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                                                       Calendar No. 557

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1952

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                             August 1, 1996

                       Reported without amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 557
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1952

 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 1996

Mr. Thompson (for himself and Mr. Biden) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             August 1, 1996

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
                        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 ``Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1996''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 
                              ACT OF 1974

Sec. 101. Findings and definitions.
Sec. 102. Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations for Runaway and Homeless 
                            Youth Act.
Sec. 104. Repeals.
                   TITLE II--AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW

Sec. 201. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.
Sec. 202. Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
Sec. 203. Study and report by the National Academy of Sciences.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Study and report by the National Academy of Sciences.
Sec. 302. Technical and conforming amendments.

TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 
                              ACT OF 1974

SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS.

    Title I of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking sections 101 and 102 and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) recent statistics show a 60 percent increase in 
        murders committed by juveniles since 1984;
            ``(2) youth who commit the most serious and violent 
        offenses are becoming more violent, younger offenders are 
        engaging in more violent acts, and the number of violent youth 
        offenders has tripled since 1985;
            ``(3) understaffed, overcrowded juvenile courts, 
        prosecutorial and public defender offices, probation services, 
        and correctional facilities and inadequately trained staff in 
        such courts, services, and facilities are not able to provide 
        individualized punishment or effective help;
            ``(4) if recent violent crime rate trends continue, based 
        on the projected growth of the teenage population during the 
        next decade, youth violence will increase dramatically unless 
        new, effective prevention and control strategies are developed 
        and implemented;
            ``(5) illegitimacy, the decline of marriage, welfare 
        dependence, and youth violence are closely interrelated;
            ``(6) there is a correlation between child abuse and 
        neglect and delinquency and violence;
            ``(7) child abuse has increased as the number of babies 
        born to drug-using parents has increased, and children of these 
        parents are at great risk of becoming violent;
            ``(8) child welfare agencies fail to break the cycle 
        between abuse and delinquency;
            ``(9) State and local communities that experience directly 
        the devastating failures of the juvenile justice system do not 
        presently have sufficient technical expertise or adequate 
        resources to deal comprehensively with the problems of juvenile 
        delinquency;
            ``(10) the juvenile justice system has failed to protect 
        the public from violent youths, particularly because a system 
        of certain and graduated punishment is often absent;
            ``(11) existing programs have not adequately reduced the 
        increasing numbers of young people who are addicted to or who 
        abuse alcohol and other drugs;
            ``(12) existing Federal programs have not fully provided 
        the research and evaluation necessary to determine which 
        programs designed to prevent youth violence are effective, nor 
        have they led to the most effective dissemination of 
        information regarding effective programs;
            ``(13) prevention and intervention are more likely to be 
        effective when directed toward younger children before they 
        commit any offenses;
            ``(14) mandates on States under the Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 have been administered in 
too inflexible a manner, and have made the Act too focused on issues 
unrelated to preventing or punishing youth violence;
            ``(15) the juvenile justice system should give additional 
        attention to the problem of juveniles who commit serious crimes 
        and should give greater attention to halting early acts of 
        juvenile delinquency;
            ``(16) the high incidence of youth violence in the United 
        States results in enormous annual cost and immeasurable loss of 
        human life, personal security, and wasted human resources; and
            ``(17) youth violence constitutes a growing threat to the 
        national welfare requiring immediate and comprehensive action 
        by the Federal Government to reduce and prevent youth violence.

``SEC. 102. PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act--
            ``(1) to provide for the thorough and ongoing scientific 
        evaluation of all federally assisted juvenile justice and 
        delinquency prevention programs and research into effective 
        means of preventing youth violence;
            ``(2) to provide technical assistance to public and private 
        nonprofit juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs;
            ``(3) to establish a centralized research and evaluation 
        effort on the problems of youth violence, including the 
        dissemination of the findings of such research and all data 
        related to youth violence;
            ``(4) to establish a Federal assistance program to deal 
        with the problems of runaway and homeless youth;
            ``(5) to assist State and local governments in improving 
        the administration of justice and services for juveniles who 
        enter the system;
            ``(6) to assist States and local communities to prevent 
        youth from becoming violent offenders; and
            ``(7) to assist State and local governments in punishing 
        and controlling violent youth offenders.
    ``(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the Congress to 
provide the necessary resources, leadership, and coordination--
            ``(1) to develop an implement effective methods of 
        preventing and reducing youth violence;
            ``(2) to develop and conduct effective programs to prevent 
        delinquency, to divert juveniles from the traditional juvenile 
        justice system and to provide critically needed alternatives to 
        institutionalization;
            ``(3) to improve the quality of juvenile justice in the 
        United States;
            ``(4) to increase the capacity of State and local 
        governments and public and private agencies to conduct 
        effective juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and 
        rehabilitation programs and to provide research, evaluation, 
        and training services in the field of juvenile delinquency 
        prevention;
            ``(5) to encourage parental involvement in treatment and 
        alternative disposition programs;
            ``(6) to provide for coordination of services between 
        State, local, and community-based agencies and to promote 
        interagency cooperation in providing such services; and
            ``(7) to impose punishments, sanctions, and control upon 
        youth offenders.''; and
            (2) in section 103--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting ``title I 
                of'' after ``section 401 of'';
                    (B) in paragraph (19), by striking subparagraph (A) 
                and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and
                    (C) in paragraph (22), by redesignating clauses (i) 
                through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
                respectively.

SEC. 102. JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.

    Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 201--
                    (A) by striking ``Office of Juvenile Justice and 
                Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
                Youth Violence Reduction''; and
                    (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(b) Administrator.--The Office shall be headed by an 
Administrator (hereafter in this title referred to as the 
`Administrator') who--
            ``(1) shall--
                    ``(A) be a career appointee (as that term is 
                defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5, United States 
                Code) having experience in juvenile justice programs; 
                and
                    ``(B) report to the head of the Office of Justice 
                Programs; and
            ``(2) may prescribe regulations consistent with his Act to 
        award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, 
        evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and 
        applications for, funds made available under this title.'';
            (2) in section 204--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``United 
                States'' and all that follows before the period at the 
                end of the paragraph and inserting the following: ``, 
                and shall submit such plan to the Congress'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) through (7) 
                        and inserting the following:
            ``(2) reduce duplication among Federal juvenile delinquency 
        programs and activities conducted by Federal departments and 
        agencies.'';
                    (C) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection 
                (f); and
                    (D) by striking subsection (i);
            (3) by striking section 206 and redesignating section 207 
        as section 206;
            (4) in section 206, as redesignated--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, including'' 
                and all that follows through ``Council'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and with the 
                plan'' and all that follows before the semicolon;
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
                paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``exemplary'' and inserting ``scientifically evaluated 
                and demonstrated effective'';
            (5) in section 221--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``coordinating, 
                and evaluating'' and inserting ``and coordinating''; 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and 
                        implementation'' and all that follows before 
                        the semicolon; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
                        second sentence;
            (6) in section 222--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``(other than parts 
                                D and E)'';
                                    (II) by striking ``, up to 
                                $400,000,'' and inserting ``up to 
                                $400,000'';
                                    (III) by striking ``1992'' the 
                                first place that term appears and 
                                inserting ``1996,'';
                                    (IV) by striking ``, up to 
                                $100,000,'' and inserting ``up to 
                                $100,000''; and
                                    (V) by striking ``1992'' the second 
                                place that term appears and inserting 
                                ``1996'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``(other than part 
                                D)'';
                                    (II) by striking ``, up to 
                                $600,000,'' and inserting ``up to 
                                $600,000'';
                                    (III) by striking ``or such greater 
                                amount, up to $600,000, as is available 
                                to be allocated if appropriations have 
                                been enacted and made available to 
                                carry out parts D and E in the full 
                                amounts authorized by section 299(a) 
                                (1) and (3)'';
                                    (IV) by striking ``, up to 
                                $100,000,'' and inserting ``up to 
                                $100,000''; and
                                    (V) by striking ``1992'' and 
                                inserting ``1996,''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) by striking ``1992'' each place 
                                that term appears and inserting 
                                ``1996''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``allot'' and 
                                inserting ``allocate''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (d);
            (7) by striking section 223 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 223. STATE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--In order to be eligible to receive formula grants 
under this part, each State shall--
            ``(1) ensure that not less than 75 percent of the funds 
        made available to the State under section 222, whether expended 
        directly by the State, by the unit of general local government, 
        or by a combination thereof, or through grants and contracts 
        with public or private nonprofit agencies, shall be used--
                    ``(A) for prevention and nonincarcerative 
                intervention, including drug and alcohol treatment 
                activities, and programs that encourage courts to 
                develop and implement a continuum of post-adjudication 
                restraints that bridge the gap between probation and 
confinement in a correctional facility, including graduated sanctions 
for youth offenders; and
                    ``(B) for implementing a system whereby every 
                offender receives some sanction for every crime, except 
                that such funds shall not be used on initiatives that 
                the organization created by section 241 determines do 
                not prevent or reduce youth violence;
            ``(2) provide for records to be kept by recipients of funds 
        made available to the State under section 222 sufficient for 
        the organization created by section 241 to monitor whether the 
        use of said funds has prevented or reduced youth violence;
            ``(3) ensure that juveniles who are charged with or who 
        have committed offenses that would not be criminal if committed 
        by an adult (other than an offense that constitutes a violation 
        of a valid court order or a violation of section 922(x) of 
        title 18, United States Code, or a similar State law), or alien 
        juveniles in custody, or such nonoffenders as dependent or 
        neglected children, shall not be placed in secure detention 
        facilities or secure correctional facilities, except that the 
        juvenile or family court may detain, after a hearing, in a 
        secure detention facility for a limited period of time, not to 
        exceed 72 hours, a runaway, truant, or incorrigible youth, if 
        the youth--
                    ``(A) received a previous official court warning 
                that an additional instance of such behavior would 
                result in the secure detention of that youth; or
                    ``(B) the chronic behavior of the youth constitutes 
                a clear and present danger to the physical or emotional 
                well-being of the youth or the physical safety of the 
                community, if the juvenile's detention is for not more 
                than the amount of time necessary to eliminate such 
                danger through detention or through other treatment, 
                and secure detention is the least restrictive means 
                available for guarding the safety of the youth or the 
                community;
            ``(4) submit an annual report to the Administrator 
        describing the status of compliance with this section and 
