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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1501
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AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile
offenders; 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.
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1501
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AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile
offenders; 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.
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
Reform Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--CONSEQUENCES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Grant program.
Sec. 103. Aimee's law.
Sec. 104. Mandatory life imprisonment for repeat sex offenders against
children.
Sec. 105. Increase of age relating to transfer of obscene material.
Sec. 106. Child hostage-taking to evade arrest or obstruct justice.
Sec. 107. Prohibition on transferring to juvenile a firearm that the
transferor knows or has reason to believe
will be used in a school zone or in a
serious violent felony.
Sec. 108. District judges for districts in the States of Arizona,
Florida, and Nevada.
Sec. 109. Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII).
Sec. 110. Limitation on prisoner release orders.
Sec. 111. Findings.
Sec. 112. Constitutionality of memorial services and memorials at
public schools.
Sec. 113. Sense of the Congress with regard to violence and the
entertainment industry.
Sec. 114. Religious nondiscrimination.
Sec. 115. Study of marketing practices of the firearms industry.
Sec. 116. Surgeon General review of effect on juveniles of violence in
media.
Sec. 117. Amendments to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974.
Sec. 118. Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act.
Sec. 119. Evaluation by General Accounting Office.
Sec. 120. Contingent wind-down and repeal of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.
TITLE II--JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM
Sec. 201. Delinquency proceedings or criminal prosecutions in district
courts.
Sec. 202. Custody prior to appearance before judicial officer.
Sec. 203. Technical and conforming amendments to section 5034.
Sec. 204. Detention prior to disposition or sentencing.
Sec. 205. Speedy trial.
Sec. 206. Disposition; availability of increased detention, fines and
supervised release for juvenile offenders.
Sec. 207. Juvenile records and fingerprinting.
Sec. 208. Technical amendments of sections 5031 and 5034.
Sec. 209. Clerical amendments to table of sections for chapter 403.
TITLE III--EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS
Sec. 301. Armed criminal apprehension program.
Sec. 302. Annual reports.
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 304. Cross-designation of Federal prosecutors.
TITLE IV--LIMITING JUVENILE ACCESS TO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES
Sec. 401. Increased penalties for unlawful juvenile possession of
firearms.
Sec. 402. Increased penalties and mandatory minimum sentence for
unlawful transfer of firearm to juvenile.
Sec. 403. Prohibiting possession of explosives by juveniles and young
adults.
TITLE V--PREVENTING CRIMINAL ACCESS TO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES
Sec. 501. Criminal prohibition on distribution of certain information
relating to explosives, destructive
devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 502. Requiring thefts from common carriers to be reported.
Sec. 503. Voluntary submission of dealer's records.
Sec. 504. Grant program for juvenile records.
TITLE VI--PUNISHING AND DETERRING CRIMINAL USE OF FIREARMS AND
EXPLOSIVES
Sec. 601. Mandatory minimum sentence for discharging a firearm in a
school zone.
Sec. 602. Apprehension and procedural treatment of armed violent
criminals.
Sec. 603. Increased penalties for possessing or transferring stolen
firearms.
Sec. 604. Increased mandatory minimum penalties for using a firearm to
commit a crime of violence or drug
trafficking crime.
Sec. 605. Increased penalties for misrepresented firearms purchase in
aid of a serious violent felony.
Sec. 606. Increasing penalties on gun kingpins.
Sec. 607. Serious recordkeeping offenses that aid gun trafficking.
Sec. 608. Termination of firearms dealer's license upon felony
conviction.
Sec. 609. Increased penalty for transactions involving firearms with
obliterated serial numbers.
Sec. 610. Forfeiture for gun trafficking.
Sec. 611. Increased penalty for firearms conspiracy.
Sec. 612. Gun convictions as predicate crimes for Armed Career Criminal
Act.
Sec. 613. Serious juvenile drug trafficking offenses as Armed Career
Criminal Act predicates.
Sec. 614. Forfeiture of firearms used in crimes of violence and
felonies.
Sec. 615. Separate licenses for gunsmiths.
Sec. 616. Permits and background checks for purchases of explosives.
Sec. 617. Persons prohibited from receiving or possessing explosives.
TITLE VII--PUNISHING GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING TO MINORS
Sec. 701. Increased mandatory minimum penalties for using minors to
distribute drugs.
Sec. 702. Increased mandatory minimum penalties for distributing drugs
to minors.
Sec. 703. Increased mandatory minimum penalties for drug trafficking in
or near a school or other protected
location.
Sec. 704. Criminal street gangs.
Sec. 705. Increase in offense level for participation in crime as a
gang member.
Sec. 706. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of
criminal gangs.
Sec. 707. Gang-related witness intimidation and retaliation.
TITLE VIII--JUVENILE GANGS
Sec. 801. Solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street
gang activity.
TITLE IX--MATTHEW'S LAW
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Enhanced penalties for crimes of violence against children
under age 13.
Sec. 903. Federal Bureau of Investigation assistance available to State
or local law authorities in investigating
possible homicides of children under the
age of 13.
TITLE X--DRUG DEALER LIABILITY
Sec. 1001. Federal cause of action for drug dealer liability.
TITLE XI--LIMITATION ON RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS FEES IN CERTAIN CASES
Sec. 1101. Limitation on recovery of attorneys fees in certain cases.
TITLE XII--RIGHTS TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Sec. 1201. Findings.
Sec. 1202. Religious liberty rights declared.
TITLE XIII--JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
Sec. 1301. Short title.
Subtitle A--Amendments to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act of 1974
Sec. 1302. Findings.
Sec. 1303. Purpose.
Sec. 1304. Definitions.
Sec. 1305. Name of office.
Sec. 1306. Concentration of Federal effort.
Sec. 1307. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
Sec. 1308. Annual report.
Sec. 1309. Allocation.
Sec. 1310. State plans.
Sec. 1311. Juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program.
Sec. 1312. Research; evaluation; technical assistance; training.
Sec. 1313. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 1314. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1315. Administrative authority.
Sec. 1316. Use of funds.
Sec. 1317. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 1318. Rule of construction.
Sec. 1319. Leasing surplus Federal property.
Sec. 1320. Issuance of Rules.
Sec. 1321. Content of materials.
Sec. 1322. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1323. References.
Subtitle B--Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Sec. 1331. Runaway and homeless youth.
Subtitle C--Repeal of Title V Relating to Incentive Grants for Local
Delinquency Prevention Programs
Sec. 1341. Repealer.
Subtitle D--Amendments to the Missing Children's Assistance Act
Sec. 1351. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Subtitle E--Studies and Evaluations
Sec. 1361. Study of school violence.
Sec. 1362. Study of mental health needs of juveniles in secure and
nonsecure placements in the juvenile
justice system.
Sec. 1363. Evaluation by General Accounting Office.
Sec. 1364. General Accounting Office Report.
Sec. 1365. Behavioral and social science research on youth violence.
Subtitle F--General Provisions
Sec. 1371. Effective date; application of amendments.
TITLE XIV--CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION
Sec. 1401. Short title.
Sec. 1402. No universal service for schools or libraries that fail to
implement a filtering or blocking
technology for computers with Internet
access.
Sec. 1403. Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules within 4
months.
TITLE XV--TEACHER LIABILITY PROTECTION
Sec. 1501. Short title.
Sec. 1502. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 1503. Preemption and election of State nonapplicability.
Sec. 1504. Limitation on liability for teachers.
Sec. 1505. Liability for noneconomic loss.
Sec. 1506. Definitions.
Sec. 1507. Effective date.
TITLE I--CONSEQUENCES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Consequences for Juvenile
Offenders Act of 1999''.
SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended to read as
follows:
``PART R--JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS
``SEC. 1801. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
``(a) In General.--The Attorney General is authorized to provide
grants to States, for use by States and units of local government, and
in certain cases directly to specially qualified units.
``(b) Authorized Activities.--Amounts paid to a State or a unit of
local government under this part shall be used by the State or unit of
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