Title: Urban Progress Act of 2018
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:


Urban Progress Act of 2018
This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions to promote economic development, expand employment opportunities, reduce gun violence, and limit the impact of poverty. Among other things, it:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 5164 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5164

   To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and 
      promote common-sense gun violence prevention in underserved 
                  communities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2018

Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Al 
  Green of Texas, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Moore, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
Maxine Waters of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Danny K. 
    Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hastings, and Ms. Norton) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
   and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
   Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and 
 Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and 
      promote common-sense gun violence prevention in underserved 
                  communities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Progress Act 
of 2018''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
          TITLE I--SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 Subtitle A--Rental Assistance Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation 
                                  Act

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Amendments to rental assistance demonstration.
                Subtitle B--Hire For a Second Chance Act

Sec. 111. Short title.
Sec. 112. Extension and modification of work opportunity tax credit.
          Subtitle C--Community Investment and Empowerment Act

Sec. 121. Short title.
Sec. 122. Purpose.
Sec. 123. Economic growth, retention, and recruitment of commercial 
                            investment in underserved communities.
                   Subtitle D--Promote Start-Ups Act

Sec. 131. Short title.
Sec. 132. Permanent increase of limitation on deduction for start-up 
                            and organizational expenditures.
            Subtitle E--Community College to Career Fund Act

Sec. 141. Short title.
Sec. 142. Community College to Career Fund.
          Subtitle F--Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act

Sec. 151. Short title.
Sec. 152. Grants to States for summer employment for youth.
                Subtitle G--Child Poverty Reduction Act

Sec. 161. Short title.
 Chapter 1--Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty

Sec. 162. Establishment of Working Group.
Sec. 163. National plan to reduce child poverty.
Sec. 164. Other duties.
Sec. 165. Membership.
Sec. 166. Director and staff.
Sec. 167. Reporting requirements.
          Chapter 2--Workshops by National Academy of Sciences

Sec. 168. Requirement to enter into agreement with National Academy of 
                            Sciences.
Sec. 169. Workshop topics.
Sec. 170. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 171. Authorization of appropriations.
                         Chapter 3--Definitions

Sec. 172. Definitions.
              Subtitle H--Hunger-Free Summers for Children

Sec. 181. Summer SNAP benefits for minor children who received free or 
                            reduced price school lunches.
Sec. 182. Child tax credit increased for families under 150 percent of 
                            poverty line.
                      TITLE II--COMMUNITY POLICING

                   Subtitle A--Fair Chance for Youth

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Expungement and sealing of youth criminal records.
Sec. 203. Retroactive effect.
 Subtitle B--Youth Prison Reduction Through Opportunities, Mentoring, 
                  Intervention, Support, and Education

Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Definitions.
Sec. 213. Findings.
 Chapter 1--Federal Coordination of Local and Tribal Juvenile Justice 
                        Information and Efforts

Sec. 214. PROMISE Advisory Panel.
Sec. 215. Geographic assessment of resource allocation.
                       Chapter 2--PROMISE Grants

Sec. 216. Purposes.
          subchapter a--promise assessment and planning grants

Sec. 217. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized.
Sec. 218. PROMISE Coordinating Councils.
Sec. 219. Needs and strengths assessment.
Sec. 220. PROMISE Plan components.
Sec. 221. Authorization of appropriations.
              subchapter b--promise implementation grants

Sec. 222. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized.
Sec. 223. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements.
Sec. 224. Grant award guidelines.
Sec. 225. Reports.
Sec. 226. Authorization of appropriations.
             subchapter c--general promise grant provisions

Sec. 227. Nonsupplanting clause.
Sec. 228. Grant application review panel.
Sec. 229. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs.
Sec. 230. Reservation of funds.
                  Chapter 3--PROMISE Research Centers

Sec. 231. Establishment of the National Research Center for Proven 
                            Juvenile Justice Practices.
Sec. 232. Grants for regional research proven practices partnerships.
       Subtitle C--Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces

Sec. 241. Short title.
Sec. 242. Grants to increase the racial diversity of law enforcement 
                            agencies.
            TITLE III--COMMON SENSE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Subtitle A--Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and 
                            Crime Prevention

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Firearms trafficking.
     Subtitle B--Report on Effects of Gun Violence on Public Health

Sec. 311. Report on effects of gun violence on public health.
Sec. 312. Prohibition on certain amendments to appropriations measures.
          Subtitle C--Keeping Guns From High-Risk Individuals

Sec. 321. Short title.
Sec. 322. Firearm prohibitions applicable with respect to certain high-
                            risk individuals.
                Subtitle D--Strengthening Gun Checks Act

Sec. 341. Short title; table of contents.
Chapter 1--Ensuring That All Individuals Who Should Be Prohibited From 
  Buying a Gun Are Listed in the National Instant Criminal Background 
                              Check System

Sec. 342. States to make data electronically available to the National 
                            Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Sec. 343. Requirement that Federal agencies certify that they have 
                            submitted to the National Instant Criminal 
                            Background Check System all records 
                            identifying persons prohibited from 
                            purchasing firearms under Federal law.
Sec. 344. Adjudicated as a mental defective.
Sec. 345. Clarification that Federal court information is to be made 
                            available to the National Instant Criminal 
                            Background Check System.
     Chapter 2--Requiring a Background Check for Every Firearm Sale

Sec. 346. Purpose.
Sec. 347. Firearms transfers.
Sec. 348. Lost and stolen reporting.
              Subtitle E--Background Check Completion Act

Sec. 351. Short title.
Sec. 352. Elimination of requirement that a firearms dealer transfer a 
                            firearm if the national instant criminal 
                            background check system has been unable to 
                            complete a background check of the 
                            prospective transferee within 3 business 
                            days.

          TITLE I--SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 Subtitle A--Rental Assistance Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation 
                                  Act

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Rental Assistance Housing 
Preservation and Rehabilitation Act of 2018''.

SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION.

    (a) Amendments.--The matter in the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C 
of Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 673) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(except for funds allocated under such 
        section for single room occupancy dwellings as authorized by 
        title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)'' each 
        place such phrase appears;
            (2) in the third proviso by inserting ``in excess of 
        amounts made available under this heading'' after ``associated 
        with such conversion'';
            (3) in the fourth proviso--
                    (A) by striking ``60,000'' and inserting 
                ``150,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or section 8(e)(2)''; and
            (4) in the penultimate proviso by striking ``and 2013'' and 
        inserting ``through 2016''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply only to any amounts that are made available for fiscal year 2014 
or any fiscal year thereafter for carrying out the demonstration 
program established under the heading referred to in subsection (a).

                Subtitle B--Hire For a Second Chance Act

SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Hire For a Second Chance Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 112. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Credit Made Permanent.--Section 51(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).
    (b) Increase in Wage Limitation for Ex-Felons.--
            (1) Limitation on wages taken into account.--Section 
        51(b)(3) of such Code is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (d)(3)(A)(iv), and'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (d)(3)(A)(iv),'', and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii)(II))'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii)(II), and 
                $14,000 in the case of any individual who is an ex-
                felon by reason of subsection (d)(4))''.
            (2) Inflation adjustment.--Section 51(b) of such Code is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Adjustment for inflation.--In the case of any taxable 
        year beginning after 2016, the $14,000 dollar amount contained 
        in paragraph (3) relating to ex-felons shall be increased by an 
        amount equal to the product of--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, and
                    ``(B) the cost of living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                the taxable year begins determined by substituting 
                `calendar year 2015' for `calendar year 1992' in 
                subparagraph (B) thereof.
        If any increase determined under the preceding sentence is not 
        a multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to the next 
        lowest multiple of $50.''.
    (c) Qualified Ex-Felon.--Section 51(d)(4)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``3 years''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2015.

          Subtitle C--Community Investment and Empowerment Act

SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Community Investment and 
Empowerment Act''.

SEC. 122. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to assist with the economic growth of 
economically disadvantaged communities that have potential for strong 
Class 1 commercial investment, but continue to have a difficult time 
recruiting Class 1 commercial investment.

SEC. 123. ECONOMIC GROWTH, RETENTION, AND RECRUITMENT OF COMMERCIAL 
              INVESTMENT IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    The Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new title:

 ``TITLE VI--ECONOMIC GROWTH, RETENTION, AND RECRUITMENT OF COMMERCIAL 
          INVESTMENT IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

``SEC. 511. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Authorization.--From amounts appropriated under section 513, 
the Administrator shall make grants on a competitive basis to 
communities for--
            ``(1) the creation of a grant and/or revolving loan fund 
        program that helps develop financing packages for Class 1 
        commercial investment;
            ``(2) lowering real estate property tax rates;
            ``(3) conducting community-wide market analysis to help 
        recruit and/or retain Class 1 commercial investment;
            ``(4) creating employment training programs for Class 1 
        business customer service, sales, and managerial positions;
            ``(5) retail marketing strategies to solicit new Class 1 
        commercial investment starts in the community;
            ``(6) program allowances for activities such as the 
        publication of marketing materials, development of economic 
        development web pages, and educational outreach activities with 
        retail trade associations; and
            ``(7) hiring business recruitment specialists.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--The Administrator may only make a grant under 
subsection (a) to communities that--
            ``(1) demographics include--
                    ``(A) a median per capita income no higher than 
                $35,000; and
                    ``(B) a lack of Class 1 commercial investment; and
            ``(2) submit an application at such time, in such form, and 
        containing such information and assurances as the Administrator 
        may require, including--
                    ``(A) a description of how the community through 
                the activities the community carries out with the grant 
                funds will recruit, retain and grow their economy 
                through Class 1 commercial investment; and
                    ``(B) a description of the difficulty the community 
                has faced recruiting, retaining and growing their 
                economy through Class 1 commercial investment.
    ``(c) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator may not make a grant 
        to a community under subsection (a) unless the community agrees 
        that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the community 
        in carrying out the activities for which the grant is awarded, 
        the community will make available non-Federal contributions in 
        an amount equal to not less than 10 percent of the Federal 
        funds provided under the grant.
            ``(2) Satisfying matching requirements.--The non-Federal 
        contributions required under paragraph (1) may be--
                    ``(A) in cash or in-kind, including services, 
                fairly evaluated; and
                    ``(B) from--
                            ``(i) any private source;
                            ``(ii) a State or local governmental 
                        entity; or
                            ``(iii) a not-for-profit.
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Administrator may waive or reduce the 
        non-Federal contribution required by paragraph (1) if the 
        community involved demonstrates that the eligible entity cannot 
        meet the contribution requirement due to financial hardship.
    ``(d) Limitations.--Funding appropriated under section 513 will be 
allocated by the following formula--
            ``(1) no more than up to 5 percent of funds appropriated 
        under section 513 shall go to administrative costs;
            ``(2) up to 70 percent of funding appropriated under 
        section 513 shall go toward activities described in sections 
        (a)(1) through (a)(4) after taking into account administrative 
        costs under section (c)(1)(A); and
            ``(3) 30 percent of funding appropriated under section 513 
        shall go toward activities described in sections (a)(5) through 
        (a)(7) after taking into account administrative costs under 
        section (c)(1)(A).

``SEC. 512. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title, the following definitions apply:
            ``(1) Community.--The term `community' means a governance 
        structure that includes county, parish, city, village, 
        township, district or borough.
            ``(2) Class 1 commercial investment.--The term `Class 1 
        commercial investment' means retail grocery chains, food 
        service retailers, restaurants and franchises, retail stores, 
        cafes, shopping malls, and other shops.
            ``(3) Economically underserved community.--The term 
        `economically underserved community' means an area suffering 
        from low income and resultant low purchasing power, limiting 
        its ability to generate sufficient goods and services to be 
        used in exchange with other areas to meet current consumption 
        needs.

``SEC. 513. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out section 511(a) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2019.''.

                   Subtitle D--Promote Start-Ups Act

SEC. 131. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Promote Start-Ups Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 132. PERMANENT INCREASE OF LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION FOR START-UP 
              AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENDITURES.

    (a) Start-Up Expenditures.--
            (1) In general.--Section 195(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting 
                ``$15,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting 
                ``$150,000''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 195(b) of such Code is 
        amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Organizational Expenditures.--Section 248(a)(1)(B) of such Code 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$10,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting ``$60,000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts paid or incurred with respect to--
            (1) in the case of the amendments made by subsection (a), 
        trades or businesses beginning in taxable years beginning after 
        December 31, 2015; and
            (2) in the case of the amendments made by subsection (b), 
        corporations the business of which begins in taxable years 
        beginning after such date.

            Subtitle E--Community College to Career Fund Act

SEC. 141. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Community College to Career 
Fund Act''.

SEC. 142. COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CAREER FUND.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subtitle F--Community College to Career Fund

``SEC. 199. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--From funds appropriated under section 
199A, the Secretary of Labor (in coordination with the Secretary of 
Education and the Secretary of Commerce) shall award competitive grants 
to eligible entities described in subsection (b) for the purpose of 
developing, offering, improving, and providing educational or career 
training programs for workers.
    ``(b) Eligible Entity.--
            ``(1) Partnerships with employers or an employer or 
        industry partnership.--
                    ``(A) General definition.--For purposes of this 
                section, an `eligible entity' means any of the entities 
                described in subparagraph (B) (or a consortium of any 
                of such entities) in partnership with employers or an 
                employer or industry partnership representing multiple 
                employers.
                    ``(B) Description of entities.--The entities 
                described in this subparagraph are--
                            ``(i) a community college;
                            ``(ii) a 4-year public institution of 
                        higher education (as defined in section 101(a) 
                        of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1001(a))) that offers 2-year degrees, and that 
                        will use funds provided under this section for 
                        activities at the certificate and associate 
                        degree levels;
                            ``(iii) a Tribal College or University (as 
                        defined in section 316(b) of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))); or
                            ``(iv) a private or nonprofit, 2-year 
                        institution of higher education (as defined in 
                        section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                        (20 U.S.C. 1002)) in the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                        Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
                        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
                        Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the 
                        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
                        Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.
            ``(2) Additional partners.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of additional partners.--In 
                addition to partnering with employers or an employer or 
                industry partnership representing multiple employers as 
                described in paragraph (1)(A), an entity described in 
                paragraph (1) may include in the partnership described 
                in paragraph (1) one or more of the organizations 
                described in subparagraph (B). Each eligible entity 
                that includes one or more such organizations shall 
                collaborate with the State or local board in the area 
                served by the eligible entity.
                    ``(B) Organizations.--The organizations described 
                in this subparagraph are as follows:
                            ``(i) A provider of adult education (as 
                        defined in section 203) or an institution of 
                        higher education (as defined in section 101 of 
                        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1001)).
                            ``(ii) A community-based organization.
                            ``(iii) A joint labor-management 
                        partnership.
                            ``(iv) A State or local board.
                            ``(v) Any other organization that the 
                        Secretaries consider appropriate.
    ``(c) Educational or Career Training Program.--For purposes of this 
section, the Governor of the State in which at least one of the 
entities described in subsection (b)(1)(B) of an eligible entity is 
located shall establish criteria for an educational or career training 
program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential for which an 
eligible entity submits a grant proposal under subsection (d).
    ``(d) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant under this 
section shall submit an application containing a grant proposal, for an 
educational or career training program leading to a recognized 
postsecondary credential, to the Secretaries at such time and 
containing such information as the Secretaries determine is required, 
including a detailed description of--
            ``(1) the extent to which the educational or career 
        training program described in the grant proposal fits within an 
        overall strategic plan consisting of--
                    ``(A) the State plan described in section 102 or 
                103, for the State involved;
                    ``(B) the local plan described in section 108, for 
                each local area that comprises a significant portion of 
                the area to be served by the eligible entity; and
                    ``(C) a strategic plan developed by the eligible 
                entity;
            ``(2) the extent to which the program will meet the needs 
        of employers in the area for skilled workers in in-demand 
        industry sectors and occupations;
            ``(3) the extent to which the program will meet the 
        educational or career training needs of workers in the area;
            ``(4) the specific educational or career training program 
        and how the program meets the criteria established under 
        subsection (e), including the manner in which the grant will be 
        used to develop, offer, improve, and provide the educational or 
        career training program;
            ``(5) any previous experience of the eligible entity in 
        providing educational or career training programs, the absence 
        of which shall not automatically disqualify an eligible 
        institution from receiving a grant under this section; and
            ``(6) how the program leading to the credential meets the 
        criteria described in subsection (c).
    ``(e) Criteria for Award.--
            ``(1) In general.--Grants under this section shall be 
        awarded based on criteria established by the Secretaries, that 
        include the following:
                    ``(A) A determination of the merits of the grant 
                proposal submitted by the eligible entity involved to 
                develop, offer, improve, and provide an educational or 
                career training program to be made available to 
                workers.
                    ``(B) An assessment of the likely employment 
                opportunities available in the area to individuals who 
                complete an educational or career training program that 
                the eligible entity proposes to develop, offer, 
                improve, and provide.
                    ``(C) An assessment of prior demand for training 
                programs by individuals eligible for training and 
                served by the eligible entity, as well as availability 
                and capacity of existing (as of the date of the 
                assessment) training programs to meet future demand for 
                training programs.
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretaries shall give priority to eligible entities that--
                    ``(A) include a partnership, with employers or an 
                employer or industry partnership, that--
                            ``(i) pays a portion of the costs of 
                        educational or career training programs; or
                            ``(ii) agrees to hire individuals who have 
                        attained a recognized postsecondary credential 
                        resulting from the educational or career 
                        training program of the eligible entity;
                    ``(B) enter into a partnership with a labor 
                organization or labor-management training program to 
                provide, through the program, technical expertise for 
                occupationally specific education necessary for a 
                recognized postsecondary credential leading to a 
                skilled occupation in an in-demand industry sector;
                    ``(C) are focused on serving individuals with 
                barriers to employment, low-income, nontraditional 
                students, students who are dislocated workers, students 
                who are veterans, or students who are long-term 
                unemployed;
                    ``(D) include any eligible entities serving areas 
                with high unemployment rates;
                    ``(E) are eligible entities that include an 
                institution of higher education eligible for assistance 
                under title III or V of the Higher Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.; 20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); 
                and
                    ``(F) include a partnership, with employers or an 
                employer or industry partnership, that increases 
                domestic production of goods.
    ``(f) Use of Funds.--Grant funds awarded under this section shall 
be used for one or more of the following:
            ``(1) The development, offering, improvement, and provision 
        of educational or career training programs, that provide 
        relevant job training for skilled occupations, that lead to 
        recognized postsecondary credentials, that will meet the needs 
        of employers in in-demand industry sectors, and that may 
        include registered apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training 
        programs, and programs that support employers in upgrading the 
        skills of their workforce.
            ``(2) The development and implementation of policies and 
        programs to expand opportunities for students to earn a 
        recognized postsecondary credential, including a degree, in in-
        demand industry sectors and occupations, including by--
                    ``(A) facilitating the transfer of academic credits 
                between institutions of higher education, including the 
                transfer of academic credits for courses in the same 
                field of study;
                    ``(B) expanding articulation agreements and 
                policies that guarantee transfers between such 
                institutions, including through common course numbering 
                and use of a general core curriculum; and
                    ``(C) developing or enhancing student support 
                services programs.
            ``(3) The creation of career pathway programs that provide 
        a sequence of education and occupational training that leads to 
        a recognized postsecondary credential, including a degree, 
        including programs that--
                    ``(A) blend basic skills and occupational training;
                    ``(B) facilitate means of transitioning 
                participants from noncredit occupational, basic skills, 
                or developmental coursework to for-credit coursework 
                within and across institutions;
                    ``(C) build or enhance linkages, including the 
                development of dual enrollment programs and early 
                college high schools, between secondary education or 
                adult education programs (including programs 
                established under the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 
                seq.) and title II of this Act);
                    ``(D) are innovative programs designed to increase 
                the provision of training for students, including 
                students who are members of the National Guard or 
                Reserves, to enter skilled occupations in in-demand 
                industry sectors; and
                    ``(E) support paid internships that will allow 
                students to simultaneously earn credit for work-based 
                learning and gain relevant employment experience in an 
                in-demand industry sector or occupation, which shall 
                include opportunities that transition individuals into 
                employment.
            ``(4) The development and implementation of--
                    ``(A) a Pay-for-Performance program that leads to a 
                recognized postsecondary credential, for which an 
                eligible entity agrees to be reimbursed under the grant 
                primarily on the basis of achievement of specified 
                performance outcomes and criteria agreed to by the 
                Secretary; or
                    ``(B) a Pay-for-Success program that leads to a 
                recognized postsecondary credential, for which an 
                eligible entity--
                            ``(i) enters into a partnership with an 
                        investor, such as a philanthropic organization 
                        that provides funding for a specific project to 
                        address a clear and measurable educational or 
                        career training need in the area to be served 
                        under the grant; and
                            ``(ii) agrees to be reimbursed under the 
                        grant only if the project achieves specified 
                        performance outcomes and criteria agreed to by 
                        the Secretary.

``SEC. 199A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program established by 
section 199.
    ``(b) Administrative Cost.--Not more than 5 percent of the amounts 
made available under subsection (a) may be used by the Secretaries to 
administer the program described in that subsection, including 
providing technical assistance and carrying out evaluations for the 
program described in that subsection.
    ``(c) Period of Availability.--The funds appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be available for Federal 
obligation for that fiscal year and the succeeding 2 fiscal years.

``SEC. 199B. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this subtitle, the term `community college' has 
the meaning given the term `junior or community college' in section 
312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended by inserting after the items 
relating to subtitle E of title I the following:

             ``Subtitle F--Community College to Career Fund

``Sec. 199. Community college and industry partnerships program.
``Sec. 199A. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 199B. Definition.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act, including the amendments made by 
this Act, takes effect as if included in the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act.

          Subtitle F--Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act

SEC. 151. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Youth Summer Jobs and Public 
Service Act of 2018''.

SEC. 152. GRANTS TO STATES FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH.

    Section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3164) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Grants to States for Summer Employment for Youth.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this Act, from the amount appropriated under paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall award grants to States to provide assistance to 
        local areas that have high concentrations of eligible youth to 
        enable such local areas to carry out programs described in 
        subsection (c)(1) that provide summer employment opportunities 
        for eligible youth, which are directly linked to academic and 
        occupational learning, as described in subsection (c)(2)(C). In 
        awarding grants under this subsection, a State shall--
                    ``(A) partner with private businesses to the extent 
                feasible to provide employment opportunities at such 
                businesses; and
                    ``(B) prioritize jobs and work opportunities that 
                directly serve the community.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out this subsection 
        for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.''.

                Subtitle G--Child Poverty Reduction Act

SEC. 161. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Child Poverty Reduction Act of 
2018''.

 CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON REDUCING CHILD POVERTY

SEC. 162. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.

    There is established in the Administration for Children and 
Families of the Department of Health and Human Services a group which 
shall be known as the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing 
Child Poverty (in this Act referred to as the ``Working Group'').

SEC. 163. NATIONAL PLAN TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY.

