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 PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4447

tion made under such subparagraph and the peer review determination required by paragraph (2). "(2)(A) Programs selected for assistance through grants or contracts under this part (other than section 241(f)) shall be reviewed before selection, and thereafter as appropriate, through a formal peer review process utilizing experts (other than officers and employees of the Department of Justice) in fields related to the subject matter of the proposed program. "(B) Such process shall be established by the Administrator in Reports, consultation with the Directors and other appropriate officials of the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. Before implementation of such process, the Administrator shall submit such process to such Directors, each of whom shall prepare and furnish to the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a final report containing their comments on such process as proposed to be established. "(3) The Administrator, in establishing the processes required under paragraphs (1) and (2), shall provide for emergency expedited consideration of the proposed programs if necessary to avoid any delay which would preclude carrying out such programs. "(e) A city shall not be denied assistance under this part solely on the basis of its population. "(f) Notification of grants and contracts made under this part (and the applications submitted for such grants and contracts) shall, upon being made, be transmitted by the Administrator, to the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 223(a)(l) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(1)) is amended by striking "section 261(c)(l)" and inserting "section 291(c)(1)". (2) Section 246 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5660), as so redesignated by section (a)(2)(E), is amended by striking "section 248" and inserting "section 245". SEC. 7264. SPECIAL STUDIES AND REPORTS.

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601) is amended by inserting after section 247, as so redesignated by section 7263(a)(2)(E), the following: "SPECIAL STUDIES AND REPORTS

"SEC. 248. (a) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1988, the Administrator shall begin to conduct a study with respect to the juvenile justice system— "(1) to review— "(A) conditions in detention and correctional facilities for juveniles; and "(B) the extent to which such facilities meet recognized national professional standards; and "(2) to make recommendations to improve conditions in such facilities.

42 USC 5662.

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