Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 19, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to include gender-responsive services in the grant program for juvenile delinquency prevention. The bill defines "gender-responsive services" as practices and evidence-based services, including trauma-informed services and trauma-specific interventions, that comprehensively address the unique challenges that girls face in the juvenile justice system.
The bill adds, as requirements for delinquency prevention grant eligibility, that a unit of general local government provide statements of how funds will increase the effectiveness of plans and activities to be carried out under them.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2016 to Jul 21, 2016; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jun 16, 2016 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 16, 2016 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 21, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2016 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jun 16, 2016Introduced in House
- Jun 16, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 96, June 16, 2016, page H3968.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Child health
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Crimes against women
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Mental health
- Sex offenses
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Teenage pregnancy
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
