Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all that follows after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. Part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 1801(b)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``graduated sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated sanctions and incentives''; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and''; (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7), and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as paragraphs (4) through (15), respectively; and (D) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by striking ``research-based bullying, cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs'' and inserting ``interventions such as researched- based anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs, as well as mental health services and trauma- informed practices''; (2) in section 1802-- (A) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after ``individualized sanctions'' the following: ``, incentives,''; (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking ``graduated sanctions'' and inserting ``graduated…”