HR 1393 IH

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the prevention of juvenile crime.

April 4, 2001

Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the prevention of juvenile crime.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Juvenile Crime Prevention Assistance Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.

Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended--

(1) by redesignating the second part designated as part I as part K; and

(2) by inserting after the first part designated as part I the following:

`PART J--AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION

`SEC. 292. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES FOR EFFECTIVE AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall make grants in accordance with this section to public and private agencies to fund effective after school juvenile crime prevention programs.

`(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT- The Administrator may not make a grant to a public or private agency under this section unless that agency agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the agency in carrying out the program for which the grant is to be awarded, the agency will make available non-Federal contributions in an amount that is not less than a specific percentage of Federal funds provided under the grant, as determined by the Administrator.

`(c) PRIORITY- In making grants under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to funding programs that--

`(1) are targeted to high crime neighborhoods or at-risk juveniles;

`(2) operate during the period immediately following normal school hours;

`(3) provide educational or recreational activities designed to encourage law-abiding conduct, reduce the incidence of criminal activity, and teach juveniles alternatives to crime; and

`(4) coordinate with State or local juvenile crime control and juvenile offender accountability programs.

`(d) FUNDING- There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.'.

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