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H7491", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]\n[House]\n[Pages H7491-H7495]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n        INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR VIOLENT CRIMES ACT OF 2012\n\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in\nthe Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2076) to amend title 28, United\nStates Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding\npractice of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory\nassistance on request of State and local authorities with respect to\ncertain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes.\n  The Clerk read the title of the bill.\n  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:\n\n       Senate amendment:\n       In lieu of matter proposed to be inserted, insert the\n     following:\n\n     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n       This Act may be cited as the ``Investigative Assistance for\n     Violent Crimes Act of 2012''.\n\n     SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN VIOLENT ACTS, SHOOTINGS, AND\n                   MASS KILLINGS.\n\n       (a) Attorney General.--Title 28, United States Code, is\n     amended--\n       (1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking ``$2,000,000''\n     and inserting ``$3,000,000''; and\n       (2) in section 530C(b)(1), by adding at the end the\n     following--\n       ``(M)(i) At the request of an appropriate law enforcement\n     official of a State or political subdivision, the Attorney\n     General may assist in the\n\n[[Page H7492]]\n\n     investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in a\n     place of public use and in the investigation of mass killings\n     and attempted mass killings. Any assistance provided under\n     this subparagraph shall be presumed to be within the scope of\n     Federal office or employment.\n       ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph--\n       ``(I) the term `mass killings' means 3 or more killings in\n     a single incident; and\n       ``(II) the term `place of public use' has the meaning given\n     that term under section 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, United\n     States Code.''.\n       (b) Secretary of Homeland Security.--Section 875 of the\n     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 455) is amended by\n     adding at the end the following:\n       ``(d) Investigation of Certain Violent Acts, Shootings, and\n     Mass Killings.--\n       ``(1) In general.--At the request of an appropriate law\n     enforcement official of a State or political subdivision, the\n     Secretary, through deployment of the Secret Service or United\n     States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, may assist in the\n     investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in a\n     place of public use, and in the investigation of mass\n     killings and attempted mass killings. Any assistance provided\n     by the Secretary under this subsection shall be presumed to\n     be within the scope of Federal office or employment.\n       ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--\n       ``(A) the term `mass killings' means 3 or more killings in\n     a single incident; and\n       ``(B) the term `place of public use' has the meaning given\n     that term under section 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, United\n     States Code.''.\n\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from\nSouth Carolina (Mr. Gowdy) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott)\neach will control 20 minutes.\n  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina.\n\n                             General Leave\n\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members\nmay have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their\nremarks and include extraneous materials on the matter currently under\nconsideration.\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the\ngentleman from South Carolina?\n  There was no objection.\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.\n  Madam Speaker, violent crimes, especially mass killings, are often\nunpredictable and impulsive. The venues are random. The jurisdictions\nwhere these crimes take place include the smallest of towns, the least\nlikely places for crimes of this magnitude and this depravity.\n  When we were drafting this bill months ago, Madam Speaker, of course\nwe had hoped against hope that it would not be needed--not so soon, at\nleast. We hoped it would sit on the sidelines, available but unused.\nSadly, this is not the culture we live in, Madam Speaker. We have\nrecently witnessed another example of the depth to which the human\ncondition can sink.\n  In times like these, when State and local resources are stretched,\nFederal law enforcement is ready, willing, and able to assist. Indeed,\nthey do assist, but they do so without statutory coverage. The manner\nand method of the assistance, Madam Speaker, is vast and varied. Most\nlocal police departments do not have criminal profilers. They may not\nhave quick access to a world-class forensic lab, grand jury subpoenas,\nor the experience that comes from handling similar investigations in\nthe past.\n  Law enforcement, Madam Speaker, is a particularly close-knit\ncommunity, with State, local, and Federal agents working together\nsharing resources and expertise, working under very difficult\ncircumstances to prevent crimes or quickly investigate and apprehend\nafterwards those who commit such crimes.\n  Madam Speaker, I have seen in my own prior career in South Carolina\nthe willingness of Federal law enforcement to assist in kidnappings,\nmurders, arson, and robberies.\n  Tragically, our country has seen the need for Federal law enforcement\nto assist in places as disparate as movie theaters, college campuses,\nand even elementary schools.\n  Federal law enforcement agencies and officers do not currently have\nspecific statutory authority to assist in the investigations of mass\nkillings, attempted mass killings, or other violent crimes that occur.\nFederal law enforcement officers frequently receive emergency requests\nfor such assistance from State and local law enforcement agencies. And\nwhile this assistance is routinely provided, Madam Speaker, it is\npossible that Federal officers who provide such assistance could be\nfound to be acting outside their scope of employment.\n  To correct this problem, H.R. 2076 specifically allows certain\nFederal agents to provide State and local law enforcement with the\nassistance requested when the violent act does not otherwise appear to\nviolate Federal law. These Federal agents come from agencies such as\nthe FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshal Service, Secret Service, and ICE. And\nwhile we hope and pray, Madam Speaker, and take affirmative steps to\nprevent such similar crimes in the future, this bill ensures that State\nand local police now can at least request the assistance of Federal law\nenforcement officers in similar situations, and do so fully covered by\nthe law. This bill allows Federal law enforcement officers to provide\nan emergency response to critical situations where violent crimes have\noccurred or may remain in progress.\n  This bill is not an expansion, Madam Speaker, of Federal authority\nand does not expand the jurisdiction of any Federal law enforcement\nagency in any manner whatsoever. Any law enforcement assistance must be\nrequested by a State or local authority and agreed to by the Federal\nauthorities.\n  Last year, Madam Speaker, this bill passed the Judiciary Committee in\nthe House with broad bipartisan support. Earlier this month, the Senate\npassed, by unanimous consent, this bill. This bill is supported by the\nFBI Agents Association and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers\nAssociation.\n  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to concur in the Senate's\namendment to this bill so that it may be sent to the President for his\nsignature, and I reserve the balance of my time.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I\nmay consume.\n  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R.\n2076. The House originally passed this bill in September of 2001 by an\noverwhelming vote.\n  H.R. 2076 gives the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland\nSecurity the specific statutory authority to respond to requests from\nState and local law enforcement agencies for assistance in\ninvestigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in public places\nand in investigations of mass killings and attempted mass killings.\n\n                              {time}  1130\n\n  The House-passed version of the bill only applied to the FBI\nproviding assistance. The Senate amended the bill to include all DOJ\nand Department of Homeland Security law enforcement agencies.\nTherefore, under the version of the bill before the House today, the\nDepartment of Justice's agencies, such as the FBI, DEA, Marshal Service\nand ATF, would be able to provide assistance, as would the Department\nof Homeland Security's law enforcement agencies, such as Secret Service\nand Immigration and Customs Enforcement, if requested by local and\nState law enforcement agencies.\n  These Federal agencies do not currently have the specific statutory\nauthority to assist in the investigations of mass killings or attempted\nmass killings occurring in venues such as schools, colleges,\nuniversities, non-Federal office buildings, malls and/or other public\nplaces.\n  In particular, while the FBI continues to receive requests for such\nassistance from State and local law enforcement, and the FBI often does\nassist in such circumstances, there is presently technically no Federal\nstatute that directly provides jurisdiction to the FBI to respond to\nsuch requests. Legislation granting the proposed investigative\nauthority would allow these Federal agencies to provide State and local\nlaw enforcement with the assistance, if requested, even when the\nviolent act does not technically violate a Federal law.\n  Unfortunately, due to the tragic shooting and killing of 20 students\nand six teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, the consideration of this\nbill is timely. Of course, we should pass the bill today so that the\nPresident may sign it into law. But, Madam Speaker, while we must take\nsteps to assist in the investigation of such incidents, it is even more\ncritical that we prevent them from occurring in the first place.\nProposals to do that include not only legislation involving gun safety,\nbut also\n\n[[Page H7493]]\n\nlegislation such as the Youth Promise Act, which would provide funding\nfor comprehensive juvenile justice initiatives, or additional funding\nfor the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant, or the Campus Safety Act,\nwhich are all pending, as well as increased funding for mental health\nservices and school counselors.\n  We simply must do all we can to protect our citizens, and these\nproposals must be enacted as soon as possible. But with respect to H.R.\n2076, the bill before us today, I want to commend the gentleman from\nSouth Carolina (Mr. Gowdy) for his leadership on this bill and urge my\ncolleagues to support the Senate amendment to H.R. 2076.\n  I yield back the balance of my time.\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, in conclusion, I just want to take this one\nfinal opportunity to thank Chairman Smith for his leadership, not just\non this particular bill, but his leadership throughout the 2-year\ntenure he was chairman of the Judiciary.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to\nreclaim my time.\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the\ngentleman from Virginia?\n  There was no objection.\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time and the\nright to perhaps finish at the end.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Thank you. And I apologize, I was not aware\nthat I had additional speakers.\n  I yield such time as he may consume to the former chair of the\nJudiciary Committee, the ranking member, the gentleman from Michigan\n(Mr. Conyers).\n  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I am very quick to thank the former\nchairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Bobby Scott of Virginia, and of\ncourse Mr. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina for his very great contribution\nto H.R. 2076, as amended, that the House originally passed in 2011 by a\nvote of 358-9.\n  H.R. 2076 gives the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland\nSecurity the specific statutory authority to respond to requests from\nState and local law enforcement agencies for assistance in the\ninvestigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in public places,\nand in the investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings.\nIt's very appropriate, of course, under the recent circumstances that\nthe leaders on both sides of the aisle have mentioned. So this bill,\nunfortunately, due to the tragic shooting in Newtown, the consideration\nof this bill is appropriately timely.\n  Of course we should pass the bill today so that the President may\nsign it into law, but it is unfortunate that we're not also sending the\nPresident even more urgently needed legislation to protect us from gun\nviolence. While we must take steps to assist in the investigation of\nsuch incidents, it is critical that we prevent them from occurring in\nthe first place. We're simply not doing all we can do to protect our\ncitizens, but we celebrate that we have come this far.\n  So I urge my colleagues to support the Senate amendment to H.R. 2076.\n  Mr. GOWDY. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as she may\nconsume to the gentlelady from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).\n  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Gowdy\nvery much for the attentiveness to this legislation and shepherding it\nso that it has come from the Senate and accepting the Senate amendment.\n  I am on Homeland Security, and I believe that the amendment that has\nbeen provided under this legislation originally, H.R. 2076, will expand\nyour intent, and I believe that you believe it as well.\n  I think it is very important to emphasize that we now have extra\ninvestigatory skills and techniques and a collaborative effort between\nHomeland Security personnel and those in the Department of Justice to\nbe utilized by the Homeland Security Secretary, and as well the\nAttorney General, helping to investigate violent acts or shootings that\noccur in venues such as schools, colleges, universities, non-Federal\noffice buildings, and other places of public use. This includes mass\nkillings that are three or more killings in a single incident.\n  We all recognize the tragedy of Newtown, but there are tragedies that\nhave faced us over the last couple of years. The President indicated\nNewtown was the worst day of his administration, but compounded was the\nAurora killings, the killings in the Sikh temple, and the acts of\nheinous murder that occurred in Houston, Texas, where a mother and her\ndaughter were murdered on Christmas Eve. So there are times when the\nlocal authorities need immediate assistance.\n  Or the time when we had a child predator. Although this legislation\nmay not define violent acts as such, I can tell you that the community\nfelt violated when a number of children were preyed upon. Through the\nkindness and the understanding of the local FBI office in Houston and\nmy persistence and the difficulty of coordinating with local\nauthorities because of the sort of uncomfortableness of the involvement\nof the Federal Government, we overcame that and they participated, and\nshortly thereafter the predator was captured. Children are impacted,\nand that is why this legislation is enormously important.\n  I also want to take note of the fact that the gentleman from South\nCarolina is right that the FBI did not have statutory authority to\nassist in the investigation of mass killings or other violent crimes\nthat are carried out in non-Federal public places such as schools and\nuniversities. We now have put forward this Federal law.\n  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2076, the\nInvestigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011. This\nlegislation is an appropriate and necessary measure to keep our\ncitizens safe.\n  Currently the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, does not have\nstatutory authority to assist in the investigation of mass killings or\nother violent crimes that are carried out in non-federal public places,\nsuch as schools and universities. As of now, when the FBI is asked by\nstate and local law enforcement to assist with related investigations,\nthey frequently comply with the request, despite the possibility that\nin doing so, the responding officers may be found to be acting outside\nof their jurisdiction.\n  The Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act grants specific\nauthority to the FBI to respond when asked for help by state and local\nlaw enforcement, without expanding the jurisdiction of the FBI. The\nbill allows the FBI to assist in the investigation of a violent crime\nor mass killing only when asked to do so.\n  The FBI has lent their resources to several high profile\ninvestigations in recent history. Last September, when an armed\nintruder entered the Discovery Communications Building in Rockville,\nMaryland, the FBI SWAT team assisted the Montgomery County Police\nDepartment, and FBI investigators processed the crime scene. In 2009,\nthe American Civic Center in Binghamton, New York was the site of a\nmass killing when an armed subject killed 13 people. The FBI was asked\nto assist, and lent their Evidence Response Team, Victim Assistance\nprogram, and Behavioral Analysis unit. The FBI also assisted in the\ninvestigation to identify the student who opened fire at Virginia\nTechnical Institute in 2007.\n  The FBI lent invaluable assistance to state and local law enforcement\nto these and many other cases. However, as the law currently standards,\nthere is no specific statutory authority allowing them to do so. The\nInvestigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act specifically\nauthorizes, by legal statute, that which the FBI is consistently asked\nand expected to do.\n  This bill is an important measure aimed at increasing the safety and\nsecurity of the American people. When faced with a mass killing or\nother violent crime, our state and local law enforcement officials\nshould have access to every necessary resource in order to mitigate the\nsituation, identify the perpetrators, and bring them to justice. In\nHouston, Texas, where I represent the 18th Congressional District, the\nFBI reports that 22,491 violent crimes in 2010. I know that my\nconstituents would appreciate knowing that their local law enforcement\nofficials have access to the resources of the FBI, should they need\nthem.\n  As a senior Member of both the Judiciary and Homeland Security\ncommittees, I have worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of the\nAmerican people, and this legislation does just that. I am pleased at\nthe bipartisan manner in which this bill is being considered, and urge\nmy colleagues to support H.R. 2076, the Investigative Assistance for\nViolent Crimes Act.\n\n                              {time}  1140\n\n  I think that is enormously important. Again, I congratulate the\npassage of this legislation, and I am particularly sensitive to the\nutilization of the SWAT team.\n  I will take a moment, just to deviate, to be able to thank the\nchairman of the\n\n[[Page H7494]]\n\ncommittee and the ranking member and the ranking member on the Crime\nSubcommittee for their commitment and interest in children. Today, we\nwere going to further proceed with our commitment to children, and that\nis in the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant. But my fight will\ncontinue in the next term, and I want to thank you, Mr. Smith, for\nunderstanding that the practical aspect of what we were doing was to\nsave children and to prevent a youngster like this from not having a\njuvenile system that they could in fact have access to. It plays into\nsome of what Mr. Gowdy is speaking about, but it plays into an earlier\nstage, and that is to ensure that there are court systems, there are\nmental health systems, there are a number of other systems that our\njuveniles can have access to that are intervention; that in fact we can\ntake note of the fact that juveniles are bullied, that there's\ncyberbullying. But I believe it's important to stand to fight for\nanother day.\n  So as we support the legislation of Mr. Gowdy, I want to be able to\nthank all of those who stood crying in a hearing in Houston, Texas, in\nthe fall of 2010, fighting about whether or not this Federal Government\nwould make a statement, a positive statement, about resources to help\nwith bullying and the intervention of such, and to do it in a way that\ncould be effectively utilized. I think we came up with that in H.R.\n6019, in all the compromise that we came about, and frankly sometimes\nthe English language is not perfect and people cannot understand what\nwe are trying to do.\n  But to come back to this legislation, H.R. 2076 will be a good,\nfitting end for the Judiciary Committee, and in 2013 I look forward to\nworking with my colleagues on the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant\nreauthorization so that critical issues such as youth violence,\njuvenile crime prevention, mental health screening and treatment, among\nothers, that would help millions of children can be in place. If we can\nhave a situation where we reauthorize what my original bill, H.R. 83,\noffered to do, I will be right there being enthusiastic. If we have to\nfind a common place of compromise, I will be there as well, because\nthat is what we are here to do, to work on behalf of the American\npeople and the children that we represent.\n  It is important to note that we are doing something good in the\nJudiciary Committee. I hope that we will have the opportunity to work\ntogether more closely in 2013 and be able to do the good work that many\nof us have advocated and work with a number of groups and families who\nhave been victims without the right kind of resources, which we were\ntrying to implement.\n  With that, I want to submit into the Record a number of documents on\nmy remarks that I have just made, and I ask my colleagues to support\nthe legislation of Mr. Gowdy.\n                                    Congress of the United States,\n                                                   Washington, DC.\n     Support H.R. 6019: The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant\n         Reauthorization Act 2012\n\n       Dear Colleague: I invite you to join me in supporting\n     legislation that seeks to provide grants through the\n     Department of Justice to States for the creation and\n     operation of programs that address critical issues such as\n     youth violence, juvenile crime prevention, and mental health\n     screening and treatment, among others, which would help\n     millions of children throughout our nation. H.R. 6019\n     reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants, JABG,\n     and would allow a portion of those funds to also be used by\n     States for a number of intervention programs.\n       H.R. 6019 authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to\n     States and local governments to strengthen their juvenile\n     justice systems and foster accountability within their\n     juvenile populations. As previously stated, JABG funds\n     support seventeen program purpose areas, allowing local\n     governments to utilize funding for a variety of activities\n     including hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers,\n     and court-appointed defenders. Moreover, local governments\n     will have access to funding for programs derived from\n     evidence-based models and best practices that address, among\n     other issues, those related to bullying and cyberbullying,\n     including prevention and intervention.\n       I hope you will lend your support to this effort on behalf\n     of our nation's children to create and support programs\n     designed to address these critical issues and help create a\n     better juvenile justice system in America. Together, we can\n     do a great deal to ease and end the suffering of millions of\n     children nationwide.\n       If you have any questions or need further information,\n     please contact Janice Bashford at 202.225.3816, or,\n     Janice.Bashford@mail.house.gov.\n           Very Truly Yours,\n                                               Sheila Jackson Lee,\n     Member of Congress.\n                                  ____\n\n                     Congress of the United States\n\n                            Washington, DC.\n\n        BRIEF HISTORY OF THE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT\n\n       Originally created in 1997, Congress created the Juvenile\n     Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JABG) program and\n     appropriated new federal funds through the Office of Juvenile\n     Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).\n       In 2002 and 2005, the program was reauthorized and the\n     program was eventually renamed the Juvenile Accountability\n     Block Grant (JABG) Program. Its most recent reauthorization\n     occurred in 2006, with $350 million a year for FYs 2006\n     through 2009.\n       Now unauthorized, JABG still receives appropriations.\n       FY 2001 ($250 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2002 ($250 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2003 ($190 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2004 ($60 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2005 ($55 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2006 ($50 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2007 ($49 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2008 ($52 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2009 ($55 million appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2010 ($55 million requested by President, $55 million\n     appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2011 ($40 million requested by President, $46 million\n     appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2012 ( ZERO requested by President, $30 million\n     appropriated by Congress)\n       FY 2013 ($30 million requested by President)\n       H.R. 6019 would authorize the appropriation of $40 million\n     annually over the 2013-2017. Assuming appropriation of the\n     authorized amounts, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6019\n     would cost $121 million over the 2013-2017 period. PAYGO does\n     not apply.