[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17342-17356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT OF 2001

  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 1900) to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 to provide quality prevention programs and 
accountability programs relating to juvenile delinquency; and for other 
purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 1900

       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 2001''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Sec. 4. Definitions.

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Sec. 5. Concentration of Federal effort.
Sec. 6. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
              Prevention.
Sec. 7. Annual report.
Sec. 8. Allocation.
Sec. 9. State plans.
Sec. 10. Juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program.
Sec. 11. Research; evaluation; technical assistance; training.
Sec. 12. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 14. Administrative authority.
Sec. 15. Use of funds.
Sec. 16. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 17. Rules of construction.
Sec. 18. Leasing surplus Federal property.
Sec. 19. Issuance of rules.
Sec. 20. Content of materials.
Sec. 21. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 22. Effective date; application of amendments.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Section 101 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601) is amended to read as 
     follows:


                               ``findings

       ``Sec. 101. (a) The Congress finds the following:
       ``(1) Although the juvenile violent crime arrest rate in 
     1999 was the lowest in the decade, there remains a consensus 
     that the number of crimes and the rate of offending by 
     juveniles nationwide is still too high.
       ``(2) According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention, allowing 1 youth to leave school for 
     a life of crime and of drug abuse costs society $1,700,000 to 
     $2,300,000 annually.
       ``(3) One in every 6 individuals (16.2 percent) arrested 
     for committing violent crime in 1999 was less than 18 years 
     of age. In 1999, juveniles accounted for 9 percent of murder 
     arrests, 17 percent of forcible rape arrests, 25 percent of 
     robbery arrest, 14 percent of aggravated assault arrests, and 
     24 percent of weapons arrests.
       ``(4) More than \1/2\ of juvenile murder victims are killed 
     with firearms. Of the nearly 1,800 murder victims less than 
     18 years of age, 17 percent of the victims less than 13 years 
     of age were murdered with a firearm, and 81 percent of the 
     victims 13 years of age or older were killed with a firearm.
       ``(5) Juveniles accounted for 13 percent of all drug abuse 
     violation arrests in 1999. Between 1990 and 1999, juvenile 
     arrests for drug abuse violations rose 132 percent.
       ``(6) Over the last 3 decades, youth gang problems have 
     increased nationwide. In the 1970's, 19 States reported youth 
     gang problems. By the late 1990's, all 50 States and the 
     District of Columbia reported gang problems. For the same 
     period, the number of cities reporting youth gang problems 
     grew 843 percent, and the number of counties reporting gang 
     problems increased more than 1,000 percent.
       ``(7) According to a national crime survey of individuals 
     12 years of age or older during 1999, those 12 to 19 years 
     old are victims of violent crime at higher rates than 
     individuals in all other age groups. Only 30.8 percent of 
     these violent victimizations were reported by youth to police 
     in 1999.
       ``(8) One-fifth of juveniles 16 years of age who had been 
     arrested were first arrested before attaining 12 years of 
     age. Juveniles who are known to the juvenile justice system 
     before attaining 13 years of age are responsible for a 
     disproportionate share of serious crimes and violence.
       ``(9) The increase in the arrest rates for girls and young 
     juvenile offenders has changed the composition of violent 
     offenders entering the juvenile justice system.
       ``(10) These problems should be addressed through a 2-track 
     common sense approach that addresses the needs of individual 
     juveniles and society at large by promoting--
       ``(A) quality prevention programs that--
       ``(i) work with juveniles, their families, local public 
     agencies, and community-based organizations, and take into 
     consideration such factors as whether or not juveniles have 
     been the victims of family violence (including child abuse 
     and neglect); and
       ``(ii) are designed to reduce risks and develop 
     competencies in at-risk juveniles that will prevent, and 
     reduce the rate of, violent delinquent behavior; and
       ``(B) programs that assist in holding juveniles accountable 
     for their actions and in developing the competencies 
     necessary to become responsible and productive members of 
     their communities, including a system of graduated sanctions 
     to respond to each delinquent act, requiring juveniles to 
     make restitution, or perform community service, for the 
     damage caused by their delinquent acts, and methods for 
     increasing victim satisfaction with respect to the penalties 
     imposed on juveniles for their acts.
       ``(11) Coordinated juvenile justice and delinquency 
     prevention projects that meet the needs of juveniles through 
     the collaboration of the many local service systems juveniles 
     encounter can help prevent juveniles from becoming delinquent 
     and help delinquent youth return to a productive life.
       ``(b) Congress must act now to reform this program by 
     focusing on juvenile delinquency prevention programs, as well 
     as programs that hold juveniles accountable for their acts 
     and which provide opportunities for competency development. 
     Without true reform, the juvenile justice system will not be 
     able to overcome the challenges it will face in the coming 
     years when the number of juveniles is expected to increase by 
     18 percent between 2000 and 2030.''.

     SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

       Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended to read as 
     follows:


                               ``purposes

       ``Sec. 102. The purposes of this title and title II are--
       ``(1) to support State and local programs that prevent 
     juvenile involvement in delinquent behavior;
       ``(2) to assist State and local governments in promoting 
     public safety by encouraging accountability for acts of 
     juvenile delinquency; and
       ``(3) to assist State and local governments in addressing 
     juvenile crime through the provision of technical assistance, 
     research, training, evaluation, and the dissemination of 
     information on effective programs for combating juvenile 
     delinquency.''.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``to help prevent juvenile 
     delinquency'' and inserting ``designed to reduce known risk 
     factors for juvenile delinquent behavior, provides activities 
     that build on protective factors for, and develop 
     competencies in, juveniles to prevent, and reduce the rate 
     of, delinquent juvenile behavior'',
       (2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``title I of'' before 
     ``the Omnibus'' each place it appears,
       (3) in paragraph (7) by striking ``the Trust Territory of 
     the Pacific Islands,'',
       (4) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking ``, of any 
     nonoffender,'',
       (5) in paragraph (13)(B) by striking ``, any 
     nonoffender,'',
       (6) in paragraph (14) by inserting ``drug trafficking,'' 
     after ``assault,'',
       (7) in paragraph (16)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A) by adding ``and'' at the end, and
       (B) by striking subparagraph (C),
       (8) in paragraph (22)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) as 
     subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end,
       (9) in paragraph (23) by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon, and
       (10) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(24) the term `graduated sanctions' means an 
     accountability-based, graduated series of sanctions 
     (including incentives, treatment, and services) applicable to 
     juveniles within the juvenile justice system to hold such 
     juveniles accountable for their actions and to protect 
     communities from the effects of juvenile delinquency by 
     providing appropriate sanctions for every act for which a 
     juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, by inducing their law-
     abiding behavior, and by preventing their subsequent 
     involvement with the juvenile justice system;
       ``(25) the term `prohibited physical contact' means--
       ``(i) any physical contact between a juvenile and an adult 
     inmate; and
       ``(ii) proximity that provides an opportunity for physical 
     contact between a juvenile and an adult inmate;
       ``(26) the term `sustained oral and visual contact' means 
     the imparting or interchange of speech by or between an adult 
     inmate and a juvenile, or clear visual contact between an 
     adult inmate and a juvenile in close proximity, but does not 
     include--
       ``(A) brief communication or brief visual contact that is 
     accidental or incidental; or
       ``(B) sounds or noises that cannot reasonably be considered 
     to be speech;
       ``(27) the term `adult inmate' means an individual who--
       ``(A) has reached the age of full criminal responsibility 
     under applicable State law; and
       ``(B) has been arrested and is in custody for or awaiting 
     trial on a criminal charge, or is convicted of a criminal 
     offense;
       ``(28) the term `violent crime' means--
       ``(A) murder or nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, 
     or robbery, or
       ``(B) aggravated assault committed with the use of a 
     firearm;
       ``(29) the term `collocated facilities' means facilities 
     that are located in the same building, or are part of a 
     related complex of buildings located on the same grounds; and
       ``(30) the term `related complex of buildings' means 2 or 
     more buildings that share--
       ``(A) physical features, such as walls and fences, or 
     services beyond mechanical services (heating, air 
     conditioning, water and sewer); or
       ``(B) the specialized services that are allowable under 
     section 31.303(e)(3)(i)(C)(3) of title 28 of the Code of 
     Federal Regulations, as in effect on December 10, 1996.''.

     SEC. 5. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORT.

       Section 204 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ``and of the prospective'' 
     and all that follows through ``administered'',

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       (B) in paragraph (5) by striking ``parts C and D'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``parts D and E'', and
       (C) by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows:
       ``(7) not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
     of this paragraph, issue model standards for providing mental 
     health care to incarcerated juveniles.'',
       (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``and reports'' and all 
     that follows through ``this part'', and inserting ``as may be 
     appropriate to prevent the duplication of efforts, and to 
     coordinate activities, related to the prevention of juvenile 
     delinquency'',
       (3) by striking subsection (i), and
       (4) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (f).

     SEC. 6. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE AND 
                   DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.

       Section 206(c)(2)(B) of the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616(c)(2)(B)) 
     is amended by striking ``Education and Labor'' and inserting 
     ``Education and the Workforce''.

     SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT.

       Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5617) is amended by 
     striking paragraphs (4) and (5), and inserting the following:
       ``(4) An evaluation of the programs funded under this title 
     and their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of juvenile 
     delinquency, particularly violent crime, committed by 
     juveniles.''.

     SEC. 8. ALLOCATION.

       Section 222 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5632) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) by striking ``(other than parts D and E)'',
       (II) by striking ``amount, up to $400,000,'' and inserting 
     ``amount up to $400,000'',
       (III) by striking ``1992'' the 1st place it appears and 
     inserting ``2000,'',
       (IV) by striking ``1992'' the last place it appears and 
     inserting ``2000'',
       (V) by striking ``the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
     Islands,'', and
       (VI) by striking ``amount, up to $100,000,'' and inserting 
     ``amount up to $100,000'',

       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) by striking ``(other than part D)'',
       (II) by striking ``$400,000'' and inserting ``$600,000'',
       (III) by striking ``or such greater amount, up to 
     $600,000'' and all that follows through ``section 299(a) (1) 
     and (3)'',
       (IV) by striking ``the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
     Islands,'',
       (V) by striking ``amount, up to $100,000,'' and inserting 
     ``amount up to $100,000'', and
       (VI) by striking ``1992'' and inserting ``2000,'',

       (B) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``allot'' and inserting ``allocate'', and
       (ii) by striking ``1992'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``2000'', and
       (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``the Trust Territory of 
     the Pacific Islands,''.

     SEC. 9. STATE PLANS.

       Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the 2d sentence by striking ``and challenge'' and 
     all that follows through ``part E'', and inserting ``, 
     projects, and activities'',
       (B) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``, which--'' and inserting ``that--'',
       (ii) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) by striking ``not less'' and all that follows through 
     ``33'', and inserting ``the attorney general of the State or 
     such other State official who has primary responsibility for 
     overseeing the enforcement of State criminal laws, and'',
       (II) by inserting ``, in consultation with the attorney 
     general of the State or such other State official who has 
     primary responsibility for overseeing the enforcement of 
     State criminal laws'' after ``State'',
       (III) in clause (i) by striking ``or the administration of 
     juvenile justice'' and inserting ``, the administration of 
     juvenile justice, or the reduction of juvenile delinquency'',
       (IV) in clause (ii) by striking ``include--'' and all that 
     follows through the semicolon at the end of subclause (VIII), 
     and inserting the following:

     ``represent a multidisciplinary approach to addressing 
     juvenile delinquency and may include--

       ``(I) individuals who represent units of general local 
     government, law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies, 
     public agencies concerned with the prevention and treatment 
     of juvenile delinquency and with the adjudication of 
     juveniles, juveniles, or nonprofit private organizations, 
     particularly such organizations that serve juveniles; and
       ``(II) such other individuals as the chief executive 
     officer considers to be appropriate; and'', and
       (V) by striking clauses (iv) and (v),

       (iii) in subparagraph (D)--

       (I) in clause (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end,
       (II) in clause (ii) by striking ``paragraphs'' and all that 
     follows through ``part E'', and inserting ``paragraphs (11), 
     (12), and (13)'', and
       (III) by striking clause (iii), and

       (iv) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``title--'' and all 
     that follows through ``(ii)'' and inserting ``title,'',
       (C) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
     ``, other than'' and inserting ``reduced by the percentage 
     (if any) specified by the State under the authority of 
     paragraph (25) and excluding'', and
       (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``paragraphs (12)(A), 
     (13), and (14)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (11), (12), and 
     (13)'',
       (D) by striking paragraph (6),
       (E) in paragraph (7) by inserting ``, including in rural 
     areas'' before the semicolon at the end,
       (F) in paragraph (8)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) by striking ``for (i)'' and all that follows through 
     ``relevant jurisdiction'', and inserting ``for an analysis of 
     juvenile delinquency problems in, and the juvenile 
     delinquency control and delinquency prevention needs 
     (including educational needs) of, the State'', and
       (II) by striking ``of the jurisdiction; (ii)'' and all that 
     follows through the semicolon at the end, and inserting ``of 
     the State; and'',

       (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
       ``(B) contain--
       ``(i) a plan for providing needed gender-specific services 
     for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency;
       ``(ii) a plan for providing needed services for the 
     prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency in rural 
     areas; and
       ``(iii) a plan for providing needed mental health services 
     to juveniles in the juvenile justice system, including 
     information on how such plan is being implemented and how 
     such services will be targeted to those juveniles in such 
     system who are in greatest need of such services;'', and
       (iii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D),
       (G) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:
       ``(9) provide for the coordination and maximum utilization 
     of existing juvenile delinquency programs, programs operated 
     by public and private agencies and organizations, and other 
     related programs (such as education, special education, 
     recreation, health, and welfare programs) in the State;'',
       (H) in paragraph (10)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) by striking ``, specifically'' and inserting 
     ``including'',
       (II) by striking clause (i), and
       (III) redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) 
     and (ii), respectively,

       (ii) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
       ``(D) programs that provide treatment to juvenile offenders 
     who are victims of child abuse or neglect, and to their 
     families, in order to reduce the likelihood that such 
     juvenile offenders will commit subsequent violations of 
     law;'',
       (iii) in subparagraph (E)--

       (I) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and
       (II) by striking ``juveniles, provided'' and all that 
     follows through ``provides; and'', and inserting the 
     following:

     ``juveniles--
       ``(i) to encourage juveniles to remain in elementary and 
     secondary schools or in alternative learning situations;
       ``(ii) to provide services to assist juveniles in making 
     the transition to the world of work and self-sufficiency; 
     and'',
       (iv) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows:
       ``(F) expanding the use of probation officers--
       ``(i) particularly for the purpose of permitting nonviolent 
     juvenile offenders (including status offenders) to remain at 
     home with their families as an alternative to incarceration 
     or institutionalization; and
       ``(ii) to ensure that juveniles follow the terms of their 
     probation;'',
       (v) by amending subparagraph (G) to read as follows:
       ``(G) one-on-one mentoring programs that are designed to 
     link at-risk juveniles and juvenile offenders, particularly 
     juveniles residing in high-crime areas and juveniles 
     experiencing educational failure, with responsible adults 
     (such as law enforcement officers, Department of Defense 
     personnel, adults working with local businesses, and adults 
     working with community-based organizations and agencies) who 
     are properly screened and trained;'',
       (vii) in subparagraph (H) by striking ``handicapped youth'' 
     and inserting ``juveniles with disabilities'',
       (viii) by striking subparagraph (K),
       (ix) in subparagraph (L)--

       (I) in clause (iv) by adding ``and'' at the end,
       (II) in clause (v) by striking ``and'' at the end, and
       (III) by striking clause (vi),

       (x) in subparagraph (M) by striking ``boot camps'',
       (xi) by amending subparagraph (N) to read as follows:
       ``(N) community-based programs and services to work with 
     juveniles, their parents, and other family members during and 
     after

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     incarceration in order to strengthen families so that such 
     juveniles may be retained in their homes;'',
       (xii) in subparagraph (O)--

       (I) in striking ``cultural'' and inserting ``other'', and
       (II) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon,

       (xiii) by redesignating subparagraphs (L), (M), (N), and 
     (O) as subparagraphs (K), (L), (M), and (N), respectively; 
     and
       (xiv) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(O) programs designed to prevent and to reduce hate 
     crimes committed by juveniles;
       ``(P) after-school programs that provide at-risk juveniles 
     and juveniles in the juvenile justice system with a range of 
     age-appropriate activities, including tutoring, mentoring, 
     and other educational and enrichment activities;
       ``(Q) community-based programs that provide follow-up post-
     placement services to adjudicated juveniles, to promote 
     successful reintegration into the community;
       ``(R) projects designed to develop and implement programs 
     to protect the rights of juveniles affected by the juvenile 
     justice system; and
       ``(S) programs designed to provide mental health services 
     for incarcerated juveniles suspected to be in need of such 
     services, including assessment, development of individualized 
     treatment plans, and discharge plans.'',
       (I) by amending paragraph (12) to read as follows:
       ``(12) shall, in accordance with rules issued by the 
     Administrator, provide that--
       ``(A) juveniles who are charged with or who have committed 
     an offense that would not be criminal if committed by an 
     adult, excluding--
       ``(i) juveniles who are charged with or who have committed 
     a violation of section 922(x)(2) of title 18, United States 
     Code, or of a similar State law;
       ``(ii) juveniles who are charged with or who have committed 
     a violation of a valid court order; and
       ``(iii) juveniles who are held in accordance with the 
     Interstate Compact on Juveniles as enacted by the State;
     shall not be placed in secure detention facilities or secure 
     correctional facilities; and
       ``(B) juveniles--
       ``(i) who are not charged with any offense; and
       ``(ii) who are--

       ``(I) aliens; or
       ``(II) alleged to be dependent, neglected, or abused;

     shall not be placed in secure detention facilities or secure 
     correctional facilities;'',
       (J) by amending paragraph (13) to read as follows:
       ``(13) provide that--
       ``(A) juveniles alleged to be or found to be delinquent or 
     juveniles within the purview of paragraph (11) will not be 
     detained or confined in any institution in which they have 
     prohibited physical contact or sustained oral and visual 
     contact with adult inmates; and
       ``(B) there is in effect in the State a policy that 
     requires individuals who work with both such juveniles and 
     such adult inmates, including in collocated facilities, have 
     been trained and certified to work with juveniles;'',
       (K) by amending paragraph (14) to read as follows:
       ``(14) provide that no juvenile will be detained or 
     confined in any jail or lockup for adults except--
       ``(A) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus offenses and 
     who are detained in such jail or lockup for a period not to 
     exceed 6 hours--
       ``(i) for processing or release;
       ``(ii) while awaiting transfer to a juvenile facility; or
       ``(iii) in which period such juveniles make a court 
     appearance;

     and only if such juveniles do not have prohibited physical 
     contact or sustained oral and visual contact with adults 
     inmates and only if there is in effect in the State a policy 
     that requires individuals who work with both such juveniles 
     and adult inmates in collocated facilities have been trained 
     and certified to work with juveniles;
       ``(B) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus offenses, who 
     are awaiting an initial court appearance that will occur 
     within 48 hours after being taken into custody (excluding 
     Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays), and who are detained 
     in a jail or lockup--
       ``(i) in which--

       ``(I) such juveniles do not have prohibited physical 
     contact or sustained oral and visual contact with adults 
     inmates; and
       ``(II) there is in effect in the State a policy that 
     requires individuals who work with both such juveniles and 
     adults inmates in collocated facilities have been trained and 
     certified to work with juveniles; and

       ``(ii) that--

       ``(I) is located outside a metropolitan statistical area 
     (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget) and has 
     no existing acceptable alternative placement available;
       ``(II) is located where conditions of distance to be 
     traveled or the lack of highway, road, or transportation do 
     not allow for court appearances within 48 hours (excluding 
     Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) so that a brief (not 
     to exceed an additional 48 hours) delay is excusable; or
       ``(III) is located where conditions of safety exist (such 
     as severe adverse, life-threatening weather conditions that 
     do not allow for reasonably safe travel), in which case the 
     time for an appearance may be delayed until 24 hours after 
     the time that such conditions allow for reasonable safe 
     travel;

       ``(C) juveniles who are accused of nonstatus offenses and 
     who are detained not to exceed 20 days in a jail or lockup 
     that satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B)(i) if--
       ``(i) such jail or lockup--

       ``(I) is located outside a metropolitan statistical area 
     (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget); and
       ``(II) has no existing acceptable alternative placement 
     available;

       ``(ii) a parent or other legal guardian (or guardian ad 
     litem) of the juvenile involved, in consultation with the 
     counsel representing the juvenile, consents to detaining such 
     juvenile in accordance with this subparagraph and has the 
     right to revoke such consent at any time;
       ``(iii) the juvenile has counsel, and the counsel 
     representing such juvenile--

       ``(I) consults with the parents of the juvenile to 
     determine the appropriate placement of the juvenile; and
       ``(II) has an opportunity to present the juvenile's 
     position regarding the detention involved to the court before 
     the court approves such detention;

       ``(iv) the court hears from the juvenile before court 
     approval of such placement; and
       ``(v) detaining such juvenile in accordance with this 
     subparagraph is--

       ``(I) approved in advance by a court with competent 
     jurisdiction that has determined that such placement is in 
     the best interest of such juvenile; and
       ``(II) required to be reviewed periodically and in the 
     presence of the juvenile, at intervals of not more than 5 
     days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays), by 
     such court for the duration of detention;'',

       (L) in paragraph (15)--
       (i) by striking ``paragraph (12)(A), paragraph (13), and 
     paragraph (14)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (11), (12), and 
     (13)'', and
       (ii) by striking ``paragraph (12)(A) and paragraph (13)'' 
     and inserting ``paragraphs (11) and (12)'',
       (M) in paragraph (16) by striking ``mentally, emotionally, 
     or physically handicapping conditions'' and inserting 
     ``disability'',
       (N) by amending paragraph (19) to read as follows:
       ``(19) provide assurances that--
       ``(A) any assistance provided under this Act will not cause 
     the displacement (including a partial displacement, such as a 
     reduction in the hours of nonovertime work, wages, or 
     employment benefits) of any currently employed employee;
       ``(B) activities assisted under this Act will not impair an 
     existing collective bargaining relationship, contract for 
     services, or collective bargaining agreement; and
       ``(C) no such activity that would be inconsistent with the 
     terms of a collective bargaining agreement shall be 
     undertaken without the written concurrence of the labor 
     organization involved;'',
       (O) by amending paragraph (22) to read as follows:
       ``(22) provide that the State agency designated under 
     paragraph (1) will--
       ``(A) to the extent practicable give priority in funding to 
     programs and activities that are based on rigorous, 
     systematic, and objective research that is scientifically 
     based;
       ``(B) from time to time, but not less than annually, review 
     its plan and submit to the Administrator an analysis and 
     evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs and 
     activities carried out under the plan, and any modifications 
     in the plan, including the survey of State and local needs, 
     that it considers necessary; and
       ``(C) not expend funds to carry out a program if the 
     recipient of funds who carried out such program during the 
     preceding 2-year period fails to demonstrate, before the 
     expiration of such 2-year period, that such program achieved 
     substantial success in achieving the goals specified in the 
     application submitted by such recipient to the State 
     agency;'',
       (P) by amending paragraph (23) to read as follows:
       ``(23) address juvenile delinquency prevention efforts and 
     system improvement efforts designed to reduce, without 
     establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas, the 
     disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority 
     groups, who come into contact with the juvenile justice 
     system;'',
       (Q) by amending paragraph (24) to read as follows:
       ``(24) provide that if a juvenile is taken into custody for 
     violating a valid court order issued for committing a status 
     offense--
       ``(A) an appropriate public agency shall be promptly 
     notified that such juvenile is held in custody for violating 
     such order;
       ``(B) not later than 24 hours during which such juvenile is 
     so held, an authorized representative of such agency shall 
     interview, in person, such juvenile; and
       ``(C) not later than 48 hours during which such juvenile is 
     so held--

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       ``(i) such representative shall submit an assessment to the 
     court that issued such order, regarding the immediate needs 
     of such juvenile; and
       ``(ii) such court shall conduct a hearing to determine--

       ``(I) whether there is reasonable cause to believe that 
     such juvenile violated such order; and
       ``(II) the appropriate placement of such juvenile pending 
     disposition of the violation alleged;'',

       (R) in paragraph (25)--
       (i) by striking ``1992'' and inserting ``2000'', and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon,
       (S) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (25) as 
     paragraphs (6) through (24), respectively, and
       (T) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(25) specify a percentage (if any), not to exceed 5 
     percent, of funds received by the State under section 222 
     (other than funds made available to the State advisory group 
     under section 222(d)) that the State will reserve for 
     expenditure by the State to provide incentive grants to units 
     of general local government that reduce the caseload of 
     probation officers within such units;
       ``(26) provide that the State, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, will implement a system to ensure that if a 
     juvenile is before a court in the juvenile justice system, 
     public child welfare records (including child protective 
     services records) relating to such juvenile that are on file 
     in the geographical area under the jurisdiction of such court 
     will be made known to such court;
       ``(27) establish policies and systems to incorporate 
     relevant child protective services records into juvenile 
     justice records for purposes of establishing and implementing 
     treatment plans for juvenile offenders; and
       ``(28) provide assurances that juvenile offenders whose 
     placement is funded through section 472 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) receive the protections 
     specified in section 471 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671), 
     including a case plan and case plan review as defined in 
     section 475 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675).'',
       (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) If a State fails to comply with any of the applicable 
     requirements of paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of 
     subsection (a) in any fiscal year beginning after September 
     30, 2001, then--
       ``(1) subject to paragraph (2), the amount allocated to 
     such State under section 222 for the subsequent fiscal year 
     shall be reduced by not less than 12.5 percent for each such 
     paragraph with respect to which the failure occurs, and
       ``(2) the State shall be ineligible to receive any 
     allocation under such section for such fiscal year unless--
       ``(A) the State agrees to expend 50 percent of the amount 
     allocated to the State for such fiscal year to achieve 
     compliance with any such paragraph with respect to which the 
     State is in noncompliance; or
       ``(B) the Administrator determines that the State--
       ``(i) has achieved substantial compliance with such 
     applicable requirements with respect to which the State was 
     not in compliance; and
       ``(ii) has made, through appropriate executive or 
     legislative action, an unequivocal commitment to achieving 
     full compliance with such applicable requirements within a 
     reasonable time.'',
       (3) in subsection (d)--
       (A) by striking ``allotment'' and inserting ``allocation'', 
     and
       (B) by striking ``subsection (a) (12)(A), (13), (14) and 
     (23)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraphs (11), 
     (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)'', and
         (4) by adding at the end the following:
         ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator shall establish appropriate administrative and 
     supervisory board membership requirements for a State agency 
     designated under subsection (a)(1) and permit the State 
     advisory group appointed under subsection (a)(3) to operate 
     as the supervisory board for such agency, at the discretion 
     of the chief executive officer of the State.''.

     SEC. 10. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

       Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking parts C, D, E, F, G, and H,
       (2) by striking the 1st part I,
       (3) by redesignating the 2d part I as part F, and
       (4) by inserting after part B the following:

     ``PART C--JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

     ``SEC. 241. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

       ``(a) Grants to Eligible States.--The Administrator may 
     make grants to eligible States, from funds allocated under 
     section 242, for the purpose of providing financial 
     assistance to eligible entities to carry out projects 
     designed to prevent juvenile delinquency, including--
       ``(1) projects that provide treatment (including treatment 
     for mental health problems) to juvenile offenders, and 
     juveniles who are at risk of becoming juvenile offenders, who 
     are victims of child abuse or neglect or who have experienced 
     violence in their homes, at school, or in the community, and 
     to their families, in order to reduce the likelihood that 
     such juveniles will commit violations of law;
       ``(2) educational projects or supportive services for 
     delinquent or other juveniles--
       ``(A) to encourage juveniles to remain in elementary and 
     secondary schools or in alternative learning situations in 
     educational settings;
       ``(B) to provide services to assist juveniles in making the 
     transition to the world of work and self-sufficiency;
       ``(C) to assist in identifying learning difficulties 
     (including learning disabilities);
       ``(D) to prevent unwarranted and arbitrary suspensions and 
     expulsions;
       ``(E) to encourage new approaches and techniques with 
     respect to the prevention of school violence and vandalism;
       ``(F) which assist law enforcement personnel and juvenile 
     justice personnel to more effectively recognize and provide 
     for learning-disabled and other juveniles with disabilities;
       ``(G) which develop locally coordinated policies and 
     programs among education, juvenile justice, and social 
     service agencies; or
       ``(H) to provide services to juveniles with serious mental 
     and emotional disturbances (SED) in need of mental health 
     services;
       ``(3) projects which expand the use of probation officers--
       ``(A) particularly for the purpose of permitting nonviolent 
     juvenile offenders (including status offenders) to remain at 
     home with their families as an alternative to incarceration 
     or institutionalization; and
       ``(B) to ensure that juveniles follow the terms of their 
     probation;
       ``(4) one-on-one mentoring projects that are designed to 
     link at-risk juveniles and juvenile offenders who did not 
     commit serious crime, particularly juveniles residing in 
     high-crime areas and juveniles experiencing educational 
     failure, with responsible adults (such as law enforcement 
     officers, adults working with local businesses, and adults 
     working for community-based organizations and agencies) who 
     are properly screened and trained;
       ``(5) community-based projects and services (including 
     literacy and social service programs) which work with 
     juvenile offenders and juveniles who are at risk of becoming 
     juvenile offenders, including those from families with 
     limited English-speaking proficiency, their parents, their 
     siblings, and other family members during and after 
     incarceration of the juvenile offenders, in order to 
     strengthen families, to allow juvenile offenders to be 
     retained in their homes, and to prevent the involvement of 
     other juvenile family members in delinquent activities;
       ``(6) projects designed to provide for the treatment 
     (including mental health services) of juveniles for 
     dependence on or abuse of alcohol, drugs, or other harmful 
     substances;
       ``(7) projects which leverage funds to provide scholarships 
     for postsecondary education and training for low-income 
     juveniles who reside in neighborhoods with high rates of 
     poverty, violence, and drug-related crimes;
       ``(8) projects which provide for an initial intake 
     screening of each juvenile taken into custody--
       ``(A) to determine the likelihood that such juvenile will 
     commit a subsequent offense; and
       ``(B) to provide appropriate interventions (including 
     mental health services) to prevent such juvenile from 
     committing subsequent offenses;
       ``(9) projects (including school- or community-based 
     projects) that are designed to prevent, and reduce the rate 
     of, the participation of juveniles in gangs that commit 
     crimes (particularly violent crimes), that unlawfully use 
     firearms and other weapons, or that unlawfully traffic in 
     drugs and that involve, to the extent practicable, families 
     and other community members (including law enforcement 
     personnel and members of the business community) in the 
     activities conducted under such projects;
       ``(10) comprehensive juvenile justice and delinquency 
     prevention projects that meet the needs of juveniles through 
     the collaboration of the many local service systems juveniles 
     encounter, including schools, courts, law enforcement 
     agencies, child protection agencies, mental health agencies, 
     welfare services, health care agencies (including 
     collaboration on appropriate prenatal care for pregnant 
     juvenile offenders), private nonprofit agencies, and public 
     recreation agencies offering services to juveniles;
       ``(11) to develop, implement, and support, in conjunction 
     with public and private agencies, organizations, and 
     businesses, projects for the employment of juveniles and 
     referral to job training programs (including referral to 
     Federal job training programs);
       ``(12) delinquency prevention activities which involve 
     youth clubs, sports, recreation and parks, peer counseling 
     and teaching, the arts, leadership development, community 
     service, volunteer service, before- and after-school 
     programs, violence prevention activities, mediation skills 
     training, camping, environmental education, ethnic or 
     cultural enrichment, tutoring, and academic enrichment;

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       ``(13) to establish policies and systems to incorporate 
     relevant child protective services records into juvenile 
     justice records for purposes of establishing treatment plans 
     for juvenile offenders;
       ``(14) programs that encourage social competencies, 
     problem-solving skills, and communication skills, youth 
     leadership, and civic involvement;
       ``(15) programs that focus on the needs of young girls at-
     risk of delinquency or status offenses;
       ``(16) projects which provide for--
       ``(A) an assessment by a qualified mental health 
     professional of incarcerated juveniles who are suspected to 
     be in need of mental health services;
       ``(B) the development of an individualized treatment plan 
     for those incarcerated juveniles determined to be in need of 
     such services;
       ``(C) the inclusion of a discharge plan for incarcerated 
     juveniles receiving mental health services that addresses 
     aftercare services; and
       ``(D) all juveniles receiving psychotropic medications to 
     be under the care of a licensed mental health professional;
       ``(17) after-school programs that provide at-risk juveniles 
     and juveniles in the juvenile justice system with a range of 
     age-appropriate activities, including tutoring, mentoring, 
     and other educational and enrichment activities;
       ``(18) programs related to the establishment and 
     maintenance of a school violence hotline, based on a public-
     private partnership, that students and parents can use to 
     report suspicious, violent, or threatening behavior to local 
     school and law enforcement authorities;
       ``(19) programs (excluding programs to purchase guns from 
     juveniles) designed to reduce the unlawful acquisition and 
     illegal use of guns by juveniles, including partnerships 
     between law enforcement agencies, health professionals, 
     school officials, firearms manufacturers, consumer groups, 
     faith-based groups and community organizations;
       ``(20) programs designed to prevent animal cruelty by 
     juveniles and to counsel juveniles who commit animal cruelty 
     offenses, including partnerships among law enforcement 
     agencies, animal control officers, social services agencies, 
     and school officials;
       ``(21) programs that provide suicide prevention services 
     for incarcerated juveniles and for juveniles leaving the 
     incarceration system;
       ``(22) programs to establish partnerships between State 
     educational agencies and local educational agencies for the 
     design and implementation of character education and training 
     programs that reflect the values of parents, teachers, and 
     local communities, and incorporate elements of good 
     character, including honesty, citizenship, courage, justice, 
     respect, personal responsibility, and trustworthiness;
       ``(23) programs that foster strong character development in 
     at-risk juveniles and juveniles in the juvenile justice 
     system;
       ``(24) local programs that provide for immediate 
     psychological evaluation and follow-up treatment (including 
     evaluation and treatment during a mandatory holding period 
     for not less than 24 hours) for juveniles who bring a gun on 
     school grounds without permission from appropriate school 
     authorities; and
       ``(25) other activities that are likely to prevent juvenile 
     delinquency.
       ``(b) Grants to Eligible Indian Tribes.--The Administrator 
     may make grants to eligible Indian tribes from funds 
     allocated under section 242(b), to carry out projects of the 
     kinds described in subsection (a).

     ``SEC. 242. ALLOCATION.

       ``(a) Allocation Among Eligible States.--Subject to 
     subsection (b), funds appropriated to carry out this part 
     shall be allocated among eligible States proportionately 
     based on the population that is less than 18 years of age in 
     the eligible States.
       ``(b) Allocation Among Indian Tribes Collectively.--Before 
     allocating funds under subsection (a) among eligible States, 
     the Administrator shall allocate among eligible Indian tribes 
     as determined under section 246(a), an aggregate amount equal 
     to the amount such tribes would be allocated under subsection 
     (a), and without regard to this subsection, if such tribes 
     were treated collectively as an eligible State.

     ``SEC. 243. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES.

