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To provide demonstration grants to establish clearing houses for the distribution to community-based organizations of information on prevention of youth violence and crime.

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Jan 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, to make grants to units of local government, community-based organizations, and consortia of such organizations to carry out a demonstration project to establish clearinghouses to gather and disseminate information about the prevention of youth violence and crime.

Sets forth: (1) application requirements; and (2) criteria for application approval. Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now February 7, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 4, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 21, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 290: To provide demonstration grants to establish clearing houses for the distribution to community-based organizations of information on prevention of youth violence and crime.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-290/
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"H.R. 290: To provide demonstration grants to establish clearing houses for the distribution to community-based organizations of information on prevention of youth violence and crime.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-290/.
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H.R. 290, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-290/.
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