H.R. 68 — what changed
Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended and 2 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Section 1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the “Juvenile “Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2015”.2016”.
Sec. 2 Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program
added Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is amended—
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Bullying prevention and intervention—
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In general— Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amended to read as follows:
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“(13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which programs may include research-based bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, and gang prevention programs, as well as intervention programs regarding bullying;”
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Sense of Congress— It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used.
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Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants— Section 1810(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ee–10(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and such funds as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020”.in section 1801(b)—
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in paragraph (1), by striking “graduated sanctions” and inserting “graduated sanctions and incentives”; and
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in paragraph (3), by striking “hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and”;
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by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; and
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in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by striking “research-based bullying, cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs” and inserting “interventions such as researched-based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs, as well as mental health services and trauma-informed practices”;
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in section 1802—
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in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after “individualized sanctions” the following: “, incentives,”;
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in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking “graduated sanctions” and inserting “graduated sanctions and incentives”; and
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in subsection (f)—
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in paragraph (2)—
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by inserting after “A sanction may include” the following: “a range of court-approved interventions, such as”; and
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by inserting after “a fine,” the following: “a restorative justice program,”; and
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by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
added “(3) Incentives—The term incentives means individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated responses to a juvenile offender’s compliance with court orders and case disposition terms designed to reinforce or modify the skills and behaviors of the juvenile offender. An incentive may include a certificate of achievement, a letter of recommendation, a family or program activity, a meeting or special outing with a community leader, a reduction in community service hours, a reduced curfew or home-restriction, a decrease in required court appearances, or a decrease in the term of court-ordered supervision.”
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in section 1810(a), by striking “$350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009” and inserting “$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022”; and
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by adding at the end the following:
added “1811. Grant accountability
added “(a) Definition of applicable committees—In this section, the term “applicable committees” means—
added “(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
added “(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
added “(b) Accountability—All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this part shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:
added “(1) Audit requirement
added “(A) Definition—In this paragraph, the term “unresolved audit finding” means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months after the date on which the final audit report is issued.
added “(B) Audit—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney General under this part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
added “(C) Mandatory exclusion—A recipient of grant funds under this part that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this part during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).
added “(D) Priority—In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this part.
added “(E) Reimbursement—If an entity is awarded grant funds under this part during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—
added “(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and
added “(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
added “(2) Annual certification—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an annual certification—
added “(A) indicating whether—
added “(i) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
added “(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and
added “(iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and
added “(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
added “(c) Preventing duplicative grants
added “(1) In general—Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this part, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this part by the Attorney General to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
added “(2) Report—If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants under this part to the same applicant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees a report that includes—
added “(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded under this part, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
added “(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.”
Sec. 3 Sense of Congress
addedadded It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used.
Sec. 4 Use of amounts made available for Department of Justice, General Administration to carry out Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program
addedadded In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Attorney General shall use up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made available for Department of Justice, General Administration, to carry out part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.).