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Union Calendar No. 700
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 68
[Report No. 114-890]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to
prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2015
Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
December 23, 2016
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
6, 2015]
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to
prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile
Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 1801(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``graduated
sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated sanctions and
incentives''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``hiring juvenile
court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed
defenders and special advocates, and'';
(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and
redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as paragraphs
(4) through (15), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by
striking ``research-based bullying, cyberbullying, and
gang prevention programs'' and inserting
``interventions such as researched-based anti-bullying,
anti-cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs, as
well as mental health services and trauma-informed
practices'';
(2) in section 1802--
(A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after
``individualized sanctions'' the following: ``,
incentives,'';
(B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking
``graduated sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated
sanctions and incentives''; and
(C) in subsection (f)--
(i) in paragraph (2)--
(I) by inserting after ``A sanction
may include'' the following: ``a range
of court-approved interventions, such
as''; and
(II) by inserting after ``a fine,''
the following: ``a restorative justice
program,''; and
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:
``(3) Incentives.--The term `incentives' means
individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated responses to a
juvenile offender's compliance with court orders and case
disposition terms designed to reinforce or modify the skills
and behaviors of the juvenile offender. An incentive may
include a certificate of achievement, a letter of
recommendation, a family or program activity, a meeting or
special outing with a community leader, a reduction in
community service hours, a reduced curfew or home-restriction,
a decrease in required court appearances, or a decrease in the
term of court-ordered supervision.'';
(3) in section 1810(a), by striking ``$350,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2006 through 2009'' and inserting ``$25,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
``(a) Definition of Applicable Committees.--In this section, the
term `applicable committees' means--
``(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
``(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives.
``(b) Accountability.--All grants awarded by the Attorney General
under this part shall be subject to the following accountability
provisions:
``(1) Audit requirement.--
``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
`unresolved audit finding' means a finding in the final
audit report of the Inspector General of the Department
of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant
funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise
unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within
12 months after the date on which the final audit
report is issued.
``(B) Audit.--Beginning in the first fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of this section,
and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector
General of the Department of Justice shall conduct
audits of recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney
General under this part to prevent waste, fraud, and
abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall
determine the appropriate number of grantees to be
audited each year.
``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant
funds under this part that is found to have an
unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to
receive grant funds under this part during the first 2
fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month
period described in subparagraph (A).
``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this
part, the Attorney General shall give priority to
eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved
audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before
submitting an application for a grant under this part.
``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant
funds under this part during the 2-fiscal-year period
during which the entity is barred from receiving grants
under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount
of the grant funds that were improperly awarded
to the grantee into the General Fund of the
Treasury; and
``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the
repayment to the fund from the grant recipient
that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
``(2) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal
year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the
Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an
annual certification--
``(A) indicating whether--
``(i) all audits issued by the Inspector
General of the Department of Justice under
paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed
by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General
or Director;
``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and
``(iii) all reimbursements required under
paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and
``(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients
excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
``(c) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
``(1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a
grant to an applicant under this part, the Attorney General
shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded
under this part by the Attorney General to determine if
duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
``(2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate
grants under this part to the same applicant for the same
purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable
committees a report that includes--
``(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded under
this part, including the total dollar amount of any
duplicate grants awarded; and
``(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the
duplicate grants.''.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is
encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used.
SEC. 4. USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION TO CARRY OUT JUVENILE
ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General
shall use up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made available for
Department of Justice, General Administration, to carry out part R of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.).
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program,
and for other purposes.''.
Union Calendar No. 700
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 68
[Report No. 114-890]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to
prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 23, 2016
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed