[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1847 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1847

To require the Attorney General to identify organizations that recruit 
 juveniles to participate in violent and illegal activities related to 
the environment or to animal rights; and to amend the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide assistance to States 
 to carry out activities to prevent the participation of juveniles in 
                            such activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2001

  Mr. Grucci 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 require the Attorney General to identify organizations that recruit 
 juveniles to participate in violent and illegal activities related to 
the environment or to animal rights; and to amend the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide assistance to States 
 to carry out activities to prevent the participation of juveniles in 
                            such activities.

    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 ``Hands Off Our Kids Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECRUIT JUVENILES TO 
              ENGAGE IN CERTAIN VIOLENT AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

    The Attorney General shall establish and implement a policy within 
the Department of Justice to identify organizations that recruit 
individuals in the United States who are less than 18 years of age to 
participate in violent and illegal activities related to the 
environment, to animal rights, or to any other matter the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 223(a)(10) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(10)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P) programs to be carried out through local 
                education agencies (as defined in section 14101 of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 8801) designed--
                            ``(i) to educate juveniles about 
                        organizations that recruit juveniles to 
                        participate in violent and illegal activities 
                        to advance a particular cause; and
                            ``(ii) to combat participation by juveniles 
                        in such activities.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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