21st Century Safe and Sound Communities Act

Summary

21st Century Safe and Sound Communities Act - Title I: Increased Placement of Juveniles in Appropriate Correctional Facilities - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to make grants to qualifying States to assist them in planning, establishing, and operating secure detention facilities, secure correctional facilities, and other facilities and programs for violent juveniles and serious chronic juvenile offenders adjudicated as having committed one or more offenses. Outlines grant application and distribution requirements. Requires each facility or program funded to contain an evaluation component developed under guidelines established by the Administrator, including outcome measures. Authorizes the Administrator to require grant recipients to report on evaluation results. Requires the provision of technical assistance and training to grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000. Reduces by a proportionate amount the authorization of appropriations for such fiscal year under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA). (Sec. 103) Directs the Administrator to report to Congress regarding the possible use of performance-based criteria in evaluating and improving the effectiveness of such facilities and programs. (Sec. 104) Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to: (1) permit shared staff for adults and juveniles; (2) expand the conditions under which juveniles may be temporarily detained in adult jails; and (3) require staff who work with both detained juveniles and adults to be trained and certified to work with juveniles. Title II: Reducing Youth Access to Firearms - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any licensed firearms manufacturer, importer, or dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person (other than another licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer) unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for such handgun. Provides exceptions (U.S. Government or State departments, agencies, and law enforcement officers). Provides civil penalties and other administrative remedies (license suspension or revocation) for violations. (Sec. 202) Makes it unlawful for any person: (1) to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or reasonably believing that such person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency; and (2) who has committed such an act to ship, transport, possess, or receive any firearm or ammunition. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to expand the number of: (1) city and county law enforcement agencies that, through the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII), submit identifying information concerning firearms recovered during criminal investigations of individuals under age 25; and (2) criminal investigations of illegal firearms traffickers identified through YCGII. Authorizes program grant awards to States, cities, and counties. Directs the Secretary to establish a system through which State and local law enforcement agencies, through on-line computer technology, can promptly access YCGII information and provide firearms-related information to the Secretary. Requires a report to the congressional appropriations committees concerning such on-line access and the types and sources of firearms recovered under the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2005. (Sec. 204) Provides civil and criminal penalties for the sale or delivery of a handgun or ammunition to, or possession or use of a handgun or ammunition by, a juvenile. (Sec. 205) Directs the Attorney General (AG) and the Secretary to designate not less than ten local jurisdictions in which to enforce aggressively Federal laws designed to prevent the possession by criminals of firearms, authorizing the use of Federal personnel for such purpose. Outlines program criteria and priorities. Requires a joint annual report to the congressional judiciary committees, as well as an evaluation of the program's effectiveness. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004. Title III: Consolidation of Programs for At-Risk Youth - Repeals specified Federal crime prevention programs, including JJDPA provisions relating to State challenge grants and mentoring and Community Services Block Grant Act provisions relating to the National Youth Sports Program. (Sec. 303) Requires the appropriate entities (the Attorney General, with respect to certain anticrime programs established under this title and JJDPA and the Secretary of Education, with respect to the 21st Century Learning Centers Program established under this title) to jointly formulate and publish a unified national crime prevention and evaluation strategy (including appropriate studies) that will result in timely reports to Congress and State and local governments regarding the impact and effectiveness of authorized programs (programs created under this title and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Challenge Grants for At-Risk Children Program under the JJDPA). Outlines evaluation requirements, requiring no less than five and not more than ten percent of funds appropriated to each authorized program to be used for such evaluation and research. (Sec. 304) Amends the JJDPA to: (1) include Indian tribes within the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Challenge Grants for At-Risk Children Program; (2) add as authorized Program activities after-school programs, the teaching of life skills, accountability and responsibility education, restitution and community service activities, and other services or activities to reduce or prevent truancy, school violence, and juvenile crime; (3) revise eligibility requirements for units of local government receiving grant assistance to implement the Program; and (4) increase and extend for FY 2000 through 2004 the authorization of appropriations for such Program. (Sec. 305) Establishes in the Justice Department an Executive Office for Weed and Seed Programs, to implement and administer a multidisciplinary approach to weeding out crime and for seeding services and activities that promote: (1) safety and security; (2) the prevention of crime and juvenile delinquency; and (3) community revitalization. Authorizes the AG to award grants to units of general local government, State and local agencies, and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to implement such activities. Outlines authorized weeding and seeding activities, with certain grant priorities. Directs the AG to target communities that have been severely distressed by crime and delinquency but to also ensure the equitable geographic distribution of grant awards. Provides grant application requirements. Requires the evaluation of Weed and Seed programs and authorizes the AG to conduct necessary investigations and inspections. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for such programs. (Sec. 306) Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act to increase and extend through FY 2004 the authorization of appropriations for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. (Sec. 307) Repeals specified Federal gang prevention programs under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the JJDPA. Authorizes the Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly make grants to public agencies and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for a unified gang prevention and intervention program. Provides grant requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004. (Sec. 308) Directs the Administrator to make a grant to the National Collaboration for Youth, for each of FY 2000 through 2004, if the appropriate Collaboration official submits an application meeting specified requirements. Directs the Collaboration to use grant funds to enter into contracts with local boards (established under this section) or community-based youth service organizations, local public educational agencies, and private schools for the establishment of community-based youth crime prevention programs conducted by community-based youth service organizations. Establishes: (1) a National Board to decide on the use of grant funds; and (2) local boards for each community wishing to enter into a contract with the National Board for the distribution of grant funds (requiring each local board to submit a local plan for providing or expanding community-based youth crime prevention programs in their community). Outlines grant application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004. (Sec. 309) Directs the Ounce of Prevention Council to report to Congress on the elimination of duplication and inefficiency in the structure and operation of Federal juvenile crime and delinquency prevention programs. Title IV: Juvenile Crime Control and Accountability Block Grants - Authorizes the Administrator (subject to the availability of appropriations) to make grants to States for use by States and units of local government in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects for the development of more effective investigation, prosecution, and punishment of crimes or acts of delinquency committed by juveniles, programs to improve the administration of justice for and ensure accountability by juvenile offenders, and programs to reduce the risk factors (truancy, drugs, alcohol, gang involvement) associated with juvenile crime or delinquency. Provides authorized grant uses, eligibility requirements, and allocation and distribution requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004, allowing such funds to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. Title V: Reauthorization of COPS Program and Juvenile Justice Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for: (1) the COPS Program under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and (2) specified juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs under JJDPA. Title VI: Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund - Amends the VCCLEA to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

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