOR VIOLENT AND SERIOUS CHRONIC JUVENILE 
              OFFENDERS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of 
        the Department of Justice;
            (2) the term ``combination'' has the same meaning as in 
        section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
        Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603);
            (3) the term ``juvenile delinquency program'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603);
            (4) the term ``qualifying State'' means a State that has 
        submitted, or a State in which an eligible unit of local 
        government has submitted, a grant application that meets the 
        requirements of subsections (c) and (e);
            (5) the terms ``secure detention facility'' and ``secure 
        correctional facility'' have the same meanings as in section 
        103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603);
            (6) the term ``State'' means a State, the District of 
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
        Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 
        Islands; and
            (7) the term ``unit of local government'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603).
    (b) Authorization of Grants.--The Administrator may make grants to 
States and units of local government, or combinations thereof, to 
assist them in planning, establishing, and operating secure detention 
facilities, secure correctional facilities, and other facilities and 
programs for violent juveniles and serious chronic juvenile offenders 
who are accused of or who have been adjudicated as having committed one 
or more offenses.
    (c) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--The chief executive officer of a State or 
        unit of local government that seeks to receive a grant under 
        this section shall submit to the Administrator an application, 
        in such form and in such manner as the Administrator may 
        prescribe.
            (2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    (A) provide assurances that each facility or 
                program funded with a grant under this section will 
                provide appropriate educational and vocational training 
                and substance abuse treatment for juvenile offenders; 
                and
                    (B) provide assurances that each facility or 
                program funded with a grant under this section will 
                afford juvenile offenders intensive post-release 
                supervision and services.
    (d) Minimum Amount.--Of the total amount made available under 
subsection (g) to carry out this section in any fiscal year--
            (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), each qualifying 
        State, together with units of local government within the 
        State, shall be allocated not less than 1.0 percent; and
            (2) the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
        and the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.2 
        percent.
    (e) Performance Evaluation.--
            (1) Evaluation components.--
                    (A) In general.--Each facility or program funded 
                with a grant under this section shall contain an 
                evaluation component developed pursuant to guidelines 
                established by the Administrator.
                    (B) Outcome measures.--Each evaluation required by 
                this subsection shall include outcome measures that can 
be used to determine the effectiveness of each program funded with 
grant under this section, including the effectiveness of the program in 
comparison with other juvenile delinquency programs in reducing the 
incidence of recidivism, and other outcome measures.
            (2) Periodic review and reports.--
                    (A) Review.--The Administrator shall review the 
                performance of each recipient of a grant under this 
                section.
                    (B) Reports.--The Administrator may require a grant 
                recipient to submit to the Office of Juvenile Justice 
                and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice 
                the results of the evaluations required under paragraph 
                (1) and such other data and information as may be 
                reasonably necessary to carry out the Administrator's 
                responsibilities under this section.
    (f) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Administrator shall 
provide technical assistance and training to each recipient of a grant 
under this section to assist those recipients in achieving the purposes 
of this section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $252,700,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (2) $266,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (3) $275,310,000 for fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 3. COMPENSATING REDUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 20108(a)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13708(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
subparagraphs (C) through (E) and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) $2,274,300,000 for fiscal year 1998;
                    ``(D) $2,394,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
                    ``(E) $2,477,790,000 for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN JUVENILE 
              CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, after consultation with 
the National Institute of Justice and other appropriate governmental 
and nongovernmental organizations, submit to Congress a report 
regarding the possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating 
and improving the effectiveness of juvenile delinquency programs.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under this section shall include 
an analysis of--
            (1) the range of performance-based measures that might be 
        utilized as evaluation criteria, including measures of 
        recidivism among juveniles who have been incarcerated in a 
        secure correctional facility or a secure detention facility, or 
        who have participated in a juvenile delinquency program;
            (2) the feasibility of linking Federal juvenile corrections 
        funding to the satisfaction of performance-based criteria by 
        grantees (including the use of a Federal matching mechanism 
        under which the share of Federal funding would vary in relation 
        to the performance of a facility or program);
            (3) whether, and to what extent, the data necessary for the 
        Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the 
        Department of Justice to utilize performance-based criteria in 
        its administration of juvenile delinquency programs are 
        collected and reported nationally; and
            (4) the estimated cost and feasibility of establishing 
        minimal, uniform data collection and reporting standards 
        nationwide that would allow for the use of performance-based 
        criteria in evaluating secure correctional facilities, secure 
        detention facilities, and juvenile delinquency programs and in 
        administering amounts appropriated for Federal juvenile 
        delinquency programs.

Summary: Juvenile Corrections Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Administrator of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to assist States and local governments in planning, establishing, and operating secure detention and correctional facilities and other facilities and programs for violent juveniles and serious chronic juvenile offenders who are accused of, or who have been adjudicated as having committed, one or more offenses. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) application requirements; (2) minimum amounts allocated to qualifying States; (3) performance evaluations; and (4) technical assistance and training.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to make a compensating reduction of the authorization of appropriations from Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants. 
Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress a report regarding the possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating and improving the effectiveness of juvenile delinquency programs.