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 91 STAT. 1048

PUBLIC LAW 95-115—OCT. 3, 1977

Public Law 95-115 95th Congress An Act Jct. 6, 1977 [H.R. 6111] Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1977. 42 USC 5601 note.

rjiQ amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1977". DEFINITION OF J U V E N I L E DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS

42 USC 5603.

SEC. 2. Section 103(3) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Act") is amended by striking out "who are in danger of becoming delinquent" and inserting in lieu thereof "to help prevent delinquency". J U V E N I L E JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION OFFICE

42 USC 5611.

42 USC 5612, 5614, 5616, 5651, 5656. 42 USC 5618, 5633, 5653, 5656, 5659, 5660, 5661.

Powers of Associate Administrator. 42 USC 5731, 5751.

SEC. 3. (a)(1) Section 201(a) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Administrator shall administer the provisions of this Act through the Office.". (2) Section 201(c) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: " The Associate Administrator may be referred to as the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in connection with the performance of his ftmctions as the head of the Office, except that any reference in this Act to the 'Administrator' shall not be construed as a reference to the Associate Administrator.". (3)(A) The Act is amended by striking out "Assistant Administ r a to r " and inserting in lieu thereof "Associate A d m i n i s t r a to r " in sections 201, 202(c), 204(i), 2 0 6 (a)(1), 206(b), 241, 246, and any other place it appears therein. (B) The Act is amended by inserting "Associate" before "Administ r a to r " in sections 208(b), 208(e), 2 2 3 (a) ( 1 4), 2 2 3 (a) ( 2 0), 223(a) (21), 243(4), 246, 248 (as so redesignated by section 5(e)(1)), 249 (as so redesignated by section 5(e)(1)), and section 250 (as so redesignated by section 5(e)(1)). (4) Section 201(d) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: " The Associate Administrator is authorized, subject to the direction of the Administrator, to award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and applications for, funds made available under part B and part C of this title. The Administrator may delegate such authority" to the Associate Administrator for all g r a n t s and contracts from, and applications for, funds made available under this part and funds made available for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and

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