Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1988

(Measure passed Senate, amended)

Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1988 - Title I: State and Local Narcotics Control and Justice Assistance Improvements - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise provisions relating to the Bureau of Justice Assistance and unified grant programs.

Provides that the Bureau of Justice Assistance which is established within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General, shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President (currently the Director is appointed by the Attorney General). Grants the Director the final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau.

Sets forth duties of the Director, including the combined functions of administering a drug law enforcement program and a related criminal justice improvement program. Includes for-profit organizations among the entities to which the Director provides funds for specified programs.

Sets forth the following Bureau of Justice Assistance grant programs: (1) the drug control and system improvement grant program; and (2) discretionary grants.

Authorizes the Director, under the drug control and system improvement grant program, to make grants to States, for use by States and local governments, to: (1) enforce State and local laws that establish offenses similar to those established under the Controlled Substances Act; and (2) improve the functioning of the criminal justice system with emphasis on violent crime and serious offenders. Requires such grants to provide additional personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for more widespread apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, and detention and rehabilitation of persons who violate these laws, and to assist the victims of such crimes (other than with compensation). Sets forth various types of program eligible for such grants program. Emphasizes coordination and integration of efforts at all government levels. Sets forth provisions for eligibility, State applications, grant limitations, review of State applications, allocation and distribution of funds under formula grants, State offices, and distribution of grants to local governments.

Authorizes the Director, under the discretionary grants program, to make grants to, and contracts with, public or private agencies, institutions, organizations, or individuals to carry out any purpose specified under the drug control and system improvement grant program. Declares that such discretionary grants program is to provide additional Federal financial assistance to public or private agencies and private nonprofit organizations to: (1) educate and train criminal justice personnel; (2) provide technical assistance to States and local governments; (3) undertake national or multijurisdictional projects; and (4) financially assist public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for demonstration programs. Sets for discretionary grant program provisions for allocation of funds, limitations on use for land acquisition or construction projects for example, application requirements, and limitations on the period of award.

Sets forth administrative provisions relating to such grant programs, including requirements for program and project evaluation, research, and reports.

Adds to the duties and functions of the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics various functions related to information on drug offenses, drug-related offenses, and drug-dependent offenders.

Reauthorizes appropriations, for FY 1989 through 1992, for: (1) specified functions of the Bureau of Justice Statistics; (2) the functions of the National Institute of Justice; (3) specified functions of the Office of Justice Programs and the Bureau of Justice Assistance; (4) the public safety officers' death benefits program; (5) specified functions of the Burea of Justice Assistance, its Director, and its grant programs (drug control and system improvement grants and discretionary grants); (6) the new program of grants to improve criminal history, arrest warrant, and stolen vehicle record information (established under title VIII of this Act), with a portion of such Bureau of Justice Statistics' funds going for the new functions of its Director relating to information on drug-related offenses; and (7) the regional information sharing systems grants program (established under title VI of this Act.)

Prohibits funds for the Bureau of Justice Assistance grants programs (the drug control and system improvement grant program and the discretionary grants program) from being transferred or reprogrammed for carrying out any activity not authorized under such programs.

Title II: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to establish a program of assistance for prevention and treatment program relating to juvenile gangs and drug abuse and drug trafficking.

Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1992 (but subject such program funding to the condition that aggregate funding for all other programs under the Act must not be lower than that for the preceding fiscal year).

Directs the Administor of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (the Administrator), by grants to and contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, institution, and individuals, to establish and support such prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile gangs and drug abuse and drug trafficking. Requires such programs and activities to involve families and communities and to be designed to carry out any of various specified purposes. Requires that preference be given to entities that have been successful in helping juvenile gangs and preventing juvenile drug abuse and drug trafficking. Sets forth requirements for approval of applications. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program.

Directs the Administrator, with up to two percent of funds for Federal assistance for State and local programs under the Act, to make grants to and contracts with public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions to provide technical assistance to States, local governments, and local private agencies to comply with requirements for State plans and implement them.

Revises provisions for allocation of Federal assistance to State and local programs to increase the minimum formula grant allocations to States and to territories. Increases such minimum allocations even more if certain appropriations exceed a specified amount. Requires that such increases be reduced if they would result in any State's receiving an allotment less than that for FY 1988.

Revises provisions relating to technical assistance and training functions. Directs the Administer, acting through the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to carry out such functions.

Transfers provisions for special emphasis prevention and treatment programs to a different part of the Act. Revises provisions relating to youth advocacy to include services which improve legal representation of youth. Requires that proven-effective programs be made available in a variety of community settings.

Reauthorizes appropriations for all programs under the Act for FY 1989 through 1992. Conditions funding for the prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile gangs and drugs abuse and drug trafficking upon there being aggregate funding for all other programs under the Act in an amount no less than that for the preceding fiscal year.

Revises the formula for allocating funds to various programs under the Act.

Revises general and administrative provisions to add requirements relating to withholding of funds, use of funds, payments, and confidentiality of program records.

Title III: Runaway and Homeless Youth - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to reauthorize appropriations to carry out programs under the Act for FY 1989 through 1992.

Establishes a Transitional Living Grant Program under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants and provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects for homeless youth.

Authorizes appropriations for such grant program for FY 1988 through 1992.

Prohibits appropriating funds to carry out such grant program for a fiscal year unless the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out specified other program under such Act reaches a certain level.

Includes such projects under provisions for information assistance to potential grantees and for lease of surplus Federal facilities.

Sets forth eligibility and reporting requirements.