\n                                  ____\n\n                         VOTE YES ON H.R. 6019\n\n  The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2012\n\n                      Help Your Local Communities\n\n                     17 JABG Program Purpose Areas\n\n       1. Developing, implementing, and administering graduated\n     sanctions for juvenile offenders.\n       2. Building, expanding, renovating, or operating temporary\n     or permanent juvenile correction, detention, or community\n     corrections facilities.\n       3. Hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and\n     court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and funding\n     pretrial services (including mental health screening and\n     assessment) for juvenile offenders to promote the effective\n     and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice\n     system.\n       4. Hiring additional prosecutors so that more cases\n     involving violent juvenile offenders can be prosecuted and\n     case backlogs reduced.\n       5. Providing funding to enable prosecutors to address drug,\n     gang, and youth violence problems more effectively and for\n     technology, equipment, and training to help prosecutors\n     identify and expedite the prosecution of violent juvenile\n     offenders.\n       6. Establishing and maintaining training programs for law\n     enforcement and other court personnel with respect to\n     preventing and controlling juvenile crime.\n       7. Establishing juvenile gun courts for the prosecution and\n     adjudication of juvenile firearms offenders.\n       8. Establishing drug court programs for juvenile offenders\n     that provide continuing judicial supervision over juvenile\n     offenders with substance abuse problems and integrate\n     administration of other sanctions and services for such\n     offenders.\n       9. Establishing and maintaining a system of juvenile\n     records designed to promote public safety.\n       10. Establishing and maintaining interagency information\n     sharing programs that enable the juvenile and criminal\n     justice systems, schools, and social services agencies to\n     make more informed decisions regarding the early\n     identification, control, supervision, and treatment of\n     juveniles who repeatedly commit serious delinquent or\n     criminal acts.\n       11. Establishing and maintaining accountability-based\n     programs designed to reduce recidivism among juveniles who\n     are referred by law enforcement personnel or agencies.\n       12. Establishing and maintaining programs to conduct risk\n     and needs assessments that facilitate effective early\n     intervention and the provision of comprehensive services,\n     including mental health screening and treatment and substance\n     abuse testing and treatment, to juvenile offenders.\n       13. Establishing and maintaining accountability-based\n     programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which\n     programs may include research-based bullying, cyberbullying,\n     and gang prevention programs.\n       14. Establishing and maintaining restorative justice\n     programs.\n\n[[Page H7495]]\n\n       15. Establishing and maintaining programs to enable\n     juvenile courts and juvenile probation officers to be more\n     effective and efficient in holding juvenile offenders\n     accountable and reducing recidivism.\n       16. Hiring detention and corrections personnel, and\n     establishing and maintaining training programs for such\n     personnel, to improve facility practices and programming.\n       17. Establishing, improving, and coordinating pre-release\n     and post-release systems and programs to facilitate the\n     successful re-entry of juvenile offenders from state and\n     local custody in the community.\n\n  Mr. GOWDY. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers. I\nwould just like to again compliment the gentleman from South Carolina\nfor his leadership on this. A lot of communities will benefit. I thank\nhim for that work.\n  I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the\nbalance of my time.\n  Mr. GOWDY. Madam Speaker, in conclusion, and I'm sure on behalf of\nall my colleagues, I want to thank the women and men in law enforcement\nfor their service, their sacrifice, their willingness to do jobs that\neither we cannot do or will not do.\n  I want to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) for his\nleadership over the last 2 years, and I want to thank the gentleman\nfrom Virginia (Mr. Scott) for his collegiality and friendship.\n  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the\ngentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy) that the House suspend the\nrules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill, H.R. 2076.\n  The question was taken.\n  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds\nbeing in the affirmative, the ayes have it.\n  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. 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