,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dabc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,crdenas 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,vargas1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,rangel1  
,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 and ,mr4      
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,juvenile ,justice and  
,delinquency ,prevention ,act of #aigd  
to eliminate the use of valid court     
orders to secure lockup of status       
offenders1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,prohibiting ,detention of ,youth   
,status ,offenders ,act of #bjad4  #b4  
,deinstitutionalization of status       
offenders ,section #bbc of the ,juvenile
 ,justice and ,delinquency ,prevention  
,act of #aigd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #efcc7 is  
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#aa7--
  7,a7 by striking shall the first place
 it appears2  7,b7 in subparagraph      

7,a7--  7i7 in clause 7i71 by inserting 
and at the end2  7ii7 in clause 7ii71 by
 striking and at the end2  7iii7 by     
striking clause 7iii72 and  7iv7 in the 
matter following clause 7iii7 by        
striking and at the end2  7,c7 in       
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at   
the end2 and  7,d7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7,c7 if a court         
determines the juvenile should be placed
 in a secure detention facility or      
correctional facility for violating an  
order described in subparagraph         
7,a77ii7--  7i7 the court shall issue a 
written order that--  7,i7 identifies   
the valid court order that has been     
violated2  7,,ii7 specifies the factual 
basis for determining that there is     
reasonable cause to believe that the    
juvenile has violated such order2       
7,,iii7 includes findings of fact to    
support a determination that there is no
 appropriate less restrictive           
alternative available to placing the    
juvenile in such a facility1 with due   

consideration to the best interest of   
the juvenile2  7,,iv7 specifies the     
length of time1 not to exceed #c days1  
that the juvenile may remain in a secure
 detention facility or correctional     
facility1 and includes a plan for the   
juvenile's release from such facility2  
and  7,v7 may not be renewed or         
extended2 and  7ii7 the court may not   
issue a second or subsequent order      
described in clause 7i7 relating to a   
juvenile1 unless the juvenile violates a
 valid court order after the date on    
which the court issues an order         
described in clause 7i72  7,d7 there are
 procedures in place to ensure that any 
juvenile held in a secure detention     
facility or correctional facility       
pursuant to a court order described in  
this paragraph does not remain in       
custody longer than #c days 7with the   
exception of weekends and holidays7 or  
the length of time authorized by the    
court1 or authorized under applicable   
,state law1 whichever is shorter2  7,e7 

juvenile status offenders detained or   
confined in a secure detention facility 
or correctional facility pursuant to a  
court order as described in this        
paragraph may only be detained in secure
 custody one time in any six-month      
period1 provided that all conditions set
 forth in subsection 7,d7 are satisfied2
 and  7,f7 not later than one year after
 the date of enactment of this          
subparagraph1 with a single one-year    
extension if the ,state can demonstrate 
hardship as determined by the           
,administrator1 the ,state will         
eliminate the use of valid court orders 
as described in paragraph 7,a77ii7 to   
provide secure lockup of status         
offenders2  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7g7 ,applications  
for extension for compliance ,states may
 apply for a single one-year extension  
to comply with subsection 7a77#aa74 ,to 
apply1 ,state must submit an application
 to the ,administrator describing--     
7#a7 the ,state's measurable progress   

and good faith effort to reduce the     
number of status offenders who are      
placed in a secure detention facility or
 correctional facility pursuant to a    
court order as described in this        
paragraph2 and  7#b7 the ,state's plan  
to come into compliance not later than  
#a year after the date of extension4  4