H.R. 68 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 68 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2015. 2. Bullying prevention and intervention programs; Reauthorization of juvenile accountability block grants (a) Bullying prevention and intervention (1) In general Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amended to read as follows: (13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which programs may include research-based bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, and gang prevention programs, as well as intervention programs regarding bullying; . (2) Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used. (b) Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Section 1810(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ee–10(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: and such funds as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.