        containing a review of the progress made by the State to 
        achieve the deinstitutionalization of juveniles described in 
        paragraph (3) and a review of the progress made by the State to 
        provide that such juveniles, if placed in facilities, are 
        placed in facilities that--
                    ``(A) are the least restrictive alternatives 
                appropriate to the needs of the child and the 
                community;
                    ``(B) are in reasonable proximity to the family and 
                the home communities of such juveniles; and
                    ``(C) provide the services described in section 
                103(1);
            ``(5) provide that juveniles alleged to be or found to be 
        delinquent and youths under paragraph (3) shall not be detained 
        or confined in any institution in which they have regular 
        contact with adult persons incarcerated because they have been 
        convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial on criminal charges 
        or with the part-time or full-time security staff (including 
        management) or direct-care staff of a jail or lockup for 
        adults, unless that staff has been properly trained and 
        certified by the State to deal with juvenile offenders, and 
        staff is not dealing directly with both adult and juvenile 
        prisoners in the same shift;
            ``(6) provide that no juvenile shall be detained or 
        confined in any jail or lockup for adults, except that the 
        State may permit the detention or confinement of juveniles in a 
        State-approved portion of a county jail or secure detention 
        facility for up to 72 hours if such exceptions are limited to 
        areas that are in compliance with paragraph (5), and--
                    ``(A) are outside a metropolitan statistical area; 
                and
                    ``(B) have no existing acceptable alternative 
                placement that is easily accessible;
            ``(7) provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting 
        procedures necessary to assure prudent use, proper 
        disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds received under 
        this title;
            ``(8) provide reasonable assurances that Federal funds made 
        available under this part for any period--
                    ``(A) would be used to supplement and increase (but 
                not supplant) the level of the State, local, and other 
                non-Federal funds that would in the absence of such 
                Federal funds be made available for the programs 
                described in this part; and
                    ``(B) would not replace such State, local, and 
                other non-Federal funds; and
            ``(9) address prevention efforts to reduce the proportion 
        of juveniles detained or confined in secure detention 
        facilities, jails, and lockups who are members of minority 
groups, if such proportion exceeds the proportion that such groups 
represent in the general population, and comply with the substantive 
requirements of section 804 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968.
    ``(b) Penalties.--If a State fails to comply with--
            ``(1) any one of paragraph (3), (5), (6), or (9) of 
        subsection (a), in any fiscal year, the amount allocated under 
        section 299 to that State for that fiscal year shall be reduced 
        by 25 percent; and
            ``(2) any combination of paragraphs (3), (5), (6), or (9) 
        of subsection (a), in any fiscal year, the amount allocated 
        under section 299 to that State for that fiscal year shall be 
        reduced by 50 percent.
    ``(c) Effect of State Law.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), no 
penalty shall be imposed on any State for failure to comply with the 
requirements of this section if the State has enacted legislation 
conforming to such requirements and containing enforcement mechanisms 
sufficient to ensure that such legislation is enforced effectively.'';
            (8) in section 241--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Juvenile 
                Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office'' and 
                inserting ``Office of Justice Programs'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking 
                ``Administrator'' and inserting ``Director of Juvenile 
                Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereafter in this 
                Act referred to as the ``Director''), who shall be 
                appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
                consent of the Senate, from among individuals who have 
                had experience in juvenile justice programs or 
                experience in scientific research'';
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
                        paragraph (4); and
                            (iii) in paragraph (d), as redesignated--
                                    (I) by striking ``education 
                                personnel recreation'' and inserting 
                                ``education personnel, recreation''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``park 
                                personnel,,'' and inserting ``park 
                                personnel,''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
                        following new paragraphs:
            ``(2) for the rigorous and independent evaluation of the 
        delinquency and youth violence prevention programs funded under 
        this title;
            ``(3) funding for research and demonstration projects on 
        the nature, causes, and prevention of juvenile violence and 
        juvenile delinquency; and'';
                    (D) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (4), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (E) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(f) Duties of the Institute.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Institute shall make grants and 
        enter into contracts for the purposes of evaluating programs 
        established and funded with State formula grants, research and 
        demonstration projects funded by the National Institute of 
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, and discretionary funding of 
        the Office of Youth Violence Reduction.
            ``(2) Requirements.--Evaluations and research studies 
        funded by the Institute shall--
                    ``(A) be independent in nature;
                    ``(B) be awarded competitively; and
                    ``(C) employ rigorous and scientifically recognized 
                standards and methodologies, including peer review by 
                nonapplicants.'';
            (9) in section 242, by striking ``Administrator'' and 
        inserting ``Director'';
            (10) in section 243--
                    (A) by striking ``Administrator'' each place that 
                term appears and inserting ``Director'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``seek to 
                        strengthen and preserve families or which'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) by redesignating clauses (i) 
                                and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
                                respectively; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B), as so 
                                designated, by inserting ``best 
                                practices of'' before ``information and 
                                technical assistance'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (4)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Encourage'' and 
                                inserting ``encourage''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``take into 
                                consideration'' and all that follows 
                                before the semicolon and inserting the 
                                following ``through control and 
                                incarceration, if necessary, provide 
                                therapeutic intervention such as 
                                providing skills'';
                            (iv) by striking the second paragraph 