       ``(a) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     section 241, a State shall submit to the Administrator an 
     application that contains the following:
       ``(1) An assurance that the State will use--
       ``(A) not more than 5 percent of such grant, in the 
     aggregate, for--
       ``(i) the costs incurred by the State to carry out this 
     part; and
       ``(ii) to evaluate, and provide technical assistance 
     relating to, projects and activities carried out with funds 
     provided under this part; and
       ``(B) the remainder of such grant to make grants under 
     section 244.
       ``(2) An assurance that, and a detailed description of how, 
     such grant will supplement, and not supplant State and local 
     efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency.
       ``(3) An assurance that such application was prepared after 
     consultation with and participation by the State advisory 
     group, community-based organizations, and organizations in 
     the local juvenile justice system, that carry out programs, 
     projects, or activities to prevent juvenile delinquency.
       ``(4) An assurance that the State advisory group will be 
     afforded the opportunity to review and comment on all grant 
     applications submitted to the State agency.
       ``(5) An assurance that each eligible entity described in 
     section 244 that receives an initial grant under section 244 
     to carry out a project or activity shall also receive an 
     assurance from the State that such entity will receive from 
     the State, for the subsequent fiscal year to carry out such 
     project or activity, a grant under such section in an amount 
     that is proportional, based on such initial grant and on the 
     amount of the grant received under section 241 by the State 
     for such subsequent fiscal year, but that does not exceed the 
     amount specified for such subsequent fiscal year in such 
     application as approved by the State.
       ``(6) Such other information and assurances as the 
     Administrator may reasonably require by rule.
       ``(b) Approval of Applications.--
       ``(1) Approval required.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     Administrator shall approve an application, and amendments to 
     such application submitted in subsequent fiscal years, that 
     satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).
       ``(2) Limitation.--The Administrator may not approve such 
     application (including amendments to such application) for a 
     fiscal year unless--
       ``(A)(i) the State submitted a plan under section 223 for 
     such fiscal year; and
       ``(ii) such plan is approved by the Administrator for such 
     fiscal year; or
       ``(B) the Administrator waives the application of 
     subparagraph (A) to such State for such fiscal year, after 
     finding good cause for such a waiver.

     ``SEC. 244. GRANTS FOR LOCAL PROJECTS.

       ``(a) Grants by States.--Using a grant received under 
     section 241, a State may make grants to eligible entities 
     whose applications are received by the State, and reviewed by 
     the State advisory group, to carry out projects and 
     activities described in section 241.
       ``(b) Special Consideration.--For purposes of making grants 
     under subsection (a), the State shall give special 
     consideration to eligible entities that--
       ``(1) propose to carry out such projects in geographical 
     areas in which there is--
       ``(A) a disproportionately high level of serious crime 
     committed by juveniles; or
       ``(B) a recent rapid increase in the number of nonstatus 
     offenses committed by juveniles;
       ``(2)(A) agreed to carry out such projects or activities 
     that are multidisciplinary and involve more than 2 private 
     nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions that have 
     experience dealing with juveniles; or
       ``(B) represent communities that have a comprehensive plan 
     designed to identify at-risk juveniles and to prevent or 
     reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency, and that involve 
     other entities operated by individuals who have a 
     demonstrated history of involvement in activities designed to 
     prevent juvenile delinquency; and
       ``(3) the amount of resources (in cash or in kind) such 
     entities will provide to carry out such projects and 
     activities.

     ``SEC. 245. ELIGIBILITY OF ENTITIES.

       ``(a) Eligibility.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     to be eligible to receive a grant under section 244, a unit 
     of general purpose local government, acting jointly with not 
     fewer than 2 private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and 
     institutions that have experience dealing with juveniles, 
     shall submit to the State an application that contains the 
     following:
       ``(1) An assurance that such applicant will use such grant, 
     and each such grant received for the subsequent fiscal year, 
     to carry out throughout a 2-year period a project or activity 
     described in reasonable detail, and of a kind described in 
     one or more of paragraphs (1) through (25) of section 241(a) 
     as specified in, such application.
       ``(2) A statement of the particular goals such project or 
     activity is designed to achieve, and the methods such entity 
     will use to achieve, and assess the achievement of, each of 
     such goals.
       ``(3) A statement identifying the research (if any) such 
     entity relied on in preparing such application.
       ``(b) Limitation.--If an eligible entity that receives a 
     grant under section 244 to carry out a project or activity 
     for a 2-year period, and receives technical assistance from 
     the State or the Administrator after requesting such 
     technical assistance (if any), fails to demonstrate, before 
     the expiration of such 2-year period, that such project or 
     such activity has achieved substantial success in achieving 
     the goals specified in the application submitted by such 
     entity to receive such grants, then such entity shall not be 
     eligible to receive any subsequent grant under such section 
     to continue to carry out such project or activity.

     ``SEC. 246. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.

       ``(a) Eligibility.--
       ``(1) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     section 241(b), an Indian tribe

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     shall submit to the Administrator an application in 
     accordance with this section, in such form and containing 
     such information as the Administrator may require by rule.
       ``(2) Plans.--Such application shall include a plan for 
     conducting programs, projects, and activities described in 
     section 241(a), which plan shall--
       ``(A) provide evidence that the applicant Indian tribe 
     performs law enforcement functions (as determined by the 
     Secretary of the Interior);
       ``(B) identify the juvenile justice and delinquency 
     problems and juvenile delinquency prevention needs to be 
     addressed by activities conducted with funds provided by the 
     grant for which such application is submitted, by the Indian 
     tribe in the geographical area under the jurisdiction of the 
     Indian tribe;
       ``(C) provide for fiscal control and accounting procedures 
     that--
       ``(i) are necessary to ensure the prudent use, proper 
     disbursement, and accounting of grants received by applicants 
     under this section; and
       ``(ii) are consistent with the requirement specified in 
     subparagraph (B); and
       ``(D) comply with the requirements specified in section 
     223(a) (excluding any requirement relating to consultation 
     with a State advisory group) and with the requirements 
     specified in section 222(c); and
       ``(E) contain such other information, and be subject to 
     such additional requirements, as the Administrator may 
     reasonably require by rule to ensure the effectiveness of the 
     projects for which grants are made under section 241(b).
       ``(b) Factors for Consideration.--For the purpose of 
     selecting eligible applicants to receive grants under section 
     241(b), the Administrator shall consider--
       ``(1) the resources that are available to each applicant 
     Indian tribe that will assist, and be coordinated with, the 
     overall juvenile justice system of the Indian tribe; and
       ``(2) with respect to each such applicant--
       ``(A) the juvenile population; and
       ``(B) the population and the entities that will be served 
     by projects proposed to be carried out with the grant for 
     which the application is submitted.
       ``(c) Grant Process.--
       ``(1) Selection of grant recipients.--
       ``(A) Selection Requirements.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), the Administrator shall--
       ``(i) make grants under this section on a competitive 
     basis; and
       ``(ii) specify in writing to each applicant selected to 
     receive a grant under this section, the terms and conditions 
     on which such grant is made to such applicant.
       ``(B) Period of grant.--A grant made under this section 
     shall be available for expenditure during a 2-year period.
       ``(2) Exception.--If--
       ``(A) in the 2-year period for which a grant made under 
     this section shall be expended, the recipient of such grant 
     applies to receive a subsequent grant under this section; and
       ``(B) the Administrator determines that such recipient 
     performed during the year preceding the 2-year period for 
     which such recipient applies to receive such subsequent grant 
     satisfactorily and in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions applicable to the grant received;
     then the Administrator may waive the application of the 
     competition-based requirement specified in paragraph 
     (1)(A)(i) and may allow the applicant to incorporate by 
     reference in the current application the text of the plan 
     contained in the recipient's most recent application 
     previously approved under this section.
       ``(3) Authority to modify application process for 
     subsequent grants.--The Administrator may modify by rule the 
     operation of subsection (a) with respect to the submission 
     and contents of applications for subsequent grants described 
     in paragraph (2).
       ``(d) Reporting Requirement.--Each Indian tribe that 
     receives a grant under this section shall be subject to the 
     fiscal accountability provisions of section 5(f)(1) of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450c(f)(1)), relating to the submission of a single-
     agency audit report required by chapter 75 of title 31, 
     United States Code.
       ``(e) Matching Requirement.--(1) Funds appropriated for the 
     activities of any agency of an Indian tribal government or 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing law enforcement 
     functions on any Indian lands may be used to provide the non-
     Federal share of any program or project with a matching 
     requirement funded under this section.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to funds 
     appropriated before the date of the enactment of the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001.
       ``(3) If the Administrator determines that an Indian tribe 
     does not have sufficient funds available to meet the non-
     Federal share of the cost of any program or activity to be 
     funded under the grant, the Administrator may increase the 
     Federal share of the cost thereof to the extent the 
     Administrator deems necessary.''.

     SEC. 11. RESEARCH; EVALUATION; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; 
                   TRAINING.

       Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
     after part C, as added by section 10, the following:

     ``PART D--RESEARCH; EVALUATION; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TRAINING

     ``SEC. 251. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSES; 
                   INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

       ``(a) Research and Evaluation.--(1) The Administrator may--
       ``(A) plan and identify the purposes and goals of all 
     agreements carried out with funds provided under this 
     subsection; and
       ``(B) conduct research or evaluation in juvenile justice 
     matters, for the purpose of providing research and evaluation 
     relating to--
       ``(i) the prevention, reduction, and control of juvenile 
     delinquency and serious crime committed by juveniles;
       ``(ii) the link between juvenile delinquency and the 
     incarceration of members of the families of juveniles;
       ``(iii) successful efforts to prevent first-time minor 
     offenders from committing subsequent involvement in serious 
     crime;
       ``(iv) successful efforts to prevent recidivism;
       ``(v) the juvenile justice system;
       ``(vi) juvenile violence;
       ``(vii) appropriate mental health services for juveniles 
     and youth at risk of participating in delinquent activities;
       ``(viii) reducing the proportion of juveniles detained or 
     confined in secure detention facilities, secure correctional 
     facilities, jails, and lockups who are members of minority 
     groups;
       ``(ix) evaluating services, treatment, and aftercare 
     placement of juveniles who were under the care of the State 
     child protection system before their placement in the 
     juvenile justice system;
       ``(x) determining--
       ``(I) the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of drug use 
     by youth in schools and communities in the States using, if 
     appropriate, data submitted by the States pursuant to this 
     subparagraph and subsection (b); and
       ``(II) the frequency, degree of harm, and morbidity of 
     violent incidents, particularly firearm-related injuries and 
     fatalities, by youth in schools and communities in the 
     States, including information with respect to--

       ``(aa) the relationship between victims and perpetrators;
       ``(bb) demographic characteristics of victims and 
     perpetrators; and
       ``(cc) the type of weapons used in incidents, as classified 
     in the Uniform Crime Reports of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation; and

       ``(xi) other purposes consistent with the purposes of this 
     title and title I.
       ``(2) The Administrator shall ensure that an equitable 
     amount of funds available to carry out paragraph (1)(B) is 
     used for research and evaluation relating to the prevention 
     of juvenile delinquency.
       ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
     permit the development of a national database of personally 
     identifiable information on individuals involved in studies, 
     or in data-collection efforts, carried out under paragraph 
     (1)(B)(x).
       ``(4) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this paragraph, the Administrator shall conduct a study with 
     respect to juveniles who, prior to placement in the juvenile 
     justice system, were under the care or custody of the State 
     child welfare system, and to juveniles who are unable to 
     return to their family after completing their disposition in 
     the juvenile justice system and who remain wards of the 
     State. Such study shall include--
       ``(A) the number of juveniles in each category;
       ``(B) the extent to which State juvenile justice systems 
     and child welfare systems are coordinating services and 
     treatment for such juveniles;
       ``(C) the Federal and local sources of funds used for 
     placements and post-placement services;
       ``(D) barriers faced by State in providing services to 
     these juveniles;
       ``(E) the types of post-placement services used;
       ``(F) the frequency of case plans and case plan reviews; 
     and
       ``(G) the extent to which case plans identify and address 
     permanency and placement barriers and treatment plans.
       ``(b) Statistical Analyses.--The Administrator may--
       ``(1) plan and identify the purposes and goals of all 
     agreements carried out with funds provided under this 
     subsection; and
       ``(2) undertake statistical work in juvenile justice 
     matters, for the purpose of providing for the collection, 
     analysis, and dissemination of statistical data and 
     information relating to juvenile delinquency and serious 
     crimes committed by juveniles, to the juvenile justice 
     system, to juvenile violence, and to other purposes 
     consistent with the purposes of this title and title I.
       ``(c) Competitive Selection Process.--The Administrator 
     shall use a competitive process, established by rule by the 
     Administrator, to carry out subsections (a) and (b).
       ``(d) Implementation of Agreements.--A Federal agency that 
     makes an agreement under subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b)(2) 
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     the Administrator may carry out such agreement directly or by 
     making grants to or contracts with public and private 
     agencies, institutions, and organizations.
       ``(e) Information Dissemination.--The Administrator may--
       ``(1) review reports and data relating to the juvenile 
     justice system in the United States and in foreign nations 
     (as appropriate), collect data and information from studies 
     and research into all aspects of juvenile delinquency 
     (including the causes, prevention, and treatment of juvenile 
     delinquency) and serious crimes committed by juveniles;
       ``(2) establish and operate, directly or by contract, a 
     clearinghouse and information center for the preparation, 
     publication, and dissemination of information relating to 
     juvenile delinquency, including State and local prevention 
     and treatment programs, plans, resources, and training and 
     technical assistance programs; and
       ``(3) make grants and contracts with public and private 
     agencies, institutions, and organizations, for the purpose of 
     disseminating information to representatives and personnel of 
     public and private agencies, including practitioners in 
     juvenile justice, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, 
     schools, and related services, in the establishment, 
     implementation, and operation of projects and activities for 
     which financial assistance is provided under this title.

