[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 290 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 290

 To provide demonstration grants to establish clearing houses for the 
    distribution to community-based organizations of information on 
                prevention of youth violence and crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, 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 provide demonstration grants to establish clearing houses for the 
    distribution to community-based organizations of information on 
                prevention of youth violence and crime.

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

SECTION 1. PROJECT AUTHORIZED.

    The Assistant Attorney General is authorized to make grants to 
units of local government, community-based organizations, and consortia 
of such organizations for the purpose of carrying out a demonstration 
project to establish information clearing houses for such entities to 
gather and disseminate information about the prevention of youth 
violence and crime, including information on the broadest possible 
range of activities aimed at intervening in the lives of at-risk youth.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Each unit of local government, community-based 
organization or consortium of such organizations that desires to 
receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the 
Assistant Attorney General. Each such application shall--
            (1) assure that the information on the prevention of youth 
        violence and crime that is collected is made available to any 
        organization that requests such information; and
            (2) contain such additional assurances as the Assistant 
        Attorney General may reasonably require.
    (b) Approval of Applications; Number of Demonstration Sites.--In 
approving applications under this section, the Assistant Attorney 
shall--
            (1) ensure an equitable geographic distribution among the 
        regions of the United States and among urban, suburban, and 
        rural areas;
            (2) ensure, to the extent practicable, that recipients 
        coordinate efforts if more than 1 grant is awarded to the same 
        geographic area; and
            (3) ensure that a grant under this section shall not exceed 
        $500,000 for any fiscal year and that each recipient receives 
        not less than $75,000 in any fiscal year.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following terms have the following 
meanings:
            (1) Assistant attorney general.--The term ``Assistant 
        Attorney General'' means the Assistant Attorney General who 
        heads the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of 
        Justice.
            (2) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
        based organization'' has the same meaning given such term in 
        section 14101(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(4)).
            (3) Unit of local government.--The term ``unit of local 
        government'' means a city, county, town, township, parish, 
        village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a 
        State.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part, 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
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