                        designated as paragraph (5) (as added by 
                        section 2(g)(3) of Public Law 102-586);
                            (v) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(6) prepare, in cooperation with education institutions, 
        with Federal, State, and local agencies, and with appropriate 
        individuals and private agencies, such studies as it considers 
        to be necessary with respect to prevention of and intervention 
        with juvenile violence and delinquency and the improvement of 
        juvenile justice systems, including--
                    ``(A) evaluations of programs and interventions 
                designed to prevent youth violence and juvenile 
                delinquency;
                    ``(B) assessments and evaluations of the 
                methodological approaches to evaluating the 
                effectiveness of interventions and programs designed to 
                prevent youth violence and juvenile delinquency;
                    ``(C) studies of the extent, nature, risk and 
                protective factors, and causes of youth violence and 
                juvenile delinquency;
                    ``(D) comparisons of youth adjudicated and treated 
                by the juvenile justice system compared to juveniles 
                waived to and adjudicated by the adult criminal justice 
                system (including incarcerated in adult, secure 
                correctional facilities);
                    ``(E) recommendations with respect to effective and 
                ineffective primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention 
                interventions, including for which juveniles, and under 
                what circumstances (including circumstances connected 
                with the staffing of the intervention), prevention 
                efforts are effective and ineffective; and
                    ``(F) assessments of risk prediction systems of 
                juveniles used in making decisions regarding pretrial 
                detention;'';
                            (vi) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
                        (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;
                            (vii) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by 
                        adding ``and'' at the end; and
                            (viii) by striking paragraphs (10) through 
                        (13) and redesignating paragraph (14) as 
                        paragraph (9); and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subsection 
                                (a)(9)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                                (a)(8)''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new paragraph:
            ``(3) regular reports on the record of each State on 
        objective measurements of youth violence, such as the number, 
        rate, and trend of homicides committed by youths.'';
            (11) by striking sections 244 through 248;
            (12) by striking the heading for subpart II of part C of 
        title II;
            (13) by striking section 261 and redesignating section 262 
        as section 244;
            (14) in section 244, as redesignated--
                    (A)(i) by striking ``Administrator'' each place 
                that term appears and inserting ``Director'';
                    (ii) by striking ``this part'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``section 243'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (4), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraphs (5) through (7) 
                        and redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph 
                        (5);
                    (C) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(c) Factors for Consideration.--In determining whether or not to 
approve applications for grants and for contracts under this part, the 
Administrator shall consider--
            ``(1) whether the project uses appropriate and rigorous 
        methodology, including appropriate samples, control groups, 
        psychometrically sound measurement, and appropriate data 
        analysis techniques;
            ``(2) the experience of the principal and co-principal 
        investigators in the area of youth violence and juvenile 
        delinquency;
            ``(3) the protection offered human subjects in the study, 
        including informed consent procedures; and
            ``(4) the cost-effectiveness of the proposed project.'';
                    (D) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
                        ``(other than section 241(f))'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking ``; 
                                or'' and inserting a period;
                                    (II) by striking clause (ii); and
                                    (III) by striking ``process--'' and 
                                all that follows through ``with respect 
                                to programs'' and inserting ``process 
                                with respect to programs''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (A) 
                                and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Programs selected for assistance through 
                grants and contracts under this part shall be selected 
                after a competitive process that provides potential 
                grantees and contractors with not less than 90 days to 
                submit applications for funds. Applications for funds 
                shall be reviewed through a formal peer review process 
                by qualified scientists with expertise in the fields of 
                criminology, juvenile delinquency, sociology, 
                psychology, research methodology, evaluation research, 
                statistics, and related areas. The peer review process 
                shall conform to the process used by the National 
                Institutes of Health, the National Institute of 
                Justice, or the National Science Foundation''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B), by 
                                striking ``Committee on Education and 
                                Labor'' and inserting ``Committee on 
                                Economic and Educational 
                                Opportunities'';
            (15) by striking parts D, E, F, G, and H;
            (16) by striking the first part designated as part I and 
        redesignating the second part designated as part I (as added by 
        section 2(i)(1)(A) of Public Law 102-586) as part D;
            (17) in section 299--
                    (A) by striking subsections (a) through (c) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title $160,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 
and 20000, of which--
            ``(1) $70,000,000 shall be expended for State formula 
        grants;
            ``(2) $70,000,000 shall be made available to the National 
        Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for 
        research, demonstration, and evaluation, of which not less than 
        $28,000,000 shall be made available for evaluation research of 
        primary, secondary, and tertiary juvenile delinquency 
        prevention programs;
            ``(3) $16,000,000 shall be expended for child protection, 
        of which $7,000,000 shall be made available to carry out title 
        IV; and
            ``(4) not more than $4,000,000 shall be expended for 
        administrative costs.
    ``(b) Availability.--Amounts made available under this section 
shall remain available until expended.'';
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (c); and
                    (C) by striking subsection (e); and (18) in section 
                299A--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``Office of 
                Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and 
                inserting ``Office of Youth Violence Reduction''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``The 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``Except with respect to 
                paragraphs (3), (5), (6), and (9) of section 223(a), 
                the Administrator''.

SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS 
              YOUTH ACT.

    Section 385 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5751) is amended by--
            (1) striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
title--
            ``(1) $69,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
            ``(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 1998, 1999, and 2000.''; and
            (2) redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (b) and (c), respectively.

SEC. 104. REPEALS.

    (a) Special Study and Report.--Section 409 of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5778) is repealed.
    (b) Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs.--
Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) is repealed.

                   TITLE II--AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW

SEC. 201. ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988.

    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11801 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in title III, by striking subtitles B and C; and
            (2) by striking section 7295.

SEC. 202. VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT OF 1990.

    The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 214B--
                    (A) by striking ``1993'' each place that term 
                appears and inserting ``1997''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1994, 1995, and 1996'' each place 
                that term appears and inserting ``1998, 1999, and 
                2000'';
            (2) in section 217(a), by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction''; and
            (3) in section 223--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to 
                        national organizations'';
                            (ii) by striking ``(1)''; and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 
                        inserting the following:
    (b) Grant Criteria.--The Administrator shall make grants under 
subsection (a) consistent with sections 244, 299B, and 299E of title II 
of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.''.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. STUDY AND REPORT BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

    (a) Study.--The Attorney General shall enter into a contract with 
the National Academy of Sciences (or, upon the refusal of the National 
Academy of Sciences, another public or nonprofit private entity having 
expertise in juvenile justice, law enforcement, corrections, 
adjudication, psychology, criminal justice, and other related areas) to 
conduct a study concerning--
            (1) the efficacy of the mandates described in paragraphs 
        (3), (5), (6), and (9) of section 223(a) of the Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as amended by 
        this Act) in achieving the goals of reducing crime and violence 
        by juveniles, the safety of children in the juvenile justice 
        system, and preventing juveniles from committing crimes of 
        violence;
            (2) the status of research and information on the causes 
        of, and responses to, the problems of crime and violence by 
        juveniles;
            (3) issues and topics relating to the causes of, and 
        responses to, the problems of crime and violence by juveniles 
        that merit further research;
            (4) methodological approaches to evaluate the effectiveness 
        of violence and delinquency prevention efforts;
            (5) the efficacy of practices of Federal, State, and local 
        agencies at controlling, reducing, and preventing crime and 
        violence by juveniles; and
            (6) an appropriate agenda and budget for continuing 
        research on the problems of crime and violence by juveniles to 
        be administered by the Attorney General.
    (b)  Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall--
            (1) submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
        the House of Representatives a report describing the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a); and
            (2) make copies of such report available upon request to 
        members of the public.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $600,000 for fiscal year 1997.

SEC. 302. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.--the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 217(a), by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (2) in section 222, by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction''; and
            (3) in section 403(2), by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction''.
    (b) Title 5.--Section 5315 of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Administrator, Office 
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention''.
    (c) Title 18.--Section 4351(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of Youth Violence Reduction''.
    (d) Title 39.--Section 3220 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention'' each place that term appears and inserting ``Office of 
Youth Violence Reduction''.
    (e) Social Security Act.--Section 463(f) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 663(f)) is amended by striking ``Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of Youth Violence 
Reduction''.
    (f) Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.--The 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 102(a)(5), by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (2) in section 801, by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' each place that term 
        appears and inserting ``Office of Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (3) in section 804, by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' each place that term 
        appears and inserting ``Office of Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (4) in section 805, by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (5) in section 813, by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction'';
            (6) in section 1701(a) by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction''; and
            (7) in section 2501(a)(2), by striking ``Office of Juvenile 
        Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and inserting ``Office of 
        Youth Violence Reduction''.
    (g) National Child Protection Act of 1993.--Section 2(f) of the 
National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119(f)) is amended by 
striking ``Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention'' and 
inserting ``Office of Youth Violence Reduction''.
    (h) Other References.--Any reference in any Federal law, Executive 
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of 
or relating to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention established under section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to refer to the Office 
of Youth Violence Reduction established under section 201 of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended by 
this Act.