     ``SEC. 252. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Training.--The Administrator may--
       ``(1) develop and carry out projects for the purpose of 
     training representatives and personnel of public and private 
     agencies, including practitioners in juvenile justice, law 
     enforcement, courts (including model juvenile and family 
     courts), corrections, schools, and related services, to carry 
     out the purposes specified in section 102; and
       ``(2) make grants to and contracts with public and private 
     agencies, institutions, and organizations for the purpose of 
     training representatives and personnel of public and private 
     agencies, including practitioners in juvenile justice, law 
     enforcement, courts (including model juvenile and family 
     courts), corrections, schools, and related services, to carry 
     out the purposes specified in section 102.
       ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may--
       ``(1) develop and implement projects for the purpose of 
     providing technical assistance to representatives and 
     personnel of public and private agencies and organizations, 
     including practitioners in juvenile justice, law enforcement, 
     courts (including model juvenile and family courts), 
     corrections, schools, and related services, in the 
     establishment, implementation, and operation of programs, 
     projects, and activities for which financial assistance is 
     provided under this title; and
       ``(2) make grants to and contracts with public and private 
     agencies, institutions, and organizations, for the purpose of 
     providing technical assistance to representatives and 
     personnel of public and private agencies, including 
     practitioners in juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts 
     (including model juvenile and family courts), corrections, 
     schools, and related services, in the establishment, 
     implementation, and operation of programs, projects, and 
     activities for which financial assistance is provided under 
     this title.
       ``(c) Training and Technical Assistance to Mental Health 
     Professionals and Law Enforcement Personnel.--The 
     Administrator shall provide training and technical assistance 
     to mental health professionals and law enforcement personnel 
     (including public defenders, police officers, probation 
     officers, judges, parole officials, and correctional 
     officers) to address or to promote the development, testing, 
     or demonstration of promising or innovative models (including 
     model juvenile and family courts), programs, or delivery 
     systems that address the needs of juveniles who are alleged 
     or adjudicated delinquent and who, as a result of such 
     status, are placed in secure detention or confinement or in 
     nonsecure residential placements.''.

     SEC. 12. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

       Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
     after part D, as added by section 11, the following:

    ``PART E--DEVELOPING, TESTING, AND DEMONSTRATING PROMISING NEW 
                        INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS

     ``SEC. 261. GRANTS AND PROJECTS.

       ``(a) Authority To Make Grants.--The Administrator may make 
     grants to and contracts with States, units of general local 
     government, Indian tribal governments, public and private 
     agencies, organizations, and individuals, or combinations 
     thereof, to carry out projects for the development, testing, 
     and demonstration of promising initiatives and programs for 
     the prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile 
     delinquency. The Administrator shall ensure that, to the 
     extent reasonable and practicable, such grants are made to 
     achieve an equitable geographical distribution of such 
     projects throughout the United States.
       ``(b) Use of Grants.--A grant made under subsection (a) may 
     be used to pay all or part of the cost of the project for 
     which such grant is made.

     ``SEC. 262. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

       ``The Administrator may make grants to and contracts with 
     public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals 
     to provide technical assistance to States, units of general 
     local government, Indian tribal governments, local private 
     entities or agencies, or any combination thereof, to carry 
     out the projects for which grants are made under section 261.

     ``SEC. 263. ELIGIBILITY.

       ``To be eligible to receive a grant made under this part, a 
     public or private agency, Indian tribal government, 
     organization, institution, individual, or combination thereof 
     shall submit an application to the Administrator at such 
     time, in such form, and containing such information as the 
     Administrator may reasonably require by rule.

     ``SEC. 264. REPORTS.

       ``Recipients of grants made under this part shall submit to 
     the Administrator such reports as may be reasonably requested 
     by the Administrator to describe progress achieved in 
     carrying out the projects for which such grants are made.''.

     SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (e), and
       (2) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c), and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations for Title II 
     (Excluding Parts C and E).--(1) There are authorized to be 
     appropriated to carry out this title such sums as may be 
     appropriate for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 
     2006.
       ``(2) Of such sums as are appropriated for a fiscal year to 
     carry out this title (other than parts C and E)--
       ``(A) not more than 5 percent shall be available to carry 
     out part A;
       ``(B) not less than 80 percent shall be available to carry 
     out part B; and
       ``(C) not more than 15 percent shall be available to carry 
     out part D.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations for Part C.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C such 
     sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 
     2005, and 2006.
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations for Part E.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E, and 
     authorized to remain available until expended, such sums as 
     may be necessary for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 
     2006.''.

     SEC. 14. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.

       Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d) by striking ``as are consistent with 
     the purpose of this Act'' and inserting ``only to the extent 
     necessary to ensure that there is compliance with the 
     specific requirements of this title or to respond to requests 
     for clarification and guidance relating to such compliance'', 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) If a State requires by law compliance with the 
     requirements described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of 
     section 223(a), then for the period such law is in effect in 
     such State such State shall be rebuttably presumed to satisfy 
     such requirements.''.

     SEC. 15. USE OF FUNDS.

       Section 299C(c) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5674(c)) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(c) No funds may be paid under this title to a 
     residential program (excluding a program in a private 
     residence) unless--
       ``(1) there is in effect in the State in which such 
     placement or care is provided, a requirement that the 
     provider of such placement or such care may be licensed only 
     after satisfying, at a minimum, explicit standards of 
     discipline that prohibit neglect, physical and mental abuse, 
     as defined by State law;
       ``(2) such provider is licensed as described in paragraph 
     (1) by the State in which such placement or care is provided; 
     and
       ``(3) such provider satisfies the licensing standards of 
     each other State from which such provider receives a juvenile 
     for such placement or such care, in accordance with the 
     Interstate Compact on Child Placement as entered into by such 
     other State.''.

     SEC. 16. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.

       Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.), as so 
     redesignated by section 10, is amended adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 299F. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.

       ``None of the funds made available to carry out this title 
     may be used to advocate for, or support, the unsecured 
     release of juveniles who are charged with a violent crime.''.

     SEC. 17. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.), as so 
     redesignated by section 10 and amended by section 16, is 
     amended adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 299G. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

       ``Nothing in this title or title I shall be construed--
       ``(1) to prevent financial assistance from being awarded 
     through grants under this title to any otherwise eligible 
     organization; or
       ``(2) to modify or affect any Federal or State law relating 
     to collective bargaining rights of employees.''.

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     SEC. 18. LEASING SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY.

       Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.), as so 
     redesignated by section 10 and amended by sections 16 and 17, 
     is amended adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 299H. LEASING SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY.

       ``The Administrator may receive surplus Federal property 
     (including facilities) and may lease such property to States 
     and units of general local government for use in or as 
     facilities for juvenile offenders, or for use in or as 
     facilities for delinquency prevention and treatment 
     activities.''.

     SEC. 19. ISSUANCE OF RULES.

       Part F of title II or the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.), as so 
     redesignated by section 10 and amended by sections 16, 17, 
     and 18, is amended adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 299I. ISSUANCE OF RULES.

       ``The Administrator shall issue rules to carry out this 
     title, including rules that establish procedures and methods 
     for making grants and contracts, and distributing funds 
     available, to carry out this title.''.

     SEC. 20. CONTENT OF MATERIALS.

       Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.), as so 
     redesignated by section 10 and amended by sections 16, 17, 
     18, and 19, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 299J. CONTENT OF MATERIALS.

       ``Materials produced, procured, or distributed both using 
     funds appropriated to carry out this Act and for the purpose 
     of preventing hate crimes that result in acts of physical 
     violence, shall not recommend or require any action that 
     abridges or infringes upon the constitutionally protected 
     rights of free speech, religion, or equal protection of 
     juveniles or of their parents or legal guardians.''.

     SEC. 21. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Technical Amendments.--The Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 202(b) by striking ``prescribed for GS-18 of 
     the General Schedule by section 5332'' and inserting 
     ``payable under section 5376'',
       (2) in section 221(b)(2) by striking the last sentence,
       (3) in section 299D by striking subsection (d), and
       (4) by striking titles IV and V, as originally enacted by 
     Public Law 93-415 (88 Stat. 1132-1143).
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The Victims of Child Abuse 
     Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended--
       (A) in section 214(b)(1) by striking ``262, 293, and 296 of 
     subpart II of title II'' and inserting ``299B and 299E'',
       (B) in section 214A(c)(1) by striking ``262, 293, and 296 
     of subpart II of title II'' and inserting ``299B and 299E'',
       (C) in section 217(c)(1) by striking ``sections 262, 293, 
     and 296 of subpart II of title II'' and inserting ``sections 
     299B and 299E'', and
       (D) in section 223(c) by striking ``section 262, 293, and 
     296'' and inserting ``sections 262, 299B, and 299E''.
       (2) Section 404(a)(5)(E) of the Missing Children's 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended by striking 
     ``section 313'' and inserting ``section 331''.

     SEC. 22. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take 
     effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this 
     Act shall apply only with respect to fiscal years beginning 
     after September 30, 2001.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Scott) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood).


                             General Leave

  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks on H.R. 1900.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1900, the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001. The Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention was created by Congress in 1974 to 
help communities and States prevent and control delinquency and to 
improve their juvenile justice systems. The nature and extent of 
juvenile delinquency has changed considerably since the Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention was created, and this 
reauthorization has taken that into account.
  This office has not been reauthorized since 1994, although a similar 
bill has passed this House by overwhelming margins at least twice since 
then. This year we have an opportunity for both the House and the 
Senate to pass this legislation and get it to the President for his 
signature.
  I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra) and the gentleman 
from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) for their good work in marking H.R. 1900 up 
through the Subcommittee on Select Education and the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Boehner) and the gentleman from California (Mr. George 
Miller) for their able assistance in reporting the bill from the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for joining me in 
introducing this legislation. This bill is virtually the same 
legislation the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and I successfully 
negotiated on a bipartisan basis last Congress. We are looking forward 
to having the House and the Senate pass this measure so after 6 years 
of hard work, the reauthorization of this act can become law.
  I want to particularly emphasize the spirit of bipartisanship my 
colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), has put into this 
measure from the beginning. Tough issues have not been easily resolved; 
but day after day, week after week, year after year the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott) and his able staff have been extraordinarily good 
natured and willing to wrestle these controversies to the ground.
  I thank my legislative director, Judy Borger, who has worked 
tirelessly on this legislation for years. As all of the Members know, 
we do the talking and we do some of the thinking in terms of concept, 
and then it is the staff that works the 12- and 16- and 24-hour days 
hammering out the language and doing all of the detail work that 
finally makes it possible.
  I also thank Denise Fort from the staff of the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott), who has worked equally tirelessly, as wells as 
Bob Sweet and Chris Anne Pierce from our committee.
  H.R. 1900 is designed to assist States and local communities to 
develop strategies to combat juvenile crime through a wide range of 
prevention and intervention programs. This legislation acknowledges 
that most successful solutions to juvenile crime are developed at the 
State and local levels of government by those individuals who 
understand the unique characteristics of youth in their areas.
  By combining the current discretionary programs into a prevention 
block grant to the States, and allowing States and local communities 
discretion in how such funds are used, we allow the local officials to 
use their own good judgment, and based upon the realities of each 
situation, and yet we have not given them so much flexibility that harm 
could be done to the children.
  It is an extraordinarily difficult task to create a juvenile justice 
system in each of the States and in each of the counties that can 
respond to the very, very different young people in our society who get 
caught up in the law. But I believe that this bipartisan bill 
represents good policy. The bill successfully strikes a balance in 
dealing with children who grow up and come before the juvenile justice 
system who are already very dangerous and vicious criminals, and other 
children who come before the juvenile justice system who are harmless 
and scared and running away from abuse at home.
  We dealt with very sensitive issues like the deinstitutionalization 
of status offenders, how to assure that juveniles who need to be 
temporarily housed with adults be held out of sight and sound of 
adults, how to address the overrepresentation of minorities in the 
juvenile justice system, and determining the correct balance between 
block-granting funds to the States and keeping some strings attached.
  We added language directing the States to give priority in funding to 
programs and activities that are based on rigorous, systematic, and 
objective

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research that is scientifically based; and we found a way to provide 
the additional flexibility that our local officials need, still protect 
society from dangerous teenagers while protecting scared kids from 
overly harsh kids in the juvenile justice system.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting 
H.R. 1900.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as we begin to rebuild from the tragedy and devastation 
we experienced in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, it is 
appropriate that two of the first three bills we take up this week 
concern the safety and well-being of our children.
  I am proud to be a cosponsor of H.R. 1900, the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act, with my colleague, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood). Juvenile justice is always a challenge 
because we have a choice of playing politics or reducing crime.
  This bill is a bipartisan initiative that lays the groundwork for 
sensible juvenile crime policy. Five years ago we started from a 
decidedly different perspective. The House considered juvenile crime 
bills with such titles as the ``Violent Youth Predator Act,'' the 
``Juvenile Crime Control Act,'' and others. The titles of the bills 
made it clear that Congress was more considered in using political 
sound bites than coming up with sound policy designed to reduce crime. 
After those bills collapsed in partisan controversy, the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Hastert) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt) 
appointed a bipartisan working group on youth violence to thoughtfully 
review the issue of youth violence and to make meaningful suggestions.
  Our working group reviewed studies of problems of youth violence and 
heard testimony from academia, law enforcement, the judicial system, 
and advocacy groups. Those experts that met with us agreed that 
prevention and early intervention were the things that we needed to 
reduce crime. Those efforts needed to require parental and community 
participation.
  H.R. 1900 is a culmination of 5 years of work, at the end of which we 
made the choice to stop playing politics and to promote constructive 
legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we have arrived at a different place 
today than where we were 5 years ago. We have made the right choice. 
H.R. 1900 is a bipartisan agreement that promotes sound juvenile crime 
policy which is based on proven research.
  H.R. 1900 reflects what was presented to the bipartisan working group 
and testimony heard through numerous hearings in Washington and across 
the country. We heard that prevention programs are effective in 
reducing youth violence in the community and often save more money than 
they cost. Programs such as early childhood education, structured 
after-school activities, dropout prevention, and mentoring have all 
been shown successful in reducing youth delinquency.
  I am also pleased that we were able to maintain the core mandates of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act so that juveniles 
who come in contact with the juvenile justice system are assured of 
fundamental protections. For example, runaways and truants should not 
be jailed in secure facilities. And if juveniles are ever housed in 
adult facilities, it must be for short periods of time; and during that 
time they must be separated by sight and sound from adult offenders.
  Lastly, States have a responsibility to address the disproportionate 
number of minority youth who are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile 
court system.
  The bill before us recognizes the need for community input and 
requires community collaboration and planning that encourages bringing 
delinquency prevention professionals around the table to decide how 
best to respond to the crime prevention needs of the community. Those 
experts should include the school system, law enforcement, social 
services, business, sociology and other experts. And for the first time 
we are also asking the States to ensure that the child welfare system, 
the foster care system, and the juvenile justice system are working 
together to address the needs of juvenile offenders. We know that two-
thirds of children in the juvenile system are already known by the 
child welfare system. The link between abuse, neglect, and delinquency 
demands greater involvement between the various systems that serve at-
risk youth.
  H.R. 1900 starts us down the path of greater collaboration, and I 
appreciate the work of my ranking member, the gentleman from California 
(Mr. George Miller), and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Greenwood) in offering these important improvements to the bill. H.R. 
1900 deserves the support of this body. It is not based on politics or 
sound bites, but instead represents sound policy; and it is the product 
of a constructive, bipartisan cooperative effort to reduce youth crime 
in our communities. It will add to the safety and security of future 
generations.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Boehner), the chairman of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the juvenile 
justice bill that we have on the floor, and thank all of my colleagues 
that have taken part in bringing us to this important day. I think the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Greenwood) have fully explained the bill.
  My reason for rising today is to say that, without a true bipartisan 
effort over the long journey of bringing this bill to the floor, we 
would not be here. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) have worked diligently for 
5 years trying to bridge the differences, and they have done it in such 
a way that we have learned a great deal from them.
  I also thank the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra) and the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, 
the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer), for their efforts in 
shepherding this bill through the committee process. Lastly, I thank 
the ranking Democrat, the gentleman from California (Mr. George 
Miller), who provided an atmosphere of cooperation and respect which I 
think brings this bill here in front of us today.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a great example of what can happen when people 
keep their eye on the goal, and the goal being what is it that we can 
do from our perspective here in Washington to help these juvenile 
justice programs work better. They have done a great job, and they 
deserve our thanks.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. George Miller), the ranking member on the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce.
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I thank the leadership 
for bringing this bill to the floor today. As the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott) earlier said, in the wake of the tragedies in New 
York, Pennsylvania and here at the Pentagon, our concentration on our 
children and those children who are so desperately in need of services 
and at risk is a nice tribute to America's families.
  I also want to join those who have already expressed their thanks to 
the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) for their diligence on this matter.

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  I cannot think of two people in the Congress who have worked harder 
to try to bring about a resolution of what was a very contentious issue 
over the last several years to make sure that we move forward in the 
protection and the service of our children; in making sure that we, in 
fact, develop those kinds of programs that have the best opportunity at 
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reducing juvenile delinquency and making sure that our children, in 
fact, get into programs of opportunity and programs that will help them 
to sort out their lives and lead productive lives in America. I want to 
thank them very, very much for all their effort, all their time to 
bring this legislation to the floor in the form that it is now in.
  While we have seen a decrease in juvenile crime over the last couple 
of years, we also see some disturbing factors, that many of the 
perpetrators of that crime are younger and younger. We see the 
inclusion of more and more young girls in the perpetration of these 
crimes, and these are reasons for concern. It is a reason we need to 
take new approaches and new choices.
  This legislation is really about prevention and about accountability 
and about focusing our efforts on the early part of a child's life 
because, again, the scientific-based research, the peer-reviewed 
research tells us that this is our best opportunity to intervene on 
behalf of these children, to intervene in their dysfunctional families.
  I want to commend those who supported the previous bill on the floor 
today dealing with the D.C. court system and the foster care system in 
the District of Columbia. Understanding the need to intervene early, to 
save these children and to give them an opportunity, where they are 
caught up in a family that is so clearly dysfunctional that it now 
becomes a threat to those children in the immediate sense, but the 
long-term ramifications and impact on the kinds of lives those children 
will lead in terms of their involvement in the juvenile justice system 
or the adult criminal system makes it all the more important.
  I believe that H.R. 1900 does this by providing the recognition of 
early intervention and accountability and providing the guidelines to 
make sure that we, in fact, protect these children at the same time 
that we are dealing with their transgressions, so that we do not send 
them off to schools that improve their ability to commit a crime but do 
not improve their ability to extract themselves from that life of 
crime.
  I also want to quickly mention the parts of this legislation dealing 
with the question about the needs, and the support for the needs of 
these services. According to a report produced by the Inspector General 
at the Department of Health and Human Services, an audit of cases in 
California found that few children are ever receiving case planning and 
family permanency planning systems.
  What does that mean? That means that these children are really never 
given the tools, or the caseworkers are not given the tools to get 
these children out of the situation that they are in. And without 
family permanency or planning permanency, the children find themselves 
continually swirling around the system from one foster care, one 
institution, over and over again, because we have not taken the time as 
the law in fact requires, to develop planning for these children's 
futures, so that we can make sure that they have the absolute best 
opportunity at success.
  I also want to draw attention to the fact that this legislation deals 
with the children who are sent to boot camps, and recognizing that the 
New York Times recently reported that since 1980 there have been over 
31 children who have died in these boot camps and numerous other 
children have been subjected to sexual abuse and assault while they are 
in these camps.
  In July, a child who was voluntarily placed in a wilderness camp in 
Arizona died as a result of abuse and negligence of the camp operators. 
The autopsy revealed that he drowned in a hotel shower where the camp 
staff had left him after he had collapsed. He had collapsed after being 
punished for bad behavior. What was his bad behavior? He complained 
that the program was too hard. What was his punishment for that bad 
behavior? They made him eat dirt and he subsequently died.
  That kind of punishment, if it had been meted out by a parent or a 
relative, would have been child abuse. We have got to make sure that 
child abuse laws protect these children in this kind of custody. And I 
believe that this legislation, in fact, does that in a manner in which 
we know that you cannot delegate, you cannot delegate the right to 
abuse a child to another factor.
  H.R. 1900 requires that any residence program receiving funds under 
this act must be licensed by State and must have standards of 
discipline to prohibit abuse and neglect as defined by State law. What 
the State standard is will apply to those operations within that State. 
I think this is the minimum that we can do for these children.
  Let me close again by just thanking the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Greenwood) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for all of 
the time. I think very often the public does not understand the kind of 
effort or the kind of time that individual Members or legislators put 
into subjects like this, where there is not a lot of attention given 
except when things go terribly wrong.
  These are children that, in many instances, are seriously 
disenfranchised from the system; that, in many instances, through no 
fault of their own, found themselves caught up in dysfunctional 
institutions, dysfunctional families. And this is an effort, and the 
time that these two gentlemen have spent, this is an effort to throw 
them, if you will, a life preserver to see that if we can bring them 
back, we can provide the services, provide the accountability for those 
rendering the services and see whether or not we can give these 
children an opportunity at success rather than almost a condemnation to 
failure under the existing system.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), an active member of the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce.
  Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1900, the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. I am particularly 
pleased to see language in the bill to provide positive youth 
development which includes mentoring. We often see money spent on 
building prisons, drug rehabilitation programs, hiring more police, and 
building youth correction facilities as money that is well spent. Money 
spent on prevention of juvenile crime, drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, 
is often seen as less important and sometimes is perceived as being 
wasteful. It costs 25 to $30,000 per year to incarcerate a young 
person. If that young person stays in prison for life, it is more than 
$1 million. States are currently raising unwanted children at 
unprecedented cost. Drug addiction leads to other crime and a great 
social cost to those involved. Recidivism is very high. It is much more 
cost effective to prevent juvenile misbehavior than to attempt to 
correct behavior after the fact.
  One example is mentoring. According to ``Character Counts,'' 
mentoring reduces absenteeism from school by more than 50 percent, 
significantly cuts dropout rates, reduces drug abuse by more than 50 
percent, certainly curtails teenage pregnancy, crime and violent 
behavior by significant degrees, and the cost is only about $400 per 
year, on the average, for a good mentoring program. So it is 
tremendously cost effective. The return is phenomenal in terms of the 
expense.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out the fact that the bill 
provides more flexibility for the use of funds at the local level. I 
think all of us realize that money spent at the local level is spent 
much more effectively than money spent at the Federal or the State 
level.
  Finally, I would like to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Scott) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) for their 
efforts, and strongly encourage passage of H.R. 1900.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Solis), a member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce.
  Ms. SOLIS. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, I also rise in support of H.R. 1900. I stand here as a 
new member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. My heart is 
full, because I realize that this is such an important issue that needs 
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district alone, in Los Angeles County, I represent the East Lake 
detention facility. I had the opportunity of visiting that facility a 
couple of months ago and realized that a good number of the children, 
youngsters, that are there represented my district. I felt compelled 
that we need to do something immediately to help them, prevent them 
from furthering a life of crime and hopefully deterring them into a 
better life-style.
  But I found that many of the young people, particular Latinos that I 
found there from my district, were experiencing some different kinds of 
hardships. Many of them at the age of 13 and 14 were already finding 
themselves as mothers. They were pregnant. I found that the treatment 
and medical attention that they needed to be prioritized. I asked the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and other Members if they would 
please include an amendment in this bill to help address prenatal 
assistance in assessing these young women's needs. They adopted that.
  I also wanted to thank them for including another provision, suicide 
prevention. Many of the youngsters that I saw at these facilities were 
also coming from a life of hardship. Some of them were recent 
immigrants, coming from war-torn El Salvador and other Central American 
countries. Faced with that dilemma, many of them had this put before 
them, of how they were going to lead their lives, not having 
appropriate supervision by their parents and by our inadequate school 
system that does not provide enough counseling and after-school 
programs. This bill, I believe, in my opinion will do that.
  I want to thank the committee and I want to thank our leadership for 
taking the time to address these issues and including these two 
amendments in this bill. I ask for support of this legislation.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Tancredo), another active member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce.
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1900. One 
of the things that our community in Littleton, Colorado had to deal 
with shortly after the Columbine tragedy was the fact that there were 
many parents and children who were frightened to return to school. They 
were frightened because they felt helpless in their ability to control 
their own environment. With that in mind, I asked the Colorado Bureau 
of Investigation, the Colorado Department of Education, U.S. West and 
AT&T to help me construct the Colorado school safety hotline. Within 
just a few months after the tragedy at Columbine, these posters were up 
in every school in the State of Colorado and a 24-hour hotline had been 
started and was in operation at CBI. Since that time, there have been 
some 1,323 phone calls, there have been several arrests, and God only 
knows how many incidents have been avoided as a result of the Colorado 
school safety hotline.
  H.R. 1900 includes a provision that would allow States to use their 
safe and drug-free school money in the creation of their own hotline. I 
certainly encourage them to think about this as a way of preventing 
possible incidents similar to Columbine. The one thing we learned since 
then is that in every single situation we have had of school violence, 
without exception, the perpetrators of the crime told somebody.
  With this knowledge in mind, it is imperative that every State in the 
Nation take the kind of action that we took in Colorado, the 
establishment of the hotline, to allow someone who may have heard 
something to call somebody anonymously, tell them what they have heard, 
and let the authorities take what actions need to be taken. With the 
inclusion of this particular amendment and for all of the other good 
things that are in this particular piece of legislation, I sincerely 
hope that my colleagues will support H.R. 1900.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee), a member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished 
gentleman from Virginia for yielding me this time. I also thank the 
distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood), both the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Greenwood), for a very policy-changing initiative, H.R. 1900, that 
will really turn the corner in how we address the questions of juvenile 
crime control and the issue of delinquency. Let me thank them and their 
staff for this legislation.
  Let me thank in particular my colleague on the Committee on the 
Judiciary for merging his responsibilities as the ranking member of the 
Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, realizing that these are two 
very important responsibilities, that there is some commonality.
  Mr. Speaker, about a year ago, I held a hearing in my district with 
Senator Paul Wellstone on the question of mental health and juvenile 
delinquency. We had over 90 witnesses, of local authorities, mental 
health specialists, parents who had dealt with suicide amongst their 
teenagers, and teenagers who said they had attempted suicide on a 
number of occasions.

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  One thing we determined out of that hearing was that we had to 
approach the issue of juvenile delinquency and the resulting crime in a 
totally different mode; that prevention and intervention on these young 
people and their families was crucial for America to get its hands 
around the whole question of juvenile indiscretions or crime and 
delinquency.
  This bill authorizes the use of juvenile delinquency prevention block 
grants for projects that provide treatment to juvenile offenders. The 
bill covers a litany of programs, including treatment for mental health 
problems for juveniles who have experienced violence, projects which 
provide for an individualized assessment, and the treatment plans for 
incarcerated juveniles suspected to be in need of mental health 
services, after-school programs for at-risk juveniles, programs related 
to the establishment and maintenance of a school violence hot line, and 
programs designed to reduce the unlawful acquisition and illegal use of 
guns by juveniles. It is heavy on prevention.
  When we visited one of our juvenile detention centers with Senator 
Wellstone and County Judge Bob Eckels, we were able to see youngsters 
who were crying out for services, crying out for an adult that would 
help supervise them, and certainly in need of mental health.
  This bill, of course, is of special importance to me; and I thank my 
colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), for addressing the 
question of the issue of mental health.
  The mental health of children, including its intersection with the 
issue of juvenile justice, is an issue that has long been ignored. In 
the bill, as this passed through the Committee on the Judiciary, I was 
very glad that amendments that I proposed, language I proposed, was 
included, dealing with the mental health aspect as it was in the 
Committee on Education and Workforce.
  Yet one to which I pay special attention, not only in my capacity as 
a member of the Committee on the Judiciary but also in my capacity as 
founder and chair of the Congressional Children's Caucus, in working 
with the House Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence that many of 
my colleagues served on, it was interesting that Members from both 
sides of the aisle came away from that 6- or 7- or 8-week time frame, 
and determined that prevention had to be the way this country and this 
Congress would go.
  In doing so, mental health was raised as a very important issue. In 
the presentation I made, my particular subcommittee was dealing with 
mental health, it was without question that that was what was needed.
  The mental health of children is an issue that has been too long 
ignored. Untreated, it manifests itself in many ways, ranging from 
eating disorders to school bullying and violence. That is

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why I have H.R. 75, that deals in particular with helping children 
overcome their frustration or their need for counseling by providing 
enhanced community mental health services.
  We held a hearing a couple of weeks ago, the Congressional Children's 
Caucus, about bullying; and we determined that children need counseling 
to intervene so they do not bully each other and that turns into 
violence.
  This legislation has many aspects to it, but what I believe is the 
key element to this legislation is a recognizing that we must look at 
juvenile delinquency and crime control in a totally different manner; 
intervene, prevent, before we run into trouble.
  I, in conclusion, will simply say that this bill overall is an 
excellent bill. I would raise a reservation, however, about the 
provision of the bill that gives local authorities the ability to hold 
juveniles in adult lockups for more than 24 hours if other alternatives 
are not available. I would encourage my local communities to find 
alternative sites for our children, because what we want to do is 
intervene so those children can grow up to be contributing adults.
  I support H.R. 1900, and ask my colleagues to unanimously support it.
  I rise in support of the Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency 
Prevention Act, H.R. 1900.
  This bill authorizes the use of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Block 
Grants for projects that provide treatment to juvenile offenders. The 
bill covers a litany of programs, including treatment for mental health 
problems, for juveniles who have experienced violence, projects which 
provide for an individualized assessment and the treatment plans for 
incarcerated juveniles suspected to be in need of mental health 
services, after-school programs for at-risk juveniles, programs related 
to the establishment and maintenance of a school violence hotline and 
programs designed to reduce the unlawful acquisition and illegal use of 
guns by juveniles.
  This bill also authorizes the Office of Juvenile Crime Control and 
Delinquency Prevention to undertake specified activities regarding 
research, evaluation, technical assistance, and training, including 
providing training and technical assistance to mental health 
professionals and law enforcement personnel to address or promote the 
development, testing, or demonstration of promising or innovative 
models, programs, or delivery systems addressing the needs of 
delinquent juveniles who are placed in secure detention, confinement or 
in non-secure residential placements.
  This bill is of special importance to me because it so wisely 
addresses the issue of mental health. The mental health of children, 
including its intersection with the issue of juvenile justice, is an 
issue that has been long ignored, yet one to which I pay special 
attention, not only in my capacity as a member of the Judiciary 
Committee, but also in my capacity as Founder and Chair of the 
Congressional Children's Caucus and as a member of the House Bipartisan 
Working Group on Youth Violence, which was formed on June 25, 1999 by 
Speaker Hastert and Minority Leader Gephardt and which issued its final 
report on March 8, 2000.
  Just this past July, the Congressional Children's Caucus held a 
briefing on the relationship between children's mental health and 
school bullying, and we discussed how bullying, which causes and is 
caused by mental health problems, can escalate into violence. And I am 
the sponsor of the bi-partisan bill H.R. 75, which would sponsor grants 
to schools to put more mental health professionals in our schools.
  The issue is of such pressing importance that during the 
Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference this month, I 
will be hosting a forum on the nexus between juvenile justice and 
children's mental health. National experts will join us to discuss this 
topic.
  The mental health of children is an issue that has been too long 
ignored. Untreated, it manifests itself in many ways, ranging from 
eating disorders to school bullying and violence, as I just discussed. 
In fact, in the bi-partisan Working Group on Youth Violence formed a 
mental health subgroup to determine the extent to which mental health 
problems lead to incidences of youth violence and how to address the 
problem. We determined, in part, that it is important to identify at 
risk youths in school to encourage them to see schools are safe, stable 
learning environments and to ensure that they have access to mental 
health services. The Report also noted that the juvenile justice system 
should screen youths who enter the system and that treatment is 
provided where the need is identified. Hence, I am pleased to see that 
many of the recommendations of the Working Groups have been considered 
in drafting this legislation. This was not a group of mere talking 
heads, but a group that proposed and is enacting real, practical 
solutions.
  The fact the juvenile violent crime has decreased does not mean that 
we should ignore the problem. Indeed, we should see it as an 
opportunity to identify the previously unanswered problems and reach 
those who might otherwise be issued.
  I do have reservations about the provision of the bill that gives 
local authorities the ability to hold juveniles in adult lockups for 
more than 24 hours if other alternatives are not available. However, I 
applaud efforts to address the mental health needs of the troubled 
youths. Hence, I believe that the benefits of the bill far outweigh its 
negative aspects and believe that as its provisions are enacted, we 
will work to correct any shortcomings.
  It is time we took an affirmative step forward and realized that 
although we may differ on some provisions, we all agree that we must 
help our youth become, productive, mentally and physically, law-abiding 
citizens. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure and honor to yield 3 
minutes to the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle), the most 
distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Education Reform of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for yielding me time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased also to support this legislation. When 
police arrest children and young adults who shrug off their criminal 
acts as a right of passage, our response is often fear and anger. How 
can we protect ourselves? How can we make them pay for what they have 
done?
  Then a secondary, more productive response sets in, how did these 
children become settled in lives of delinquency and crime? How can we 
intervene to break the link between a single delinquent act and a life 
of criminal activity?
  Today, after countless hearings and debates, we seek to answer these 
questions with a balanced response through H.R. 1900, the Juvenile 
Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act. This act, sponsored by 
the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) and the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott), is a product of extensive negotiations between 
Members of both sides of the aisle; and I am pleased that it comes to 
the floor with bipartisan support, thanks in large part to the 
sustained effort of the bill's authors.
  H.R. 1900 recognizes that there are many root causes of crime. When 
we examine the lives of our most troubled young adults, we often see 
many predictors of their behavior, absent parents and an absence of 
safe and enriching places to go after school, among others.
  The bill also appreciates the fact that most successful solutions to 
juvenile crime are developed at the State and local levels, 
encompassing multiple strategies that are put in place according to 
specific need of families, neighbors, and communities. In so doing, 
H.R. 1900 is flexible enough to fund State and local programs and 
services ranging from character education and mental health, to school 
violence hot lines.
  In addition, H.R. 1900 recognizes that after-school programs give our 
most at-risk children a positive alternative to television, drugs, and 
crime; and it ensures that funds are available to support these 
programs. In this age of dual-income families, roughly 5 million 
children come home to an empty house after school. It is, therefore, 
not surprising then that juvenile crime increases by 300 percent after 
3 p.m. This bill will help change that.
  Finally, H.R. 1900 allows States to use their funds to extend the 
reach of after-school programs to children in need. As we all know, 
children who enjoy the advantages of caring parents and good schools 
can just as easily go astray as those who do not.
  Many adults in prison today began their criminal careers as youths 
and teenagers, and any attempt to reduce crime and its societal cost 
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  For 6 years, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) and the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) have worked to create a bipartisan 
solution to this difficult problem. This year, I am confident that, 
with our support, they will see their bill become law. To that end, I 
urge an aye vote.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill is a product of a lot of hard work. We had 
leadership from the committee, from the chairman, the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Boehner); the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra); the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle); and, 
our side, from our ranking member of the committee, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. George Miller); and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 
Roemer).
  But, more important, Mr. Chairman, we had hard work from our staffs, 
Jo-Marie St. Martin, Judy Borger, Bob Sweet, and Krisann Pearce from 
the Republican side, and Denise Forte, Maggie McDow, Cheryl Johnson, 
and Ruth Friedman from the Democratic side.
  I would point out that Judy Borger and Denise Forte spent innumerable 
long hours over the last 5 years working on this bill, and they are 
really the experts on juvenile justice for the House of 
Representatives.
  I am particularly pleased, Mr. Speaker, to have worked over those 
years with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood). We have had 
many long, difficult discussions. This is a very politically charged 
issue. Two years ago when we went through this, there were a lot of 
provisions put into the bill that his side wanted, but our side did 
not; a lot of provisions were put in the bill that our side wanted, 
that his side did not; and when we ended up, we had a bill that nobody 
wanted and it did not pass.
  We focused on those core, important issues. That was very difficult, 
and I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) for 
his hard work and cooperation.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the House approve the bill. It is a product of 
very hard work and will help our next generation.
  Mr. Speaker I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, let me also return the kind word of the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott). We have worked together long and hard. There were 
a dozen issues in which it would have been a relatively easy matter for 
us to collapse our negotiations and collapse our talks and walk away 
and give up, which is sadly too often what happens in this body.
  But each and every time that I went to the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Scott) and said we have to work this out, how can we do this, let 
us put our heads together, can you yield a little bit here if I yield a 
little bit here, can you get your Members to go along with this 
compromise if I can get my Members to go along, without exception, 
every single time the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) was there to 
do that.
  I have made a good friend of one of the best Members of this House, 
and I am proud to be associated with the gentleman in this work and 
thank him again.
  Mr. Speaker, we are at a time of national crisis; and, ultimately, 
our success will depend partly upon our superiority when it comes to 
technology and to our military equipment. Ultimately, our success over 
the coming months and years and decade will be a function of the 
character of the American people.
  When we talk about the character of the American people, we have to 
remember that that means everyone.

