,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbj,mr4 
,lewis introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
prohibit the use of risk and needs      
assessment tools in juvenile            
incarceration decisions1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,juvenile           
,incarceration ,reduction ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,delinquency proceedings in       
district courts  7a7 ,in general        
,subchapter ,d of chapter #bbi of part  
,,ii of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  #cfcf4 ,limited         
application to juveniles  7a7 ,in       
general ,in the case of juveniles1 the  
risk and needs assessment system        
developed under this subchapter may not 
be used-- 7#a7 to determine whether a   
juvenile may be proceeded against as an 

adult or whether it is in the interest  
of justice to proceed against a juvenile
 as an adult under section #ejcb2  7#b7 
to determine the recidivism risk of a   
juvenile charged with any nonviolent    
offense1 or as the sole factor to       
determine the recidivism risk of a      
juvenile who has committed an act of    
juvenile delinquency which if committed 
by an adult would be a felony offense2  
7#c7 to determine whether a juvenile is 
to be taken into custody for an alleged 
act of juvenile delinquency prior to    
being adjudicated delinquent pursuant to
 chapter #djc2 or  7#d7 to establish1   
without additional evidence1 a          
juvenile's eligibility for a recidivism 
reduction program or likelihood of      
benefitting from a recidivism reduction 
program4  7b7 ,limitation on use of risk
 and needs assessment system evidence   
,in the case that a risk and needs      
assessment system is used to determine  
the recidivism risk of a juvenile who   
has committed an act of juvenile        

delinquency which if committed by an    
adult would be considered a felony      
offense1 evidence established by the    
system is inadmissible as evidence to   
establish that a juvenile committed the 
act of juvenile delinquency for which   
the juvenile is being charged4  4  7b7  
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for subchapter ,d of chapter   
#bbi of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  #cfcf4 ,limited         
application to juveniles4  4