    (a) Primary Goal.--
            (1) Development of national plan.--The primary goal of the 
        Working Group is to develop a national plan--
                    (A) to reduce, within 10 years after the date on 
                which funding is made available to carry out this Act--
                            (i) the number of children living in 
                        poverty in the United States to half of the 
                        number of such children as reported in the 
                        report of the United States Census Bureau on 
                        Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage 
                        in the United States: 2013 (issued in September 
                        2014); and
                            (ii) the number of children living in 
                        extreme poverty in the United States to zero; 
                        and
                    (B) to reduce, within 20 years after the date on 
                which funds are made available to carry out this Act, 
                the number of children living in poverty in the United 
                States to zero.
            (2) Consultation with national academy of sciences.--In 
        developing the national plan under paragraph (1), the Working 
        Group shall consider all recommendations, research papers, and 
        reports published by the National Academy of Sciences as a 
        result of the workshops conducted pursuant to title II.
            (3) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall make 
        substantial progress toward the development of the national 
        plan.
    (b) Additional Goals.--The national plan under subsection (a) shall 
include recommendations for achieving the following goals:
            (1) Understanding the root causes of child poverty, 
        including persistent intergenerational poverty, taking into 
        account social, economic, and cultural factors.
            (2) Improving the accessibility of anti-poverty programs 
        and increasing the rate of enrollment in such programs among 
        eligible children and families by reducing the complexity and 
        difficulty of enrolling in such programs.
            (3) Eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on 
        race, ethnicity, gender, and age.
            (4) Improving the ability of individuals living in poverty, 
        low-income individuals, and unemployed individuals to access 
        quality jobs that help children and their families rise above 
        poverty.
            (5) Connecting low-income children, disconnected youth, and 
        their families to education, job training, work, and their 
        communities.
            (6) Shifting the measures and policies of Federal anti-
        poverty programs from the goal of helping individuals and 
        families living in poverty to achieve freedom from deprivation 
        toward the goal of helping such individuals and families rise 
        above poverty and achieve long-term economic stability.
    (c) Methods.--In developing the national plan under subsection (a), 
the Working Group shall employ methods for achieving the goals 
described in subsections (a) and (b) that include--
            (1) entering into an agreement with the National Academy of 
        Sciences for a workshop series on the economic and social costs 
        of child poverty, as described in title II;
            (2) studying the effect of child poverty on the health and 
        welfare of children, including the access of children living in 
        poverty to health care, housing, proper nutrition, and 
        education;
            (3) measuring the effect of child poverty on the ability of 
        individuals to achieve economic stability, including such 
        effect on educational attainment, rates of incarceration, 
        lifetime earnings, access to healthcare, and access to housing;
            (4) updating and applying improved measures of poverty that 
        can meaningfully account for other aspects relating to the 
        measure of poverty, such as the Supplemental Poverty Measure 
        used by the United States Census Bureau; and
            (5) using and applying fact-based measures to evaluate the 
        long-term effectiveness of anti-poverty programs, taking into 
        account the long-term savings and value to the Federal 
        Government and to State, local, and tribal governments of 
        practices and policies designed to prevent poverty.

SEC. 164. OTHER DUTIES.

    In addition to developing the national plan under section 102(a), 
the Working Group shall--
            (1) monitor, in consultation with the Domestic Policy 
        Council and the National Economic Council, all Federal 
        activities, programs, and services related to child welfare and 
        child poverty;
            (2) establish guidelines, policies, goals, and directives 
        related to the achievement of the goals of the national plan, 
        in consultation with nongovernmental entities providing social 
        services to low-income children and families, advocacy groups 
        that directly represent low-income children and families, 
        policy experts, and officials of State, local, and tribal 
        governments who administer or direct policy for anti-poverty 
        programs;
            (3) advise all relevant Federal agencies regarding how to 
        effectively administer and coordinate programs, activities, and 
        services related to child welfare and child poverty and how to 
        resolve any disputes that arise between or among such agencies 
        as a result of such administration or coordination;
            (4) provide recommendations to the Congress regarding how 
        to ensure that Federal agencies administering programs, 
        activities, and services related to child welfare and child 
        poverty have adequate resources to increase public awareness of 
        such programs, activities, and services and how to maximize 
        enrollment of eligible individuals;
            (5) identify methods for improving communication and 
        collaboration among and between State and Federal governmental 
        entities regarding the implementation of State programs related 
        to child welfare and child poverty, such as State programs 
        funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
        (relating to block grants to States for temporary assistance 
        for needy families), and submit recommendations regarding such 
        methods to relevant Federal agencies and congressional 
        committees; and
            (6) hold hearings in different geographic regions of the 
        United States to collect information and feedback from the 
        public regarding personal experiences related to child poverty 
        and anti-poverty programs, and make such information and 
        feedback publicly available.

SEC. 165. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number of Members.--The Working Group shall be composed of no 
less than 6 members.
    (b) Executive Pay Rate.--Each member shall be an official of an 
executive department who occupies a position for which the rate of pay 
is equal to or greater than the rate of pay for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Required Participation of Certain Executive Departments.--The 
Working Group shall include at least one member who is an official of 
each of the following executive departments:
            (1) The Department of Justice.
            (2) The Department of Agriculture.
            (3) The Department of Labor.
            (4) The Department of Health and Human Services.
            (5) The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) The Department of Education.
    (d) Appointment.--Each member shall be appointed by the head of the 
executive department that employs such member.
    (e) Obtaining Official Data.--On request of the Chairperson, any 
head of a Federal agency shall furnish directly to the Working Group 
any information necessary to enable the Working Group to carry out this 
Act.
    (f) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the 
Working Group.
    (g) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (h) Quorum.--A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
    (i) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Working Group shall be 
appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    (j) Meetings.--
            (1) Initial meeting period.--The Working Group shall meet 
        on a monthly basis during the 180-day period beginning with the 
        date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act.
            (2) Subsequent meetings.--After such 180-day period, the 
        Working Group shall meet not less than once every 6 months and 
        at the call of the Chairperson or a majority of members.

SEC. 166. DIRECTOR AND STAFF.

    (a) Director.--The Working Group shall have a Director who shall be 
appointed by the Chairperson.
    (b) Staff.--The Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional 
personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Director and staff shall be to 
achieve the goals and carry out the duties of the Working Group.

SEC. 167. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Annual Report.--Not later than September 30, 2016, and annually 
thereafter, the Chairperson shall submit to the Congress a report 
describing the activities, projects, and plans of the Federal 
Government to carry out the goals of the Working Group, which shall 
include--
            (1) an accounting of--
                    (A) any increase in efficiency in the delivery of 
                Federal, State, local, and tribal social services and 
                benefits related to child welfare and child poverty;
                    (B) any reduction in the number of children living 
                in poverty;
                    (C) any reduction in the demand for such social 
                services and benefits for which children living in 
                poverty and near poverty are eligible; and
                    (D) any savings to the Federal Government as a 
                result of such increases or reductions;
            (2) an accounting of any increase in the national rate of 
        employment due to the efforts of the Working Group;
            (3) a summary of the efforts of each State to reduce child 
        poverty within such State, including the administration of 
        State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
        Security Act (relating to block grants to States for temporary 
        assistance for needy families); and
            (4) legislative language and recommendations regarding 
        reducing child poverty and achieving the other goals and duties 
        of the Working Group.
    (b) Public Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) Annual report available to public.--A version of the 
        annual report required by subsection (a) shall be made publicly 
        available.
            (2) Annual update from federal agencies.--The head of each 
        relevant Federal agency shall post on the public Internet Web 
        site of such agency an annual summary of any plans, activities, 
        and results of the agency related to the goals and duties of 
        the Working Group.

          CHAPTER 2--WORKSHOPS BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

SEC. 168. REQUIREMENT TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 
              SCIENCES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences for 2 public workshops to provide the Working Group 
with information to assist in the development of the national plan 
under section 102(a).
    (b) Steering Committee.--The agreement under subsection (a) shall 
include the creation of a steering committee to plan and conduct such 
workshops.
    (c) Experts.--The agreement under subsection (a) shall include the 
commission of experts to prepare research papers that summarize and 
critique literature on the economic and social costs of child poverty.

SEC. 169. WORKSHOP TOPICS.

    The purpose of the workshops required by section 201(a) shall be to 
collect information and input from the public on the economic and 
social costs of child poverty, addressing topics that include--
            (1) the macroeconomic costs of child poverty, including the 
        effects of child poverty on productivity and economic output;
            (2) the health-related costs of child poverty, including 
        the costs incurred by the Federal Government and State, local, 
        and tribal governments due to child illnesses, other child 
        medical problems, and other child health-related expenditures;
            (3) the effect of child poverty on crime rates;
            (4) the short-term and long-term effects of child poverty 
        on the Federal budget, including outlays for anti-poverty 
        programs;
            (5) poverty metrics such as income poverty, food 
        insecurity, and other measures of deprivation, and the role of 
        such metrics in assessing the effects of poverty and the 
        performance of anti-poverty programs;
            (6) the effect of child poverty on certain population 
        groups, including immigrants, single parent families, 
        individuals who have attained the age of 16 but have not 
        attained the age of 25 with large student loans, individuals 
        living in areas of concentrated poverty, and individuals living 
        on Indian reservations; and
            (7) the effect of child poverty on individuals and families 
        living in extreme poverty, as compared with such effect on 
        individuals and families living in poverty or near poverty.

SEC. 170. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Research Papers.--The agreement under section 201(a) shall 
include the publication of the research papers required under such 
section on the public Web site of the National Academy of Sciences.
    (b) Workshop Summary.--The agreement under section 201(a) shall 
include the publication of a summary of each workshop required under 
such section on the public Web site of the National Academy of 
Sciences.

SEC. 171. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this 
subtitle.

                         CHAPTER 3--DEFINITIONS

SEC. 172. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Anti-poverty program.--The term ``anti-poverty 
        program'' means a program or institution with the primary goal 
        of lifting children or families out of poverty and improving 
        economic opportunities for children or families that operates 
        in whole or in part using Federal, State, local, or tribal 
        government funds.
            (2) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who has 
        not attained the age of 18.
            (3) Deprivation.--The term ``deprivation'' means, with 
        respect to an individual, that such individual lacks adequate 
        nutrition, health care, housing, or other resources to provide 
        for basic human needs.
            (4) Disconnected youth.--The term ``disconnected youth'' 
        means individuals who have attained the age of 16 but have not 
        attained the age of 25 who are unemployed and not enrolled in 
        school.
            (5) Economic stability.--The term ``economic stability'' 
        means, with respect to an individual or family, that such 
        individual or family has access to the means and support 
        necessary to effectively cope with adverse or costly life 
        events and to effectively recover from the consequences of such 
        events while maintaining a decent standard of living.
            (6) Extreme poverty.--The term ``extreme poverty'' means, 
        with respect to an individual or family, that such individual 
        or family has a total annual income that is less than the 
        amount that is 50 percent of the official poverty threshold for 
        such individual or family, as provided in the report of the 
        United States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health 
        Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013 (issued in 
        September 2014).
            (7) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an 
        executive department, a Government corporation, and an 
        independent establishment.
            (8) Near poverty.--The term ``near poverty'' means, with 
        respect to an individual or family, that such individual or 
        family has a total annual income that is less than the amount 
        that is 200 percent of the official poverty threshold for such 
        individual or family, as provided in the report of the United 
        States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance 
        Coverage in the United States: 2013 (issued in September 2014).
            (9) Poverty.--The term ``poverty'' means, with respect to 
        an individual or family, that such individual or family has a 
        total annual income that is less than the amount that is the 
        official poverty threshold for such individual or family, as 
        provided in the report of the United States Census Bureau on 
        Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United 
        States: 2013 (issued in September 2014).

              Subtitle H--Hunger-Free Summers for Children

SEC. 181. SUMMER SNAP BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED FREE OR 
              REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL LUNCHES.

    Section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2017(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``The value of the allotment for a participating household that 
includes a minor child who as of the end of the school year received 
free or reduced price school lunches under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) shall be increased 
for each such child by $150 for each month during which the school 
attended by such child is not in session.''.

SEC. 182. CHILD TAX CREDIT INCREASED FOR FAMILIES UNDER 150 PERCENT OF 
              POVERTY LINE.

