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PUBLIC LAW 101-647—NOV. 29, 1990 104 STAT. 4815 (B) to facilitate their alternative placement; or (C) to prepare juveniles aged 16 years of age and older to live independently; or (3) carry out research, including surveys of existing transitional services, identification of exemplary treatment modalities, and evaluation of treatment and transitional services provided with grants made under this section. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS SEC. 252. The Administrator shall administer this subtitle subject 42 USC 13052. to the requirements of sections 262, 293, and 296 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5665a, 5673, 5676). PRIORITY SEC. 253. In making grants under section 690, the Administrator— 42 USC 13053. (1) shall give priority to applicants that have experience in treating juveniles who are the victims of abuse or neglect; and (2) may not disapprove an application solely because the applicant proposes to provide treatment or transitional services to juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent for having committed offenses which are not serious crimes. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 254. (a) Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be 42 USC 13054. appropriated to carry out this subtitle— (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1991; and (2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1992 and 1993. (b) No amount is authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this subtitle unless the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611-5676) for such fiscal year is not less than the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out such title for the preceding fiscal year. (c) From the amount appropriated to carry out this subtitle in any fiscal year, the Administrator shall use— (1) not less than 85 percent to make grants under section 731 for treatment and transitional services; (2) not to exceed 10 percent for grants under section 731 for research; and (3) not to exceed 5 percent for salaries and expenses of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention related to administering this subtitle. DEFINITIONS SEC. 255. For the purpose of this subtitle— 42 USC 13055. (1) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and (2) the term "juvenile" means an individual who is less than 18 years of age.