Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 494 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 11, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 494 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tiffany Joslyn Juve- 2 nile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bul- 3 lying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019’’. 4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 5 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 6 Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is 8 amended— 9 (1) in section 1801(b)— 10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘grad- 11 uated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘graduated 12 sanctions and incentives’’; 13 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring 14 juvenile court judges, probation officers, and 15 court-appointed defenders and special advo- 16 cates, and’’; 17 (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), 18 and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) 19 as paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; 20 and 21 (D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 22 by striking ‘‘research-based bullying, 23 cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs’’ 24 and inserting ‘‘interventions such as researched- 25 based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 HR 494 RFS gang prevention programs, as well as mental 1 health services and trauma-informed practices’’; 2 (2) in section 1802— 3 (A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after 4 ‘‘individualized sanctions’’ the following: ‘‘, in- 5 centives,’’; 6 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking 7 ‘‘graduated sanctions’’ and inserting ‘‘grad- 8 uated sanctions and incentives’’; and 9 (C) in subsection (f)— 10 (i) in paragraph (2)— 11 (I) by inserting after ‘‘A sanction 12 may include’’ the following: ‘‘a range 13 of court-approved interventions, such 14 as’’; and 15 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a fine,’’ 16 the following: ‘‘a restorative justice 17 program,’’; and 18 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 19 the following: 20 ‘‘(3) INCENTIVES.—The term ‘incentives’ 21 means individualized, goal-oriented, and graduated 22 responses to a juvenile offender’s compliance with 23 court orders and case disposition terms designed to 24 reinforce or modify the skills and behaviors of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 HR 494 RFS juvenile offender. An incentive may include a certifi- 1 cate of achievement, a letter of recommendation, a 2 family or program activity, a meeting or special out- 3 ing with a community leader, a reduction in commu- 4 nity service hours, a reduced curfew or home restric- 5 tion, a decrease in required court appearances, or a 6 decrease in the term of court-ordered supervision.’’; 7 (3) in section 1810(a), by striking 8 ‘‘$350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 9 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal 10 years 2020 through 2024’’; and 11 (4) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘SEC. 1811. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COMMITTEES.—In 14 this section, the term ‘applicable committees’ means— 15 ‘‘(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 16 Senate; and 17 ‘‘(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 18 House of Representatives. 19 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the 20 Attorney General under this part shall be subject to the 21 following accountability provisions: 22 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 23 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 24 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 HR 494 RFS in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen- 1 eral of the Department of Justice that the au- 2 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 3 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow- 4 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 5 12 months after the date on which the final 6 audit report is issued. 7 ‘‘(B) AUDIT.—Beginning in the first fiscal 8 year beginning after the date of enactment of 9 this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 10 the Inspector General of the Department of 11 Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 12 grants awarded by the Attorney General under 13 this part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 14 funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 15 determine the appropriate number of grantees 16 to be audited each year. 17 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi- 18 ent of grant funds under this part that is found 19 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 20 eligible to receive grant funds under this part 21 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 22 the end of the 12-month period described in 23 subparagraph (A). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 HR 494 RFS ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 1 under this part, the Attorney General shall give 2 priority to eligible applicants that did not have 3 an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 4 years before submitting an application for a 5 grant under this part. 6 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 7 awarded grant funds under this part during the 8 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 9 barred from receiving grants under subpara- 10 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 11 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 12 amount of the grant funds that were im- 13 properly awarded to the grantee into the 14 General Fund of the Treasury; and 15 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 16 repayment to the fund from the grant re- 17 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 18 funds. 19 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 20 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en- 21 actment of this section, the Attorney General shall 22 submit to the applicable committees an annual cer- 23 tification— 24 ‘‘(A) indicating whether— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 HR 494 RFS ‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Inspector 1 General of the Department of Justice 2 under paragraph (1) have been completed 3 and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant 4 Attorney General or Director; 5 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 6 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 7 and 8 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 9 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 10 and 11 ‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re- 12 cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 13 previous year. 14 ‘‘(c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen- 16 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this part, 17 the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 18 awards with other grants awarded under this part 19 by the Attorney General to determine if duplicate 20 grant awards are awarded for the same purpose. 21 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 22 duplicate grants under this part to the same appli- 23 cant for the same purpose, the Attorney General 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 HR 494 RFS shall submit to the applicable committees a report 1 that includes— 2 ‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded 3 under this part, including the total dollar 4 amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and 5 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 6 awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 7 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 8 It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best 9 practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants 10 under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used. 12 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR JUVE- 13 NILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PRO- 14 GRAM. 15 Section 1001(a)(16) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 16 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 17 10261(a)(16)) is amended to read as follows: 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Feb 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H494.RFS H494 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 9 HR 494 RFS ‘‘(16) There are authorized to be appropriated 1 to carry out projects under part R $30,000,000 for 2 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 3 Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2019. Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk. 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