    (a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Special Rule for Families Under 150 Percent of Poverty 
Line.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer whose adjusted 
        gross income for the taxable year is less than 150 percent of 
        an amount equal to the poverty line (as defined by the Office 
        of Management and Budget) for a family of the size involved, 
        subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `$2,000' for 
        `$1,000'.
            ``(2) Poverty line used.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the poverty line used with respect to a taxable year shall be 
        the most recently published poverty line during the calendar 
        year ending before such taxable year begins.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.

                      TITLE II--COMMUNITY POLICING

                   Subtitle A--Fair Chance for Youth

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Fair Chance for Youth Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 202. EXPUNGEMENT AND SEALING OF YOUTH CRIMINAL RECORDS.

    Chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

   ``SUBCHAPTER D--EXPUNGEMENT AND SEALING OF YOUTH CRIMINAL RECORDS

``3631. Youth Offense Expungement and Sealing Review Board.
``3632. Expungement and sealing for youth.
``3633. Definitions.
``3634. Reporting.
``Sec. 3631. Youth Offense Expungement and Sealing Review Board
    ``(a) In General.--The Chief Judge for each Federal District shall 
establish--
            ``(1) a Youth Offense Expungement and Sealing Review Board 
        (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `Review Board') 
        to review petitions for discretionary expungement and sealing 
        of youth offenses; and
            ``(2) the rules and procedures governing the operation of 
        the Review Board in the exercise of its powers under subsection 
        (c).
    ``(b) Composition.--The Review Board shall include one 
representative, selected by the Chief Judge to serve without 
compensation, from each of the following:
            ``(1) The Department of Justice.
            ``(2) The United States Probation and Pretrial Services 
        System.
            ``(3) The Office of the Federal Defender or a designated 
        Criminal Justice Act panel attorney or private criminal defense 
        attorney.
    ``(c) Powers.--The Review Board shall--
            ``(1) review petitions under this subchapter to determine 
        whether the youth, and the offense on which the petition is 
        based, meet the eligibility requirements for expungement or 
        sealing consideration;
            ``(2) for petitions meeting the eligibility requirements, 
        evaluate those petitions on the merits in order to make a 
        recommendation on the advisability of granting the petition; 
        and
            ``(3) convey its recommendation, with a written 
        explanation, to the Chief Judge in each Federal District, or a 
        designee of the Chief Judge, for consideration.
    ``(d) Recommendation.--In making its recommendation, the Review 
Board--
            ``(1) shall consider all the evidence and testimony 
        presented in the petition and any hearings held on the 
        petition;
            ``(2) may not consider any arrest or prosecution that did 
        not result in a conviction and that took place prior to the 
        conviction or arrest the petitioner is seeking to expunge or 
        seal; and
            ``(3) shall balance--
                    ``(A) the public safety, the interest of public 
                knowledge, and any legitimate interest of the 
                Government in maintaining the accessibility of the 
                protected information; against
                    ``(B) the interest of the petitioner in having the 
                petition granted, including the benefit to the 
                petition's ability to positively contribute to the 
                community, and the petitioner's conduct and 
                demonstrated desire to be rehabilitated.
    ``(e) Court To Consider and Decide Upon Petitions.--The Court shall 
consider and decide upon each petition for which the court receives a 
recommendation from the Review Board. The Court's decision to grant or 
deny the petition shall give significant weight to the Review Board 
recommendation. The Court shall grant the petition unless the 
Government shows the interests described in subsection (d)(3)(A) 
outweigh the interests of the petitioner described in subsection 
(d)(3)(B).
    ``(f) One Opportunity.--A youth may only file a petition for 
expungement or sealing under this subchapter once and the decision of 
the district court on the petition shall be final and is not 
appealable.
    ``(g) Online Forms for Petitions.--The Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall create and make 
available to the public, online and in paper form, a universal form to 
file a petition under this section, and establish a process under which 
indigent petitioners may obtain a waiver of any fee for filing a 
petition under this section.
    ``(h) Making Available Standard Forms for Court Orders.--The 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall 
create and make available to the Chief Judge of every Federal district 
standard expungement and sealing orders that empower the petitioner to 
seek destruction of records in accordance with the order.
``Sec. 3632. Expungement and sealing for youth
    ``(a) Expungement Petition Eligibility.--A youth may petition a 
district court of the United States for expungement--
            ``(1) of the record of any misdemeanor or nonviolent felony 
        drug conviction 3 years after the youth has completed every 
        term of imprisonment related to that misdemeanor or nonviolent 
        felony drug conviction;
            ``(2) of the record of any person who has not attained the 
        age of 18 at the time of committing the conduct resulting in 
        conviction for any misdemeanor or nonviolent offense 3 years 
        after the person has completed every term of imprisonment 
        related to that misdemeanor or nonviolent offense conviction; 
        and
            ``(3) of the record of an arrest or prosecution for any 
        nonviolent offense on the date on which the case related to 
        that arrest or prosecution is disposed of.
    ``(b) Sealing Petition Eligibility.--A youth may petition a 
district court of the United States, for sealing--
            ``(1) of the record of any nonviolent conviction 5 years 
        after the youth has completed every term of imprisonment 
        related to that nonviolent conviction;
            ``(2) of the record of any person who has not attained the 
        age of 18 at the time of committing the conduct resulting in 
        conviction for any offense 10 years after the person has 
        completed every term of imprisonment related to that offense 
        conviction; and
            ``(3) of the record of an arrest or prosecution for any 
        nonviolent offense on the date on which the case related to 
        that arrest or prosecution is disposed of.
    ``(c) Notice of Opportunity To File Petition.--A youth shall be 
informed of the eligibility to, procedures for, and benefits of filing 
an expungement or sealing petition--
            ``(1) by the District Court on the date of conviction;
            ``(2) by the Office of Probation and Pretrial Services on 
        the date the youth completes every term of imprisonment; or
            ``(3) if the arrest or prosecution does not result in a 
        conviction, then by the Department of Justice on the date the 
        case is disposed of.
    ``(d) Grant of Petition.--If a court grants a petition under this 
section--
            ``(1) the person to whom the record pertains may choose to, 
        but is not required to, disclose the existence of the record, 
        and the offense conduct and any arrest, juvenile delinquency 
        proceeding, adjudication, conviction, or other result of such 
        proceeding relating to the offense conduct, shall be treated as 
        if it never occurred;
            ``(2) the court shall destroy each paper and electronic 
        copy of the record in the possession of the court;
            ``(3) the court shall issue an expungement or sealing order 
        requiring the destruction of any paper and electronic copies of 
        the record by any court, law enforcement officer, law 
        enforcement agency, treatment or rehabilitation services 
        agency, or employee thereof in possession of those copies;
            ``(4) any entity or person listed in paragraph (3) that 
        receives an inquiry relating to the record shall reply to the 
        inquiry stating that no such record exists; and
            ``(5) except as provided in subsection (f), no person shall 
        not be subject to prosecution under any civil or criminal 
        provision of Federal or State law relating to perjury, false 
        swearing, or making a false statement for failing to 
        acknowledge the record or respond to any inquiry made of the of 
        petitioner or the parent relating to the record, for any 
        purpose.
    ``(e) Civil Actions.--
            ``(1) In general.--If an individual who has a record 
        expunged or sealed under this section brings an action that 
        might be defended with the contents of the record, there shall 
        be a rebuttable presumption that the defendant has a complete 
        defense to the action.
            ``(2) Showing by plaintiff.--In an action described in 
        paragraph (1), the plaintiff may rebut the presumption of a 
        complete defense by showing that the contents of the record 
        would not prevent the defendant from being liable.
            ``(3) Duty to testify as to existence of record.--The court 
        in which an action described in paragraph (1) is filed may 
        require the plaintiff to state under oath whether the plaintiff 
        had a record and whether the record was expunged or sealed.
            ``(4) Proof of existence of record.--If the plaintiff in an 
        action described in paragraph (1) denied the existence of a 
        record, the defendant may prove the existence of the record in 
        any manner compatible with the applicable laws of evidence.
    ``(f) Attorney General Nonpublic Records.--The Attorney General 
shall--
            ``(1) maintain a nonpublic database of all records expunged 
        or sealed under this subchapter;
            ``(2) disclose, access, or utilize records contained in the 
        nonpublic database only--
                    ``(A) in defense of any civil suit arising out of 
                the facts contained in the record;
                    ``(B) to determine whether the individual to whom 
                the record relates is eligible for a first-time-
                offender diversion program;
                    ``(C) for a background check that relates to law 
                enforcement employment or any employment that requires 
                a Government security clearance; or
                    ``(D) if the Attorney General determines that 
                disclosure is necessary to serve the interests of 
                national security; and
            ``(3) to the extent practicable, notify the individual to 
        whom the record pertains of the disclosure unless it is made 
        pursuant to paragraph (2)(D).
``Sec. 3633. Definitions
    ``In this subchapter--
            ``(1) the term `youth' means an individual who was 21 years 
        of age or younger at the time of the criminal offense for which 
        the individual was arrested, prosecuted, or sentenced;
            ``(2) the term `nonviolent felony' means a Federal criminal 
        felony offense that is not--
                    ``(A) a crime of violence; or
                    ``(B) a sex offense (as that term is defined in 
                section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and 
                Notification Act);
            ``(3) the term `record' means information, whether in paper 
        or electronic form, containing any reference to--
                    ``(A) an arrest, conviction, or sentence of an 
                individual for an offense;
                    ``(B) the institution of juvenile delinquency or 
                criminal proceedings against an individual for the 
                offense; or
                    ``(C) adjudication, conviction, or any other result 
                of juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings;
            ``(4) the term `expunge'--
                    ``(A) means to destroy a record and obliterate the 
                name of the person to whom the record pertains from 
                each official index or public record; and
                    ``(B) has the effect described in section 3631(g), 
                including--
                            ``(i) the right to treat an offense to 
                        which an expunged record relates, and any 
                        arrest, juvenile delinquency proceeding, 
                        adjudication, conviction, or other result of 
                        such proceeding relating to the offense, as if 
                        it never occurred; and
                            ``(ii) protection from civil and criminal 
                        perjury, false swearing, and false statement 
                        laws with respect to an expunged record;
            ``(5) the term `seal'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) to close a record from public viewing 
                        so that the record cannot be examined except by 
                        court order; and
                            ``(ii) to physically seal the record shut 
                        and label the record `SEALED' or, in the case 
                        of an electronic record, the substantive 
                        equivalent; and
                    ``(B) has the effect described in section 3631(g), 
                including--
                            ``(i) the right to treat an offense to 
                        which an expunged record relates, and any 
                        arrest, juvenile delinquency proceeding, 
                        adjudication, conviction, or other result of 
                        such proceeding relating to the offense, as if 
                        it never occurred; and
                            ``(ii) protection from civil and criminal 
                        perjury, false swearing, and false statement 
                        laws with respect to an expunged record;
            ``(6) the term `conviction'--
                    ``(A) means a judgment or disposition in criminal 
                court against a person following a finding of guilt by 
                a judge or jury; and
                    ``(B) for the purposes of this section--
                            ``(i) multiple convictions shall be deemed 
                        to be one conviction if the convictions result 
                        from or relate to the same act or acts 
                        committed at the same time; and
                            ``(ii) multiple convictions, not to exceed 
                        3, that do not result from or relate to the 
                        same act or acts committed at the same time 
                        shall be deemed to be one conviction if the 
                        convictions result from or relate to the same 
                        indictment, information, or complaint, or plea 
                        of guilty; and
            ``(7) the term `destroy' means to render a file unreadable, 
        whether paper, electronic, or otherwise stored, by shredding, 
        pulverizing, pulping, incinerating, overwriting, reformatting 
        the media, or other means.
``Sec. 3634. Reporting
    ``Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
subchapter, and each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall issue 
a public report that--
            ``(1) describes--
                    ``(A) the number of expungement and sealing 
                petitions granted and denied; and
                    ``(B) the number of instances in which the office 
                of a United States attorney supported or opposed an 
                expungement or sealing petition; and
            ``(2) includes any supporting data that the court 
        determines relevant but does not name any petitioner.''.

