H.R. 68: Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-06 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016

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Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2022 the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program. It subjects JABG grants to accountability measures. The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Inspector General must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. DOJ must submit an annual certification to Congress and identify and report on duplicative grant awards. (Sec. 3) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for activities carried out with JABG funds. (Sec. 4) DOJ must use amounts made available for general administration to carry out the JABG Program.

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Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 68, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016 (2016-08-19)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr68.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr68 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114