[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3980 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3980

                   To support and assist drug courts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1994

   Mr. Schumer (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To support and assist drug courts.

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

SECTION 1. GRANT AUTHORITY.

    The Attorney General may make grants to units of State and local 
government, and to other public and private entities, for programs that 
involve continuing judicial supervision over specified categories of 
persons with substance abuse problems, and that involve the integrated 
administration of other sanctions and services including--
            (1) testing for the use of controlled substances or other 
        addictive substances;
            (2) substance abuse treatment;
            (3) diversion, probation, or other supervised release 
        involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or 
        incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements 
        or failure to show satisfactory progress; and
            (4) programmatic or health related aftercare services such 
        as relapse prevention, education, vocational training, job 
        placement, housing placement, and child care or other family 
        support services.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Collaboration.--The Attorney General may consult or collaborate 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other 
appropriate officials in carrying out this Act.
    (b) Use of Components.--The Attorney General may utilize any 
component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out 
this Act.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--The Attorney General may issue 
regulations and guidelines to carry out this Act, including 
specifications concerning application requirements, selection criteria, 
duration and renewal of grants, evaluation requirements, matching 
funds, limitation of administrative expenses, submission of reports by 
grantees, recordkeeping by grantees, and access to books, records, and 
documents maintained by grantees or other persons for purposes of audit 
or examination.
    (d) Applications.--In addition to any other requirements that may 
be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under 
this Act shall--
            (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed 
        implementation plan;
            (2) explain the applicant's inability to fund the program 
        adequately without Federal assistance;
            (3) certify that the Federal support provided will be used 
        to supplement, and not supplant, State and local sources of 
        funding that would otherwise be available;
            (4) identify related governmental or community initiatives 
        which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;
            (5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation 
        with all affected agencies, and that there will be appropriate 
        coordination with all affected agencies in the implementation 
        of the program;
            (6) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and 
        continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of 
        Federal support; and
            (7) describe the methodology that will be utilized in 
        evaluating the program.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Attorney General may 
provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Evaluations.--In addition to any evaluation requirements that 
may be prescribed for grantees, the Attorney General may carry out or 
make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support 
under this Act.
    (c) Administration.--The technical assistance, training, and 
evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by 
the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative 
arrangements with other entities.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 in each of 
fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to carry out this Act.

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