SEC. 203. RETROACTIVE EFFECT.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act apply with respect to 
youth without regard to whether they become involved in the Federal 
criminal justice system before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

 Subtitle B--Youth Prison Reduction Through Opportunities, Mentoring, 
                  Intervention, Support, and Education

SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Youth Prison Reduction through 
Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act'' or 
the ``Youth PROMISE Act''.

SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
        Prevention.
            (2) Community.--The term ``community'' means a unit of 
        local government or an Indian tribe, or part of such a unit or 
        tribe, as determined by such a unit or tribe for the purpose of 
        applying for a grant under this Act.
            (3) Designated geographic area.--The term ``designated 
        geographic area'' means a 5-digit postal ZIP Code assigned to a 
        geographic area by the United States Postal Service.
            (4) Evidence-based.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``evidence-based'', when 
                used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile 
                delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
                prevention and intervention, means a practice 
                (including a service, program, activity, intervention, 
                technology, or strategy) for which the Administrator 
                has determined--
                            (i) causal evidence documents a 
                        relationship between the practice and its 
                        intended outcome, based on measures of the 
                        direction and size of a change, and the extent 
                        to which a change may be attributed to the 
                        practice; and
                            (ii) the use of scientific methods rules 
                        out, to the extent possible, alternative 
                        explanations for the documented change.
                    (B) Scientific methods.--For the purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term ``scientific methods'' 
                means--
                            (i) evaluation by an experimental trial, in 
                        which participants are randomly assigned to 
                        participate in the practice that is subject to 
                        such trial; or
                            (ii) evaluation by a quasi-experimental 
                        trial, in which the outcomes for participants 
                        are compared with outcomes for a control group 
                        that is made up of individuals who are similar 
                        to such participants.
            (5) Intervention.--The term ``intervention'' means the 
        provision of programs and services that are supported by 
        research, are evidence-based or promising practices, and are 
        provided to youth who are involved in, or who are identified by 
        evidence-based risk assessment methods as being at high risk of 
        continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 
        street gangs, as a result of indications that demonstrate 
        involvement with problems such as truancy, substance abuse, 
        mental health treatment needs, or siblings who have had 
        involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems.
            (6) Juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
        prevention.--The term ``juvenile delinquency and criminal 
        street gang activity prevention'' means the provision of 
        programs and resources to children and families who have not 
        yet had substantial contact with criminal justice or juvenile 
        justice systems, that--
                    (A) are designed to reduce potential juvenile 
                delinquency and criminal street gang activity risks; 
                and
                    (B) are evidence-based or promising educational, 
                health, mental health, school-based, community-based, 
                faith-based, parenting, job training, social 
                opportunities and experiences, or other programs, for 
                youth and their families, that have been demonstrated 
                to be effective in reducing juvenile delinquency and 
                criminal street gang activity risks.
            (7) Promising.--The term ``promising'', when used with 
        respect to a practice relating to juvenile delinquency and 
        criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, 
        means a practice (including a service, program, activity, 
        intervention, technology, or strategy) that, based on 
        statistical analyses or a theory of change, the Administrator 
        has determined--
                    (A) has outcomes from an evaluation that 
                demonstrate such practice reduces juvenile delinquency 
                and criminal street gang activity; and
                    (B) is part of a study being conducted to determine 
                if such a practice is evidence-based.
            (8) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, and any other territories or possessions of 
        the United States.
            (9) Theory of change.--The term ``theory of change'' means 
        a program planning strategy approved by the Administrator that 
        outlines the types of interventions and outcomes essential to 
        achieving a set of program goals.
            (10) Youth.--The term ``youth'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is 18 years of age or 
                younger; or
                    (B) in any State in which the maximum age at which 
                the juvenile justice system of such State has 
                jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 18 years of age, 
                an individual who is such maximum age or younger.

SEC. 213. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Youth gang crime has taken a toll on a number of 
        communities, and senseless acts of gang-related violence have 
        imposed economic, social, and human costs.
            (2) Drug- and alcohol-dependent youth, and youth dually 
        diagnosed with addiction and mental health disorders, are more 
        likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system than 
        youth without such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention 
        and intervention services.
            (3) Children of color are over-represented relative to the 
        general population at every stage of the juvenile justice 
        system. Black youth are 17 percent of the United States 
        population, but represent 38 percent of youth in secure 
        placement juvenile facilities, and 58 percent of youth 
        incarcerated in adult prisons.
            (4) Research funded by the Department of Justice indicates 
        that gang membership is short-lived among adolescents. With 
        very few youth remaining gang-involved throughout their 
        adolescent years, ongoing opportunities for intervention exist.
            (5) Criminal justice costs have become burdensome in many 
        States and cities, requiring reductions in vital educational, 
        social, welfare, mental health, and related services.
            (6) Direct expenditures for each of the major criminal 
        justice functions, police, corrections, and judicial services, 
        have increased steadily over the last 30 years. In fiscal year 
        2012, Federal, State, and local governments spent an estimated 
        $265,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, and 
        judicial and legal services, nearly a 213-percent increase 
        since 1982.
            (7) Estimates suggest that each year the United States 
        incurs over $8,000,000,000 in long-term costs for the 
        confinement of young people. The average annual cost to 
        incarcerate one youth is $146,302.
            (8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the juvenile 
        justice system in a local community, together with other 
        organizations and community members concerned with the safety 
        and welfare of children, have a strong record of demonstrated 
        success in reducing the impact of youth and gang-related crime 
        and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, Massachusetts; 
        Chicago, Illinois; Richmond, Virginia; Los Angeles, California; 
        and other communities.
            (9) Investment in prevention and intervention programs for 
        children and youth, including quality early childhood programs, 
        comprehensive evidence-based school, after school, and summer 
        school programs, mentoring programs, mental health and 
        treatment programs, evidence-based job training programs, and 
        alternative intervention programs, has been shown to lead to 
        decreased youth arrests, decreased delinquency, lower 
        recidivism, and greater financial savings from an educational, 
        economic, social, and criminal justice perspective.
            (10) Quality early childhood education programs have been 
        demonstrated to help children start school ready to learn and 
        to reduce delinquency and criminal street gang activity risks.
            (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have been shown to 
        prevent youth drug abuse and violence.
            (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehensive 
        instructional programs that pair youth with responsible adult 
        mentors have been shown to have a strong impact upon 
        delinquency prevention.
            (13) After-school programs that connect children to caring 
        adults and that provide constructive activities during the peak 
        hours of juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang 
        activity, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., have been shown to reduce 
        delinquency and the attendant costs imposed on the juvenile and 
        criminal justice systems.
            (14) States with higher levels of educational attainment 
        have been shown to have crime rates lower than the national 
        average. Researchers have found that a 5-percent increase in 
        male high school graduation rates would produce an annual 
        estimated savings of $18,500,000,000 in crime-related expenses.
            (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and motivate high-
        risk youth and their families to change behaviors that often 
        result in criminal activity have been shown to significantly 
        reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders, and significantly 
        reduce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency imposed 
        upon the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
            (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids who are 
        already serious juvenile offenders by addressing the multiple 
        factors in peer, school, neighborhood, and family environments 
        known to be related to delinquency can reduce recidivism among 
        juvenile offenders and save the public significant economic 
        costs.
            (17) There are many alternatives to incarceration of youth 
        that have been proven to be more effective in reducing crime 
        and violence at the National, State, local, and tribal levels, 
        and the failure to provide for such effective alternatives is a 
        pervasive problem that leads to increased youth, and later 
        adult, crime and violence.
            (18) Savings achieved through early intervention and 
        prevention are significant, especially when noncriminal justice 
        social, educational, mental health, and economic outcomes are 
        considered.
            (19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect can help 
        stop a cycle of violence and save up to $5.00 for every $1.00 
        invested in preventing such abuse and neglect.
            (20) Targeting interventions at special youth risk groups 
        and focusing upon relatively low-cost interventions increases 
        the probability of fiscal benefit.
            (21) Evidence-based intervention treatment facilities have 
        been shown to reduce youth delinquency and to be cost-
        effective.
            (22) States, including Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Texas, 
        and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduction in juvenile 
        incarceration due to a reallocation of criminal justice funds 
        towards prevention programs.

 CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL JUVENILE JUSTICE 
                        INFORMATION AND EFFORTS

SEC. 214. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.

    (a) Organization of State Advisory Group Member Representatives.--
Section 223(f) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an eligible 
        organization composed of member representatives of the State 
        advisory groups appointed under subsection (a)(3)'' and 
        inserting ``a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is 
        described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986,''; and
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Assistance.--To be eligible to receive such 
        assistance, such organization shall--
                    ``(A) be governed by individuals who--
                            ``(i) have been appointed by a chief 
                        executive of a State to serve as a State 
                        advisory group member under subsection (a)(3); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) are elected to serve as a governing 
                        officer of such organization by a majority of 
                        the Chairs (or Chair-designees) of all such 
                        State advisory groups;
                    ``(B) include member representatives from a 
                majority of such State advisory groups, who shall be 
                representative of regionally and demographically 
                diverse States and jurisdictions;
                    ``(C) annually seek appointments by the chief 
                executive of each State of one State advisory group 
                member and one alternate State advisory group member 
                from each such State to implement the advisory 
                functions specified in clauses (iv) and (v) of 
                subparagraph (D), including serving on the PROMISE 
                Advisory Panel, and make a record of any such 
                appointments available to the public; and
                    ``(D) agree to carry out activities that include--
                            ``(i) conducting an annual conference of 
                        such member representatives for purposes 
                        relating to the activities of such State 
                        advisory groups;
                            ``(ii) disseminating information, data, 
                        standards, advanced techniques, and program 
                        models;
                            ``(iii) reviewing Federal policies 
                        regarding juvenile justice and delinquency 
                        prevention;
                            ``(iv) advising the Administrator with 
                        respect to particular functions or aspects of 
                        the work of the Office, and appointing a 
                        representative, diverse group of members of 
                        such organization under subparagraph (C) to 
                        serve as an advisory panel of State juvenile 
                        justice advisors (referred to as the `PROMISE 
                        Advisory Panel') to carry out the functions 
                        specified in subsection (g); and
                            ``(v) advising the President and Congress 
                        with regard to State perspectives on the 
                        operation of the Office and Federal legislation 
                        pertaining to juvenile justice and delinquency 
                        prevention.''.
    (b) PROMISE Advisory Panel.--Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) PROMISE Advisory Panel.--
            ``(1) Functions.--The PROMISE Advisory Panel required under 
        subsection (f)(2)(D) shall--
                    ``(A) assess successful evidence-based and 
                promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
                criminal street gang activity prevention and 
                intervention carried out by PROMISE Coordinating 
                Councils under such Act;
                    ``(B) provide the Administrator with a list of 
                individuals and organizations with experience in 
                administering or evaluating practices that serve youth 
                involved in, or at risk of involvement in, juvenile 
                delinquency and criminal street gang activity, from 
                which the Administrator shall select individuals who 
                shall--
                            ``(i) provide to the Administrator peer 
                        reviews of applications submitted by units of 
                        local government and Indian tribes pursuant to 
                        title II of such Act, to ensure that such 
                        applications demonstrate a clear plan to--
                                    ``(I) serve youth as part of an 
                                entire family unit; and
                                    ``(II) coordinate the delivery of 
                                service to youth among agencies; and
                            ``(ii) advise the Administrator with 
                        respect to the award and allocation of PROMISE 
                        Planning grants to local and tribal governments 
                        that develop PROMISE Coordinating Councils, and 
                        of PROMISE Implementation grants to such 
                        PROMISE Coordinating Councils, pursuant to 
                        title II of such Act; and
                    ``(C) develop performance standards to be used to 
                evaluate programs and activities carried out with 
                grants under title II of the Youth PROMISE Act, 
                including the evaluation of changes achieved as a 
                result of such programs and activities related to 
                decreases in juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
                gang activity, including--
                            ``(i) prevention of involvement by at-risk 
                        youth in juvenile delinquency or criminal 
                        street gang activity;
                            ``(ii) diversion of youth with a high risk 
                        of continuing involvement in juvenile 
                        delinquency or criminal street gang activity; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) financial savings from deferred or 
                        eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 
                        result of such programs and activities, and the 
                        reinvestment by the unit or tribe of any such 
                        savings.
            ``(2) Annual report.--Not later than 18 months after the 
        date of the enactment of the Youth PROMISE Act, and annually 
        thereafter, the PROMISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report 
        containing the findings and determinations under paragraph 
        (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Congress, the President, 
        the Attorney General, and the chief executive and chief law 
        enforcement officer of each State, unit of local government, 
        and Indian tribe.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 299(a)(1) of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5671(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007'' 
and inserting ``2016 through 2020''.

SEC. 215. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

    (a) Grant for Collection of Data To Determine Need.--Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a grant, 
on a competitive basis, to an organization to--
            (1) collect and analyze data related to the existing 
        juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
        prevention and intervention needs and resources in each 
        designated geographic area;
            (2) use the data collected and analyzed under paragraph (1) 
        to compile a list of designated geographic areas that have the 
        most need of resources, based on such data, to carry out 
        juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
        prevention and intervention;
            (3) use the data collected and analyzed under paragraph (1) 
        to rank the areas listed under paragraph (2) in descending 
        order by the amount of need for resources to carry out juvenile 
        delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
        intervention, ranking the area with the greatest need for such 
        resources highest; and
            (4) periodically update the list and rankings under 
        paragraph (3) as the Administrator determines to be 
        appropriate.
    (b) Data Sources.--In compiling such list and determining such 
rankings, the organization shall collect and analyze data relating to 
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention--
            (1) using the geographic information system and Web-based 
        mapping application known as the Socioeconomic Mapping and 
        Resource Topography (SMART) system;
            (2) from the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
        Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development, and the Department of Education; and
            (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book and other data 
        made available by the KIDS Count initiative of the Annie E. 
        Casey Foundation.
    (c) Use of Data by the Administrator.--The list and rankings 
required by this section shall be provided to the Administrator to be 
used to provide funds under this Act in the most strategic and 
effective manner to ensure that resources and services are provided to 
youth in the communities with the greatest need for such resources and 
services.
    (d) Limitation on Use of Collected Data.--The information collected 
and analyzed under this section may not be used for any purpose other 
than to carry out the purposes of this Act. Such information may not be 
used for any purpose related to the investigation or prosecution of any 
person, or for profiling of individuals based on race, ethnicity, 
socio-economic status, or any other characteristic.
    (e) Authorization and Limitation of Appropriations.--Of the amount 
made available under section 224 to carry out this Act--
            (1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 5 percent of such 
        amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, shall be made 
        available to carry out this section; and
            (2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 2 
        percent of such amount, or $400,000, whichever is less, shall 
        be made available to carry out this section.

                       CHAPTER 2--PROMISE GRANTS

SEC. 216. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of the grant programs established under this chapter 
are to--
            (1) enable local and tribal communities to assess the unmet 
        needs of youth who are involved in, or are at risk of 
        involvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal street gangs;
            (2) develop plans appropriate for a community to address 
        those unmet needs with juvenile delinquency and gang prevention 
        and intervention practices; and
            (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a manner 
        consistent with this Act.

          Subchapter A--PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants

SEC. 217. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Administrator is authorized to award 
grants to units of local government and Indian tribes to assist PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils with planning and assessing evidence-based and 
promising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially for youth 
who are involved in, or who are at risk of involvement in, juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity. Such PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils shall--
            (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths assessment in 
        accordance with section 203; and
            (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance with section 204, 
        based on the assessment conducted in accordance with section 
        203.
    (b) Grant Duration, Amount, and Allocation.--
            (1) Duration.--A grant awarded under this section shall be 
        for a period not to exceed one year.
            (2) Maximum grant amount.--A grant awarded under this 
        section shall not exceed $300,000.
    (c) Allocation.--
            (1) Minimum allocation.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, the Administrator shall ensure that the total 
        funds allocated under this section to units of local 
        governments and Indian tribes in a State shall not be less than 
        $1,000,000.
            (2) Ratable reduction.--If the amount made available for 
        grants under this section for any fiscal year is less than the 
        amount required to provide the minimum allocation of funds 
        under paragraph (1) to units of local government and Indian 
        tribes in each State, then the amount of such minimum 
        allocation shall be ratably reduced.

SEC. 218. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, a unit of 
local government or an Indian tribe shall establish a PROMISE 
Coordinating Council for each community of such unit or tribe, 
respectively, for which such unit or tribe is applying for a grant 
under this subtitle. Each such community shall include one or more 
designated geographic areas identified on the list required under 
section 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordinating Council 
shall be representatives of public and private sector entities and 
individuals that--
            (1) shall include, to the extent possible, at least one 
        representative from each of the following:
                    (A) the local chief executive's office;
                    (B) a local educational agency;
                    (C) a local health agency or provider;
                    (D) a local mental health agency or provider, 
                unless the representative under subparagraph (C) also 
                meets the requirements of this subparagraph;
                    (E) a local public housing agency;
                    (F) a local law enforcement agency;
                    (G) a local child welfare agency;
                    (H) a local juvenile court;
                    (I) a local juvenile prosecutor's office;
                    (J) a private juvenile residential care entity;
                    (K) a local juvenile public defender's office;
                    (L) a State juvenile correctional entity;
                    (M) a local business community representative; and
                    (N) a local faith-based community representative;
            (2) shall include two representatives from each of the 
        following:
                    (A) parents who have minor children, and who have 
                an interest in the local juvenile or criminal justice 
                systems;
                    (B) youth between the ages of 15 and 24 who reside 
                in the jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and
                    (C) members from nonprofit community-based 
                organizations that provide effective delinquency 
                prevention and intervention to youth in the 
                jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and
            (3) may include other members, as the unit or tribe 
        determines to be appropriate.

SEC. 219. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT.

    (a) Assessment.--Each PROMISE Coordinating Council receiving funds 
from a unit of local government or Indian tribe under this subtitle 
shall conduct an objective strengths and needs assessment of the 
resources of the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council 
was established, to identify the unmet needs of youth in the community 
with respect to evidence-based and promising practices related to 
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult with a 
research partner receiving a grant under section 302 for assistance 
with such assessment. Such assessment shall include, with respect to 
the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was 
established--
            (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of involvement in 
        juvenile delinquency or street gang activity;
            (2) the number of youth who are involved in juvenile 
        delinquency or criminal street gang activity, including the 
        number of such youth who are at high risk of continued 
        involvement;
            (3) youth unemployment rates during the summer;
            (4) the number of individuals on public financial 
        assistance (including a breakdown of the numbers of men, women, 
        and children on such assistance);
            (5) the estimated number of youth who are chronically 
        truant;
            (6) the number of youth who have dropped out of school in 
        the previous year;
            (7) for the year before such assessment, the estimated 
        total amount expended (by the community and other entities) for 
        the incarceration of offenders who were convicted or 
        adjudicated delinquent for an offense that was committed in 
        such community, including amounts expended for the 
        incarceration of offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile 
        facilities that are located in the United States but are not 
        located in such community;
            (8) a comparison of the amount under paragraph (7) with an 
        estimation of the amount that would be expended for the 
        incarceration of offenders described in such paragraph if the 
        number of offenders described in such paragraph was equal to 
        the national average incarceration rate per 100,000 population; 
        and
            (9) a description of evidence-based and promising practices 
        related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang 
        activity prevention available for youth in the community, 
        including school-based programs, after school programs 
        (particularly programs that have activities available for youth 
        between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend activities 
        and programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and community-
        based programs, summer activities, and summer jobs, if any; and
            (10) a description of evidence-based and promising 
        intervention practices available for youth in the community.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Assessment Information.--Information 
gathered pursuant to this section may be used for the sole purpose of 
developing a PROMISE Plan in accordance with this subtitle.

SEC. 220. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS.

    (a) In General.--Each PROMISE Coordinating Council receiving funds 
from a unit of local government or Indian tribe under this subtitle 
shall develop a PROMISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, 
as appropriate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 
promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
gang activity prevention and intervention to youth and families who 
reside in the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was 
established. Such a PROMISE Plan shall--
            (1) include the strategy by which the PROMISE Coordinating 
        Council plans to prioritize and allocate resources and services 
        toward the unmet needs of youth in the community, consistent 
        with the needs and available resources of communities with the 
        greatest need for assistance, as determined pursuant to section 
        102;
            (2) include a combination of evidence-based and promising 
        prevention and intervention practices that are responsive to 
        the needs of the community; and
            (3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of the 
        community are met.
    (b) Mandatory Components.--Each PROMISE Plan shall--
            (1) include a plan to connect youth identified in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 204(a) to evidence-based and 
        promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
        criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention;
            (2) identify the amount or percentage of local funds that 
        are available to the PROMISE Coordinating Council to carry out 
        the PROMISE Plan;
            (3) provide strategies to improve indigent defense delivery 
        systems, with particular attention given to groups of children 
        who are disproportionately represented in the State delinquency 
        system and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to the 
        representation of such groups in the general population of the 
        State;
            (4) provide for training (which complies with the American 
        Bar Association Juvenile Justice Standards for the 
        representation and care of youth in the juvenile justice 
        system) of prosecutors, defenders, probation officers, judges 
        and other court personnel related to issues concerning the 
        developmental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in the 
        juvenile justice system (including training related to 
        adolescent development and mental health issues, and the 
        expected impact of evidence-based practices and cost reduction 
        strategies);
            (5) ensure that the number of youth involved in the 
        juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems does not 
        increase as a result of the activities undertaken with the 
        funds provided under this subtitle;
            (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will be used by 
        the PROMISE Coordinating Council to provide at-risk youth with 
        evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 
        delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
        intervention;
            (7) propose the performance evaluation process to be used 
        to carry out section 211(d), which shall include performance 
        measures to assess efforts to address the unmet needs of youth 
        in the community with evidence-based and promising practices 
        related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang 
        activity prevention and intervention; and
            (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE Coordinating 
        Council will use to obtain information on evidence-based and 
        promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
        criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, and 
        for the evaluation under section 211(d) of the results of the 
        activities carried out with funds under this subtitle.
    (c) Voluntary Components.--In addition to the components under 
subsection (b), a PROMISE Plan may include evidence-based or promising 
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang 
activity prevention and intervention in the following categories:
            (1) Early childhood development services (such as prenatal 
        and neonatal health services), early childhood prevention, 
        voluntary home visiting programs, nurse-family partnership 
        programs, parenting and healthy relationship skills training, 
        child abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and Head 
        Start.
            (2) Child protection and safety services (such as foster 
        care and adoption assistance programs), family stabilization 
        programs, child welfare services, and family violence 
        intervention programs.
            (3) Youth and adolescent development services, including 
        job training and apprenticeship programs, job placement and 
        retention training, education and after school programs (such 
        as school programs with shared governance by students, 
        teachers, and parents, and activities for youth between the 
        hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), mentoring 
        programs, conflict resolution skills training, sports, arts, 
        life skills, employment and recreation programs, summer jobs, 
        and summer recreation programs, and alternative school 
        resources for youth who have dropped out of school or 
        demonstrate chronic truancy.
            (4) Health and mental health services, including cognitive 
        behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer mentoring and 
        counseling.
            (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment services, 
        including harm-reduction strategies.
            (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent housing 
        assistance (such as safe shelter and housing for runaway and 
        homeless youth).
            (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and exit 
        services such as tattoo removal, successful models of anti-gang 
        crime outreach programs (such as ``street worker'' programs), 
        and other criminal street gang truce or peacemaking activities.
            (8) Training and education programs for pregnant teens and 
        teen parents.
            (9) Restorative justice programs.
            (10) Alternatives to detention and confinement programs 
        (such as mandated participation in community service, 
        restitution, counseling, and intensive individual and family 
        therapeutic approaches).
            (11) Prerelease, postrelease, and reentry services to 
        assist detained and incarcerated youth with transitioning back 
        into and reentering the community.

SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount made available 
under section 224 to carry out this Act for any fiscal year, not more 
than 15 percent shall be made available to carry out this subtitle.

              Subchapter B--PROMISE Implementation Grants

SEC. 222. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) PROMISE Implementation Grants Authorized.--The Administrator of 
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized 
to award grants to units of local government and Indian tribes to 
assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with implementing PROMISE Plans 
developed pursuant to subtitle A.
    (b) Grant Duration and Amount.--
            (1) Duration.--A grant awarded under this subtitle shall be 
        for a 3-year period.
            (2) Maximum grant amount.--A grant awarded under this 
        subtitle shall not be for more than $10,000,000 per year for 
        each year of the grant period.
    (c) Non-Federal Funds Required.--For each fiscal year during the 3-
year grant period for a grant under this subtitle, each unit of local 
government or Indian tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE 
Coordinating Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in cash or 
in kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities carried out with 
such grant.
    (d) Evaluation.--Of any funds provided to a unit of local 
government or an Indian tribe for a grant under this subtitle, not more 
than $100,000 shall be used to provide a contract to a competitively 
selected organization to assess the progress of the unit or tribe in 
addressing the unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 
with the performance measures under section 204(b)(7).

SEC. 223. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Application Required.--To be eligible to receive a PROMISE 
Implementation grant under this subtitle, a unit of local government or 
Indian tribe that received a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant 
under subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator of 
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention not later 
than 1 year after the date such unit of local government or Indian 
tribe was awarded such grant under subtitle A, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information, as the Administrator, after 
consultation with the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5633(f)(1)), may require.
    (b) Contents of Application.--Each application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall--
            (1) identify potential savings from criminal justice costs, 
        public assistance costs, and other costs avoided by utilizing 
        evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 
        delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
        intervention;
            (2) document--
                    (A) investment in evidence-based and promising 
                practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
                street gang activity prevention and intervention to be 
                provided by the unit of local government or Indian 
                tribe;
                    (B) the activities to be undertaken with the grants 
                funds;
                    (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 
                justice or other local systems to be attained as a 
                result of implementation of the programs funded by the 
                grant; and
                    (D) outcomes from such activities, in terms of the 
                expected numbers related to reduced criminal activity;
            (3) describe how savings sustained from investment in 
        prevention and intervention practices will be reinvested in the 
        continuing implementation of the PROMISE Plan; and
            (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal contribution 
        with respect to evidence-based and promising practices related 
        to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
        prevention and intervention in the community for which the 
        PROMISE Coordinating Council was established for each year of 
        the grant period will not be less than the local fiscal 
        contribution with respect to such practices in the community 
        for the year preceding the first year of the grant period.

SEC. 224. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES.

    (a) Selection and Distribution.--Grants awarded under this subtitle 
shall be awarded on a competitive basis. The Administrator shall--
            (1) take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 
        grants are awarded to units of local governments and Indian 
        tribes in areas with the highest concentrations of youth who 
        are--
                    (A) at risk of involvement in juvenile delinquency 
                or criminal street gang activity; and
                    (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or street gang 
                activity and who are at high-risk of continued 
                involvement; and
            (2) give consideration to the need for grants to be awarded 
        to units of local governments and Indian tribes in each region 
        of the United States, and among urban, suburban, and rural 
        areas.
    (b) Extension of Grant Award.--The Administrator may extend the 
grant period under section 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant 
to a unit of local government or an Indian tribe, in accordance with 
regulations issued by the Administrator.
    (c) Renewal of Grant Award.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator may renew a PROMISE Implementation 
grant to a unit of local government or an Indian tribe to provide such 
unit or tribe with additional funds to continue implementation of a 
PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal--
            (1) shall be initiated by an application for renewal from a 
        unit of local government or an Indian tribe;
            (2) shall be carried out in accordance with regulations 
        issued by the Administrator; and
            (3) shall not be granted unless the Administrator 
        determines such a renewal to be appropriate based on the 
        results of the evaluation conducted under section 223(a) with 
        respect to the community of such unit or tribe for which a 
        PROMISE Coordinating Council was established, and for which 
        such unit or tribe is applying for renewal.

SEC. 225. REPORTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the end of the grant period for which a 
unit of local government or an Indian tribe receives a PROMISE 
Implementation grant, and annually thereafter for as long as such unit 
or tribe continues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE 
Coordinating Council, such unit or tribe shall report to the 
Administrator regarding the use of Federal funds to implement the 
PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A.

SEC. 226. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount made available 
under section 224 to carry out this Act for any fiscal year, not more 
than 75 percent shall be made available to carry out this subtitle.

             Subchapter C--General PROMISE Grant Provisions

SEC. 227. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE.

    A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving a grant under 
this title shall use such grant only to supplement, and not supplant, 
the amount of funds that, in the absence of such grant, would be 
available to address the needs of youth in the community with respect 
to evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention.

SEC. 228. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL.

    The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention, in conjunction with the PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall 
establish and utilize a transparent, reliable, and valid system for 
evaluating applications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants and 
for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall determine which applicants 
meet the criteria for funding, based primarily on a determination of 
greatest need (in accordance with section 102), with due consideration 
to other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the applicant 
to successfully implement the program described in the application.

SEC. 229. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Evaluation Required.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations under this title, the Administrator shall, in 
consultation with the organization provided assistance under section 
223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), provide for an evaluation of the programs 
and activities carried out with grants under this title. In carrying 
out this section, the Administrator shall--
            (1) award grants to institutions of higher education 
        (including institutions that are eligible to receive funds 
        under part F of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1067q et seq.)), to facilitate the evaluation 
        process and measurement of achieved outcomes;
            (2) identify evidence-based and promising practices used by 
        PROMISE Coordinating Councils under PROMISE Implementation 
        grants that have proven to be effective in preventing 
        involvement in, or diverting further involvement in, juvenile 
        delinquency or criminal street gang activity; and
            (3) ensure--
                    (A) that such evaluation is based on the 
                performance standards that are developed by the PROMISE 
                Advisory Panel in accordance with section 223(g) of the 
                Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
                (as added by section 101(b) of this Act);
                    (B) the development of longitudinal and clinical 
                trial evaluation and performance measurements with 
                regard to the evidence-based and promising practices 
                funded under this title; and
                    (C) the dissemination of the practices identified 
                in paragraph (2) to the National Research Center for 
                Proven Juvenile Justice Practices (established under 
                section 301), units of local government, and Indian 
                tribes to promote the use of such practices by such 
                units and tribes to prevent involvement in, or to 
                divert further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 
                criminal street gang activity.
    (b) Results to the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 
Justice Practices.--The Administrator shall provide the results of the 
evaluation under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for 
Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under section 301.

SEC. 230. RESERVATION OF FUNDS.

    For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, not more than 20 percent of the 
total amount appropriated to the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention to carry out Youth Mentoring Programs for each 
fiscal year shall be made available to carry out this Act.

                  CHAPTER 3--PROMISE RESEARCH CENTERS

SEC. 231. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR PROVEN 
              JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.

    (a) Center Established.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator shall award a grant to a nonprofit 
organization with a national reputation for expertise in operating or 
evaluating effective, evidence-based practices related to juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention or 
intervention to develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 
Justice Practices. Such Center shall--
            (1) collaborate with institutions of higher education as 
        regional partners to create a best practices juvenile justice 
        information-sharing network to support the programs and 
        activities carried out with grants under title II of this Act;
            (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Coordinating 
        Councils, research and other information about evidence-based 
        and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
        criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to 
        inform the efforts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and 
        regional research partners and to support the programs and 
        activities carried out with grants under title II of this Act;
            (3) increase the public's knowledge and understanding of 
        effective juvenile justice practices to prevent crime and 
        delinquency and reduce recidivism; and
            (4) develop, manage, and regularly update a site to 
        disseminate proven practices for successful juvenile 
        delinquency prevention and intervention.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amount made available 
under section 224 to carry out this Act--
            (1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 percent of such 
        amount shall be made available to carry out this section; and
            (2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 4 
        percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out 
        this section.

SEC. 232. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) Grant Program Authorized.--The Administrator shall, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, establish a grant program to award 
grants to institutions of higher education to serve as regional 
research partners with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located 
in the same geographic region as an institution, in collaboration with 
the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices 
authorized under section 301. Regional research partners shall provide 
research support to such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including--
            (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant applications 
        under title II, including collection of baseline data for such 
        applications;
            (2) assistance with the needs and strengths assessments 
        conducted under section 203; and
            (3) provision of support services to PROMISE grant 
        recipients for data collection and analysis to assess progress 
        under the PROMISE grant.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amount made available 
under section 224 to carry out this Act--
            (1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 percent of such 
        amount shall be made available to carry out this section; and
            (2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 4 
        percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out 
        this section.

       Subtitle C--Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces

SEC. 241. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Safe Streets and Representative 
Police Forces Act of 2015''.

SEC. 242. GRANTS TO INCREASE THE RACIAL DIVERSITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              AGENCIES.

    Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
            ``(17) to increase the racial diversity of law enforcement 
        agencies by awarding grants to institutions of higher education 
        (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), with priority given to 
        Predominantly Black Institutions (as such term is defined in 
        section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1059e)), historically Black colleges and universities (as such 
        term is defined in section 631 of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132)), institutions of higher education at 
        which not less than 40 percent of the enrolled students are 
        Latino, and institutions of higher education at which not less 
        than 40 percent of the enrolled students are Native American, 
        to support majors related to criminal justice, including 
        psychology, sociology, prelaw, and criminal justice majors; 
        and''; and
            (4) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``paragraphs (1) through (16)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) 
        through (17)''.

            TITLE III--COMMON SENSE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Subtitle A--Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and 
                            Crime Prevention

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia 
Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2018''.

SEC. 302. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 932. Trafficking in firearms
    ``(a) Offenses.--It shall be unlawful for any person, regardless of 
whether anything of value is exchanged--
            ``(1) to ship, transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose to 
        a person, two or more firearms in or affecting interstate or 
        foreign commerce, if the transferor knows or has reasonable 
        cause to believe that such use, carry, possession, or 
        disposition of the firearm would be in violation of, or would 
        result in a violation of any Federal, State, or local law 
        punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year;
            ``(2) to receive from a person, two or more firearms in or 
        affecting interstate or foreign commerce, if the recipient 
        knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such receipt 
        would be in violation of, or would result in a violation of any 
        Federal, State, or local law punishable by a term of 
        imprisonment exceeding 1 year;
            ``(3) to make a statement to a licensed importer, licensed 
        manufacturer, or licensed dealer relating to the purchase, 
        receipt, or acquisition from a licensed importer, licensed 
        manufacturer, or licensed dealer of two or more firearms that 
        have moved in or affected interstate or foreign commerce that--
                    ``(A) is material to--
                            ``(i) the identity of the actual buyer of 
                        the firearms; or
                            ``(ii) the intended trafficking of the 
                        firearms; and
                    ``(B) the person knows or has reasonable cause to 
                believe is false; or
            ``(4) to direct, promote, or facilitate conduct specified 
        in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
    ``(b) Penalties.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any person who violates, or conspires to 
        violate, subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, 
        imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
            ``(2) Organizer enhancement.--If a violation of subsection 
        (a) is committed by a person in concert with five or more other 
        persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of 
        organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of 
        management, such person may be sentenced to an additional term 
        of imprisonment of not more than 5 consecutive years.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `actual buyer' means the individual for whom 
        a firearm is being purchased, received, or acquired; and
            ``(2) the term `term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year' does 
        not include any offense classified by the applicable 
        jurisdiction as a misdemeanor and punishable by a term of 
        imprisonment of 2 years or less.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``932. Trafficking in firearms.''.
    (c) Directive to the Sentencing Commission.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to its authority under section 
        994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States 
        Sentencing Commission shall review and, if appropriate, amend 
        the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements 
        applicable to persons convicted of offenses under section 932 
        of title 18, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).
            (2) Requirements.--In carrying out this section, the 
        Commission shall--
                    (A) review the penalty structure that the 
                guidelines currently provide based on the number of 
                firearms involved in the offense and determine whether 
                any changes to that penalty structure are appropriate 
                in order to reflect the intent of Congress that such 
                penalties reflect the gravity of the offense; and
                    (B) review and amend, if appropriate, the 
                guidelines and policy statements to reflect the intent 
                of Congress that guideline penalties for violations of 
                section 932 of title 18, United States Code, and 
                similar offenses be increased substantially when 
                committed by a person who is a member of a gang, 
                cartel, organized crime ring, or other such enterprise 
                or in concert with another person who is a member of a 
                gang, cartel, organized crime ring or other such 
                enterprise.

     Subtitle B--Report on Effects of Gun Violence on Public Health

SEC. 311. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service shall submit to Congress a report on the effects on public 
health of gun violence in the United States during the relevant period, 
and the status of actions taken to address such effects.

SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES.

    Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(g) A provision prohibiting the use of funds to study the 
        public health effects of gun violence may not be reported in a 
        general appropriation bill and may not be in order in any 
        amendment thereto.''.

          Subtitle C--Keeping Guns From High-Risk Individuals

SEC. 321. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Keeping Guns from High-Risk 
Individuals Act''.

SEC. 322. FIREARM PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN HIGH-
              RISK INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Sales or Other Dispositions.--Section 922(d) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) in the most recent 10-year period, has been 
        convicted in any court of a crime of violence (as defined in 
        section 16);
            ``(11) has not attained 25 years of age, and has been 
        adjudicated by any court as having committed an offense that 
        would have been a crime of violence (as defined in section 16) 
        if committed by an adult;
            ``(12) in any period of 3 consecutive years in the most 
        recent 10-year period, has been convicted in any court, on 2 
        separate occasions, of an offense that has, as an element, the 
        possession or distribution of, or the intent to possess or 
        distribute, alcohol or a controlled substance (as so defined); 
        or
            ``(13) has been convicted in any court of stalking.''.
    (b) Possession, Shipment, Transportation, or Receipt.--Section 
922(g) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) who, in the most recent 10-year period, has been 
        convicted in any court of a crime of violence (as defined in 
        section 16);
            ``(11) who has not attained 25 years of age and has been 
        adjudicated by any court as having committed an offense that 
        would have been a crime of violence (as defined in section 16) 
        if committed by an adult;
            ``(12) who, in any period of 3 consecutive years in the 
        most recent 10-year period, has been convicted in any court, on 
        2 separate occasions, of an offense that has, as an element, 
        the possession or distribution of, or the intent to possess or 
        distribute, alcohol or a controlled substance (as so defined); 
        or
            ``(13) who has been convicted in any court of stalking,''.

                Subtitle D--Strengthening Gun Checks Act

SEC. 341. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Strengthening Gun Checks Act of 
2018''.

CHAPTER 1--ENSURING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM 
  BUYING A GUN ARE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
                              CHECK SYSTEM

SEC. 342. STATES TO MAKE DATA ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL 
              INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 102(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Implementation Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--Within 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General, in 
        coordination with the States, shall establish, for each State 
        or Indian tribal government, a plan to ensure maximum 
        coordination and automation of the reporting of records or 
        making of records available to the National Instant Criminal 
        Background Check System established under section 103 of the 
        Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, during a 4-year period 
        specified in the plan.
            ``(2) Benchmark requirements.--Each such plan shall include 
        annual benchmarks, including qualitative goals and quantitative 
        measures, to enable the Attorney General to assess 
        implementation of the plan.''.
    (b) Incentive Grants for Rapid Compliance.--Section 506 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3756) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Of the total amount made available to carry out this subpart 
for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall reserve not more than 
$50,000,000 for incentive grants by the Attorney General to States that 
comply with section 102(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note), in accordance with the following:
            ``(1) During the 4-year period covered by a plan 
        established under such section, if the State meets the 
        benchmark established under paragraph (2) of such section, the 
        State may receive an incentive grant under this paragraph.
            ``(2) The Attorney General shall allocate the amounts 
        reserved under this section equally among each State receiving 
        an incentive grant.''.

SEC. 343. REQUIREMENT THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES CERTIFY THAT THEY HAVE 
              SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
              CHECK SYSTEM ALL RECORDS IDENTIFYING PERSONS PROHIBITED 
              FROM PURCHASING FIREARMS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

    Section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Semiannual certification and reporting.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The head of each Federal 
                        department or agency shall submit to the 
                        Attorney General a written certification 
                        indicating whether the department or agency has 
                        provided to the Attorney General the pertinent 
                        information contained in any record of any 
                        person that the department or agency was in 
                        possession of during the time period addressed 
                        by the report demonstrating that the person 
                        falls within a category described in subsection 
                        (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United 
                        States Code.
                            ``(ii) Submission dates.--The head of a 
                        Federal department or agency shall submit a 
                        certification under clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) not later than July 31 of 
                                each year, which shall address any 
                                record the department or agency was in 
                                possession of during the period 
                                beginning on January 1 of the year and 
                                ending on June 30 of the year; and
                                    ``(II) not later than January 31 of 
                                each year, which shall address any 
                                record the department or agency was in 
                                possession of during the period 
                                beginning on July 1 of the previous 
                                year and ending on December 31 of the 
                                previous year.
                            ``(iii) Contents.--A certification required 
                        under clause (i) shall state, for the 
                        applicable period--
                                    ``(I) the number of records of the 
                                Federal department or agency 
                                demonstrating that a person fell within 
                                each of the categories described in 
                                section 922(g) of title 18, United 
                                States Code;
                                    ``(II) the number of records of the 
                                Federal department or agency 
                                demonstrating that a person fell within 
                                the category described in section 
                                922(n) of title 18, United States Code; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) for each category of 
                                records described in subclauses (I) and 
                                (II), the total number of records of 
                                the Federal department or agency that 
                                have been provided to the Attorney 
                                General.''.

SEC. 344. ADJUDICATED AS A MENTAL DEFECTIVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(36) The term `adjudicated as a mental defective' shall--
            ``(A) have the meaning given the term in section 478.11 of 
        title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
        thereto; and
            ``(B) include an order by a court, board, commission, or 
        other lawful authority that a person, in response to mental 
        illness, incompetency, or marked subnormal intelligence, be 
        compelled to receive services--
                    ``(i) including counseling, medication, or testing 
                to determine compliance with prescribed medications; 
                and
                    ``(ii) not including testing for use of alcohol or 
                for abuse of any controlled substance or other drug.
    ``(37) The term `committed to a mental institution' shall have the 
meaning given the term in section 478.11 of title 27, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor thereto.''.
    (b) Limitation.--An individual who has been adjudicated as a mental 
defective before the effective date described in section 203 may not 
apply for relief from disability under section 101(c)(2) of the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) on the basis 
that the individual does not meet the requirements in section 
921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
    (c) NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.--Section 3 of the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by 
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Mental health terms.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the terms `adjudicated as a mental 
                defective' and `committed to a mental institution' 
                shall have the meaning given the terms in section 
                921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
                    ``(B) Exception.--For purposes of sections 102 and 
                103, the terms `adjudicated as a mental defective' and 
                `committed to a mental institution' shall have the same 
                meanings as on the day before the date of enactment of 
                the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2018 until the end of the 2-
                year period beginning on such date of enactment.''.

SEC. 345. CLARIFICATION THAT FEDERAL COURT INFORMATION IS TO BE MADE 
              AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
              CHECK SYSTEM.

    Section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note), as amended by section 102 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Application to federal courts.--In this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) the terms `department or agency of 
                        the United States' and `Federal department or 
                        agency' include a Federal court; and
                            ``(ii) for purposes of any request, 
                        submission, or notification, the Director of 
                        the Administrative Office of the United States 
                        Courts shall perform the functions of the head 
                        of the department or agency.''.

     CHAPTER 2--REQUIRING A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR EVERY FIREARM SALE

SEC. 346. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this chapter is to extend the Brady Law background 
check procedures to all sales and transfers of firearms.

SEC. 347. FIREARMS TRANSFERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (s) and redesignating subsection 
        (t) as subsection (s);
            (2) in subsection (s), as so redesignated--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking ``(as 
                defined in subsection (s)(8))''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) In this subsection, the term `chief law enforcement 
        officer' means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an 
        equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual.''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (s), as so redesignated, 
        the following:
    ``(t)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed 
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer a 
firearm to any other person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed 
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken 
possession of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection 
(s). Upon taking possession of the firearm, the licensee shall comply 
with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were 
transferring the firearm from the inventory of the licensee to the 
unlicensed transferee.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
            ``(A) a transfer of a firearm by or to any law enforcement 
        agency or any law enforcement officer, armed private security 
        professional, or member of the armed forces, to the extent the 
        officer, professional, or member is acting within the course 
        and scope of employment and official duties;
            ``(B) a transfer between spouses, between domestic 
        partners, between parents and their children, between siblings, 
        or between grandparents and their grandchildren;
            ``(C) a transfer to an executor, administrator, trustee, or 
        personal representative of an estate or a trust that occurs by 
        operation of law upon the death of another person;
            ``(D) a temporary transfer that is necessary to prevent 
        imminent death or great bodily harm, if the possession by the 
        transferee lasts only as long as immediately necessary to 
        prevent the imminent death or great bodily harm;
            ``(E) a transfer that is approved by the Attorney General 
        under section 5812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            ``(F) a temporary transfer if the transferor has no reason 
        to believe that the transferee will use or intends to use the 
        firearm in a crime or is prohibited from possessing firearms 
        under State or Federal law, and the transfer takes place and 
        the transferee's possession of the firearm is exclusively--
                    ``(i) at a shooting range or in a shooting gallery 
                or other area designated and built for the purpose of 
                target shooting;
                    ``(ii) while hunting, trapping, or fishing, if the 
                hunting, trapping, or fishing is legal in all places 
                where the transferee possesses the firearm and the 
                transferee holds all licenses or permits required for 
                such hunting, trapping, or fishing; or
                    ``(iii) while in the presence of the transferor.
        Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any State 
        criminal statutory or case law related to self-defense, heat of 
        passion, or any other justifying or mitigation action in a 
        crime or potential crime involving a firearm.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 922.--Section 922(y)(2) of such title is 
        amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``, (g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II)'' and inserting ``and 
        (g)(5)(B)''.
            (2) Section 925A.--Section 925A of such title is amended in 
        the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection 
        (s) or (t) of section 922'' and inserting ``section 922(s)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(4) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 348. LOST AND STOLEN REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person who lawfully possesses 
or owns a firearm that has been shipped or transported in, or has been 
possessed in or affecting, interstate or foreign commerce, to fail to 
report the theft or loss of the firearm, within 48 hours after the 
person discovers the theft or loss, to the Attorney General and to the 
appropriate local authorities.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended to read 
as follows:
                    ``(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f), 
                (k), (q), or (aa) of section 922;''.

              Subtitle E--Background Check Completion Act

SEC. 351. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Background Check Completion 
Act''.

SEC. 352. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT A FIREARMS DEALER TRANSFER A 
              FIREARM IF THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK 
              SYSTEM HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETE A BACKGROUND CHECK OF 
              THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS.

    Section 922(t)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(i)'';
            (2) by striking ``; or'' and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by striking clause (ii).
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