[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1957 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1957

 To amend the base closure laws to require the Secretary of Defense to 
 transfer real property and facilities at military installations being 
closed or realigned to States and other entities that agree to convert 
 the property and facilities into correctional facilities for youthful 
 offenders to be operated as military-style boot camps and to require 
the Secretary to develop a program to promote the expanded use of such 
                        correctional facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1993

Mr. Burton of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
     jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the base closure laws to require the Secretary of Defense to 
 transfer real property and facilities at military installations being 
closed or realigned to States and other entities that agree to convert 
 the property and facilities into correctional facilities for youthful 
 offenders to be operated as military-style boot camps and to require 
the Secretary to develop a program to promote the expanded use of such 
                        correctional facilities.

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

SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES AT CLOSED OR REALIGNED 
              MILITARY INSTALLATIONS INTO YOUTHFUL OFFENDER BOOT CAMPS.

    (a) Bases Closed or Realigned Under 1990 Base Closure Law.--Section 
2905 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of 
title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Priority for Conversion to Youthful Offender Boot Camps.--(1) 
Notwithstanding subsection (b), before any action is taken with respect 
to the disposal or transfer of any real property or facility located at 
a military installation to be closed or realigned under this part, the 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the State and each local government 
in which the installation is located and other interested persons of 
the suitability of the property or facility for conversion and use as a 
youthful offender boot camp.
    ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary shall transfer 
(without reimbursement) the property or facilities described in the 
notification to the State, local government, or interested person if 
the State, local government, or person certifies that the property or 
facilities will be promptly converted to and used as a youthful 
offender boot camp.
    ``(3) Any certification submitted under paragraph (2) must be 
received by the Secretary not later than 180 days after the Secretary 
provides the notification required by paragraph (1) and must include a 
conversion and operating plan for the youthful offender boot camp. If 
the Secretary receives more than one certification, the Secretary shall 
select the recipient of the property or facility based upon the quality 
and feasibility of the competing conversion and operating plans. In the 
case of a certification submitted by a private person, the Secretary 
may reject the certification and refuse to transfer the property or 
facility concerned if--
            ``(A) the Secretary determines on the basis of the 
        conversion and operating plan that the person will likely be 
        unable to successfully convert or operate the proposed youthful 
        offender boot camp; or
            ``(B) the State or any local government in which the 
        installation is located opposes the transfer.
    ``(4) As used in this subsection, the term `youthful offender boot 
camp' means a correctional facility operated as a military-style boot 
camp to provide discipline, treatment, and work for adjudicated non-
violent offenders who are between the ages of 14 and 25, inclusive.''.
    (b) Bases Closed or Realigned Under 1988 Base Closure Law.--(1) 
Section 204 of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure 
and Realignment Act (title II of Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Priority for Conversion to Youthful Offender Boot Camps.--(1) 
Notwithstanding subsection (b), before any action is taken with respect 
to the disposal or transfer of any real property or facility located at 
a military installation to be closed or realigned under this title, the 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the State and each local government 
in which the installation is located and other interested persons of 
the suitability of the property or facility for conversion and use as a 
youthful offender boot camp
    ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary shall transfer 
(without reimbursement) the property or facilities described in the 
notification to the State, local government, or interested person if 
the State, local government, or person certifies that the property or 
facilities will be promptly converted to and used as a youthful 
offender boot camp.
    ``(3) Any certification submitted under paragraph (2) must be 
received by the Secretary not later than 180 days after the Secretary 
provides the notification required by paragraph (1) and must include a 
conversion and operating plan for the youthful offender boot camp. If 
the Secretary receives more than one certification, the Secretary shall 
select the recipient of the property or facility based upon the quality 
and feasibility of the competing conversion and operating plans. In the 
case of a certification submitted by a private person, the Secretary 
may reject the certification and refuse to transfer the property or 
facility concerned if--
            ``(A) the Secretary determines on the basis of the 
        conversion and operating plan that the person will likely be 
        unable to successfully convert or operate the proposed youthful 
        offender boot camp; or
            ``(B) the State or any local government in which the 
        installation is located opposes the transfer.
    ``(4) As used in this subsection, the term `youthful offender boot 
camp' means a correctional facility operated as a military-style boot 
camp to provide discipline, treatment, and work for adjudicated non-
violent offenders who are between the ages of 14 and 25, inclusive.''.
    (c) Model Youthful Offender Boot Camp.--
            (1) Development.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
        with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and State and local 
        correctional agencies, shall develop a model program intended 
        to incorporate military basic training and other military 
        instruction and disciplinary procedures into the design and 
        operation of youthful offender boot camps at the Federal, 
        State, and local levels.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``youthful offender boot camp'' means a correctional facility 
        operated as a military-style boot camp to provide discipline, 
        treatment, and work for adjudicated non-violent offenders who 
        are between the ages of 14 and 25, inclusive.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR BOOT CAMPS.

    Subsection (a) of section 516 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3762b) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``80'' and inserting ``40''; and
            (2) by striking ``10'' the second place it appears and 
        inserting ``50''.

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