Revises provisions for grants for runaway and homeless youth centers (basic center grants) under the Act. Directs the Secretary (current law merely authorizes the Secretary) to make such grants. Establishes a minimum grant allocation for States and territories. Requires that at least 90 percent of funds under the Act be distributed for such basic center grants.

Title IV: Missing Children's Assistance Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to reauthorize appropriations for programs under the Act for FY 1989 through 1992.

Adds to the functions of the national resource center and clearinghouse under the Act the provision of training (as well as technical assistance) in locating and recovering missing children, to local and State governments, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals.

Requires certain grants under the Act to be awarded through a competitive process.

Title V: Family Violence Prevention Act of 1988 - Family Violence Prevention Act of 1988 - Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports data that indicates the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender for specified crimes.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and publish data that more accurately measures the extent of domestic violence in America, especially the physical and sexual abuse of children and the elderly.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992 for such purposes.

Title VI: Regional Information Sharing Systems Grants - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a program of regional information-sharing systems grants.

Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to and contracts with State and local criminal justice agencies and nonprofit organizations to identify, target, and remove criminal conspiracies and activities spanning jurisdictional boundaries. Sets forth required uses of such grants and contracts.

Title VII: Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Improvement - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the basic level of public safety officers' death benefits, and provides for annual adjustment of the benefits level. Removes the requirement that parent beneficiaries be dependents.

Directs the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to use a specified portion of funds appropriated under the public safety officers' death benefit improvement program to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty.

Title VIII: Criminal History Record, Arrest Warrant, and Stolen Vehicle Record Information Improvement - Criminal History Record Information Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a program of grants to improve criminal history record, arrest warrant, and stolen vehicle record information compiled and maintained by State and local criminal justice agencies. Directs the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to carry out such program with specified funds. Sets forth authorized uses of such grants.

Sets forth application requirements. Requires that grant recipients meet specified goals within certain time periods in order to remain eligible for further grants. Limits grant amounts to a 50 percent Federal matching share of project costs. Provides that such grants shall be funded from 80 percent of the amounts appropriated for this program.

Authorizes the Bureau of Labor Statistics also to use funds appropriated for this program to conduct or make grants to support research to determine the accuracy, inclusiveness, or completeness of criminal justice record information held by State or local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, the courts, or correctional agencies.

Title IX: College and Railroad Police Information - Amends the Federal judicial code to add private college or university police departments and railroad police departments to the list of agencies with which the Attorney General is authorized to share criminal justice information.

Title X: Assistance to State and Local Courts - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to reauthorize appropriations to the State Justice Institute to carry out the Act for FY 1989 through 1992.

Makes Institute employees eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees' Retirement System.

Specifies that the Institute may support alternative dispute resolution projects involving judicial and non-judicial personnel.

Makes a 50 percent matching requirement applicable to local governments (as well as to States).

Repeals a requirement that interim funding to a recipient whose refunding application has been denied by the Institute's Board of Directors must continue until after a formal administrative hearing is concluded.

Revises administrative provisions under the Act to eliminate provisions for special hearing procedures for denied applications.

Adds provisions for protection of confidentiality of information made available to researchers under Institute grants.

Title XI: Victim Compensation and Assistance - Chapter I: Victims of Crime Act of 1984 Reauthorization - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to reauthorize funding for programs under the Act by extending the period during which deposits may be made to the Crime Victims Fund to the end of FY 1992.

Requires State Governors to certify that funds under the Act will be made available for grants to programs designed to serve previously underserved populations. Requires the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (established by this Act) to issue implementation guidelines that provide flexibility to the States in determining the victims populations that may be underserved.

Chapter 2: Establishment of Office for Victims of Crime - Establishes the Office for Victims of Crime, within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President, by and with Senate advise and consent. Requires the Director to report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. Grants the Director Final authority for all grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements awarded by the Office. Sets forth the duties of the Director.

Amends both the Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to transfer responsibility for the administration of Children's Justice Act programs from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Office for Victims of Crime. Requires the Attorney General, acting through the Director, to use specified funds to make grants to the States to assist them in developing, establishing, and operating programs to improve: (1) the handling of child abuse cases, particularly cases of child sexual abuse, so as to limit additional trauma to the child victim; and (2) the investigation and prosecution of cases of child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse.

Requires the Director, in consultation with representatives of the Department of HHS and other Federal agencies, to develop an annual proposed plan describing criteria for selecting programs for such grants, and to provide such plan report to the appropriate congressional committees.

Sets forth eligibility requirements for States to quality for such grant assistance. Requires applicant States to establish or designate a State multidisciplinary task force on children's justice composed of professionals with knowledge and experience relating to the criminal justice system and issues of child abuse. Sets forth requirements for State task force studies and for adoption of State task force recommendations.

Authorizes the Attorney General, acting through the Director, to use up to 15 percent of such grant funds to assist Native American Indian tribes in carrying out such programs to improve the handling, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases.

Requires the Director to include a summary of States funded under such grants program and program results when reporting to the President and the Congress under the Act.

Chapter 3: Other Amendments to Victims of Crime Act of 1984 - Revises provisions for assistance to State programs of compensation to victims of violent crimes and their survivors. Requires that victims and survivors of victims of drunk driving and domestic violence be included among those to whom such assisted programs offer compensation. Prohibits such assisted programs from denying compensation to any victim because of a familial relationship with the offender or because the victim lived with the offender at the time of the crime, but allows the program to establish reasonable regulations, pursuant to Department of Justice guidelines, to prevent the unjust enrichment of the offender. Adds provisions regarding compensation for eyeglasses or other corrective lenses.