[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 6019 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 422
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6019

                          [Report No. 112-582]

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to 
  prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 
             Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2012

Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Ms. Norton, 
  Mr. Rangel, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Hahn, and Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                              July 9, 2012

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Reyes, Ms. Chu, Mr. Honda, and Ms. Hirono

                              July 9, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to 
  prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 
             Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.


 


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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and 
Intervention Act of 2012''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; 
              REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK 
              GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Bullying Prevention and Intervention.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) 
        of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(13) establishing and maintaining 
        accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
        school safety, which programs may include research to prevent 
        bullying, the prevention of cyberbullying, and gang prevention 
        programs, as well as intervention programs regarding 
        bullying;''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of the 
        Congress that the use of best practices in the effort to combat 
        bullying should be encouraged.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block 
Grants.--Section 1810(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ee-10(a)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and 
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juvenile Accountability Block Grant 
Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. BULLYING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; REAUTHORIZATION 
              OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS.

    (a) Bullying Prevention and Intervention.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
        3796ee(b)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based 
        programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which 
        programs may include research-based bullying prevention, 
        cyberbullying prevention, and gang prevention programs, as well 
        as intervention programs regarding bullying;''.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
        that the use of best practices is encouraged for all activities 
        for which grants under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
        Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used.
    (b) Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants.--
Section 1810(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ee-10(a)) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and $40,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 422

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6019

                          [Report No. 112-582]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to 
  prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the 
             Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 9, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed