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HR 3 - Juvenile Crime bill - Key Vote
Ron Paul voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 8, 1997 House Bill Passed
- May 8, 1997 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- Jan. 7, 1997 House Introduced
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Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - May 8, 1997 (Key vote)
Title: Juvenile Crime bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows juveniles that commit violent crimes or specific drug offenses to be tried as adults more easily.
Highlight: - Allows the Attorney General to determine if a 13 year old, who has allegedly committed a federal offense, should be tried as an adult - Allows juveniles 14 or older to be tried as adults for federal violent crimes and for federal drug crimes - Calls for juvenile records to be kept and available to the public in the same manner as adult offenders' records - Indicates that juveniles cannot be held in jails with adult offenders before or after trial - Calls on the Attorney General to establish an armed violent youth apprehension program to run for five years - Appropriates $1.5 billion for the fiscal years 1998 through 2000 to carry out the provisions within the bill - Calls for incentive grants for states to implement various programs, including: building correction or detention facilities, hiring additional juvenile judges, probation officers, court-appointed defenders and prosecutors, and establishing interagency information sharing programs to include juvenile and criminal justice system, schools and social services agencies - Stipulates that special priority be given to funding for law enforcement initiatives related to gangs
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - May 8, 1997
Sponsors
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ed Bryant (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. Canady (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Lynn Christensen (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R)
