Amendment permits States to use their prison grants to build, expand, and operate youth correctional facilities; and provides that beginning in FY 1998, fifteen percent of grants would be withheld from any State that does not have a system of increasingly severe "consequential sanctions" for repeat juvenile offenders.

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Amendment Number
119
Description
Amendment permits States to use their prison grants to build, expand, and operate youth correctional facilities; and provides that beginning in FY 1998, fifteen percent of grants would be withheld from any State that does not have a system of increasingly severe "consequential sanctions" for repeat juvenile offenders.
Purpose
An amendment (numbered 17 as printed in the Congressional Record of February 8, 1995) to permit the states to use their prison grants to build, expand, and operate youth correctional facilities. Beginning in FY 1998, it also allows for the withholding of 15% of the grants otherwise available from any state that does not meet a specified criteria regarding juvenile crime.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Feb 9, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Canady amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
16:11:02
Submitted Date
Feb 9, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 119 — Informed