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  No one can be absent from the national cause to develop the strength 
of character and to see us through these dark times and to resecure 
America's place in the world.
  As a former caseworker who has worked with abused and neglected and 
troubled and delinquent children, I know firsthand that what these kids 
need more than anything else is adults in their lives who care about 
them, who are interested in their future, who believe in them, who have 
confidence in them, and who do not throw them away into the dark 
dungeons of the juvenile justice system but, in fact, spend time with 
them to teach them discipline, to teach them self control, to teach 
them about the need to take responsibility for the consequences of 
their actions.


  I believe that this legislation will promote those efforts in every 
State and county in the country so that the young people who find 
themselves, generally because of difficulties in their home situation, 
with histories of abuse and violence and neglect and terrible home 
situations, find themselves in trouble with the law. These provisions 
in H.R. 1900, I think, will help these young people become full-fledged 
members of society who can contribute to our national security and 
well-being, rather than drain resources for important and vital needs.
  Again, I thank all of the Members and the staff who have worked on 
this. I urge passage of H.R. 1900.
  Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1900, the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001. The rise of crime, 
particularly violent crime, among our nation's youth is a problem that 
affects us all. The downstream result of our action--or inaction--is 
tremendous. Today is all about the future. Future generations will be 
affected by the actions we take today, and we can choose to either 
address the current situation and work for tomorrow, or turn a blind 
eye. I believe we must work with our youth to make a brighter future.
  I am particularly pleased that the bill before the House today 
includes a provision which I wrote to help local schools detain and 
monitor, including a psychological evaluation, any student who brings a 
gun to school. Recent school tragedies, like the one that took place in 
my home State of Oregon, have occurred after a student was sent home 
after bringing a gun to school. The Wu provision in the Juvenile 
Justice bill will ensure that local schools can provide for immediate 
psychological evaluation and follow-up treatment for any juvenile that 
brings a gun on school grounds.
  By ensuring that local schools will have these students evaluated in 
a timely fashion, we are intervening at the right time: before another 
tragedy transpires. I believe this provision is in the best spirit of 
commonsense and prevention. I want to thank my colleague from Oregon, 
Mr. DeFazio, who has been very supportive of this amendment. He has 
toiled very hard on behalf of his constituents, including those in 
Springfield, and deserves to be recognized for his good work. I thank 
him for his friendship and counsel.
  I thank the Members of the Committee on both sides of the aisle for 
their good efforts, and urge all my colleagues to support this 
legislation.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, today we consider legislation to prevent 
juvenile crime, while at the same time holding juvenile criminal 
offenders accountable for their actions. The Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) was created by Congress in 1974 to 
help communities and States prevent and control delinquency and to 
improve their juvenile justice systems. The nature and extent of 
delinquency and abuse have changed considerably since OJJDP was 
created, and this reauthorization has taken that into account.
  I want to especially thank my colleagues Jim Greenwood and Bobby 
Scott for this bipartisan bill. They have worked tirelessly for several 
years to craft a bipartisan bill that I believe will provide 
flexibility and assistance to States and local communities in 
preventing and controlling juvenile crime. And I also want to thank 
Chairman Hoekstra and Ranking Member Tim Roemer for the good work they 
did in steering this bill through Committee. My thanks to Ranking 
Member George Miller who has worked closely with me in bringing this 
bill through full Committee and to the Floor for consideration today.
  These programs have not been authorized since 1994, although a 
similar bill has passed the Congress by overwhelming margins at least 
twice since then. This year, I believe we have an opportunity to send 
this bill to the President for his signature.

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  There have been a number of issues that we have included in this bill 
that are worthy of note.
  The collection of data on the frequency, seriousness, and incidence 
of drug use by youth and information on the relationship between 
victims and perpetrators of violence; the determination of the type of 
weapon used in violent incidents as reported in the FBI's Uniform Crime 
Report; the prohibition of the development of any national data base of 
personally identifiable information; a prevention block grant that will 
give states added flexibility in how they use grant funds to prevent 
and control juvenile delinquency; an emphasis on making sure that 
juvenile justice programs under this act are proven effective based on 
scientifically based research; participation by the State advisory 
groups in helping States determine those areas most in need of juvenile 
justice system improvements; mentoring and positive youth development 
programs; attention to the mental health needs of juvenile offenders; 
the development and implementation of character education programs; and 
a school violence hotline for students and parents to report 
suspicious, violent, or threatening student behavior.
  Although violent juvenile crime peaked in 1994 and has declined 
almost 36 percent since then, we must not become complacent. The 
juvenile justice system, including the courts, face new challenges, 
including ways to deal with illegal drug dependence, underage drinking, 
youth gangs, violent juvenile offenders, and an increasing number of 
female juvenile offenders, just to name a few. We must find solutions 
to these new challenges, and the best way to do this is offering 
flexibility to those most directly responsible for preventing and 
controlling juvenile crime. The reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention programs is an important step in providing 
this assistance. I urge a favorable vote on this bill today.
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to HR 1900, the 
Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001.
  Few things are more important than reducing youth violence and 
delinquency. If America's children are truly important--and I believe 
they are--then we should be prepared to spend whatever it takes, and do 
whatever is necessary to help them on their way to full wholesome 
participation in American society. Mr. Speaker, I am also convinced 
this Congress is capable of accomplishing these important goals. The 
political will of the House probably exists. But if it does, we will 
not know, because the bill in question betrays our noble intentions 
regarding America's youth and the scourge of youth violence.
  Mr. Speaker, the current research associated with the subject of HR 
1900 provides alarming, overwhelming, irrefutable, and confirmed 
evidence that programs undertaken by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) are a complete waste of taxpayer 
dollars, because they cannot be proven to work.
  Despite these programs lack of proven effectiveness, the number of 
active OJJDP discretionary grants has more than tripled since 1996 (the 
time of OJJDP's expiration), and the related funding has almost doubled 
to $555 million. Before reauthorizing this questionable program again, 
Congress should at least question whether OJJDP programs are a good use 
of federal funds. Congress should also devote its energy to ensuring 
any and all such programs yield the kinds of results that might inspire 
public confidence and ultimately improve the lives of America's youth.
  In 1997, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence released 
Blueprints for Violence Prevention, the most comprehensive review of 
juvenile crime prevention programs at that time. The Congress was 
referred to this report by the Department of Justice itself during 
testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
The study contains a scathing review and rather harsh criticism of 
various youth justice and delinquency programs. The expository report 
filled a void for much-needed research on the ineffectiveness of 
violence prevention programs.
  The authors of Blueprints surveyed 400 program activities and could 
identify only a paltry 10 that met their standards for effectiveness. 
The report's analysis pronounced a credible and shocking indictment on 
violence prevention programs, stating, ``the vast majority of these 
programs are not being evaluated. Worse yet, some of the most popular 
programs have actually been demonstrated in careful scientific studies 
to be ineffective, and yet we continue to invest huge sums of money in 
them for largely political reasons.''
  The report goes on to lambaste violence prevention programs further. 
``A responsible accounting to the taxpayers, private foundations, or 
businesses funding these programs requires that we justify these 
expenditures with tangible results. No respectable business or 
corporation would invest millions of dollars in an enterprise without 
checking to see if it is profitable.''
  In the long run, Blueprints found that ``the deterrent effects of 
most prevention programs deteriorate quickly once youth leave the 
program and return to their original neighborhoods, families, and peer 
groups.'' So, unfortunately, even the best violence prevention programs 
have little lasting value over time.
  Since Blueprints was released in 1997, the Center for the Study and 
Prevention of Violence has reviewed 100 additional programs, yet it has 
added only one to its list of effective programs. An additional 19 
programs have been listed as ``promising.''
  Just this past week, I received a briefing on the status of two GAO 
reports to be released in October on OJJDP programs. The findings are 
not complimentary of the way OJJDP is monitoring and evaluating its 
programs. In fact, the reports provide even more compelling evidence 
that OJJDP has not responded to 1996 GAO recommendations for better 
grant monitoring as the agency pledged it would. Mr. Speaker, why 
should anyone expect OJJDP to comply now?
  The soon-to-be-released GAO reports show that an incredible 96 
percent of the demonstration grants had no documentation showing the 
required number of phone contacts had been met, and 88 percent of the 
grants had no documentation for the proper number of site visits. 
Progress reports did not cover the entire grant period in 56 percent of 
the 89 demonstration grant files and 80 percent of the 45 training and 
technical assistance grants files. Financial status reports did not 
cover the entire grant period in 65 percent of the demonstration grant 
files and 60 percent of the 45 training and technical assistance grant 
files. According to the GAO, ``Our current observations are similar to 
those we reported in May 1996 about the agency's lack of documentation 
of its monitoring activities.''
  In addition to grant monitoring problems, the GAO has found major 
problems in the way OJJDP is evaluating some of its programs for 
effectiveness on juvenile attitudes and behavior. A standard component 
of good social science research is the inclusion of a control group by 
which to compare students in OJJDP programs to those not in the 
programs. GAO has found that a significant number of OJJDP impact 
evaluations do not include control groups, thus rendering the 
evaluations useless and a complete waste of money.
  Congress should be alarmed by this information. If OJJDP cannot 
determine the effectiveness of its own programs, why should the 
American people, especially during a time of resource scarcity, 
continue to fund unproven--sometimes dangerous--programs? I submit to 
this House, Mr. Speaker, there is no compelling answer.
  In light of the ongoing monitoring and evaluation failures at OJJDP 
and the embarrassing lack of evidence for program effectiveness, I 
strongly urge my colleagues to join me in opposing H.R. 1900. We should 
not continue to fund OJJDP programs to the tune of more than $500 
million per year when the programs consistently receive poor marks for 
effectiveness and the research shows no progress toward actually making 
an appreciable difference in the lives of America's youth.
  To pass this legislation is to perpetrate great harm upon America's 
youth and a cruel hoax upon those who expect this Congress to act in a 
compassionate, responsible manner toward the provision of suitable 
guidance for troubled young citizens. On the contrary, Congress owes 
our youngest Americans more than the hollow effort, and the sinister 
gesture that the research reveals HR 1900 to be.
  Mr. Speaker, this House should instead act in a dignified way by 
rejecting this bill in deference to a more serious effort to 
restructure the Nation's juvenile justice programs in a way that will 
work. This House should insist that the efforts of the federal 
bureaucracy reflect the higher value of America's young citizens. We 
should be prepared to spend whatever it takes, and devote as much as we 
can for the legitimate improvement of American society.
  Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, HR 1900 only perpetuates the bad habits 
of an uncaring and unproven bureaucracy and it abandons the very 
children in whose name this poor legislation is deceivingly cloaked.
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Whitfield). The question is on the 
motion offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Whitfield) that 
the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1900, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof)


the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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