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PUBLIC LAW 102-586—NOV. 4, 1992 106 STAT. 4997 (6) SPECIAL STUDIES AND REPORTS.— Section 248 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5662) is amended— (A) by striking "(a) Not later than 1 year after the date" and inserting *\a) PURSUANT TO 1988 AMENDMENTS.— (1) Not later than 1 year aft«r the date"; (B) by striking "(1) to review" and inserting **(A) to review; (C) by striking "(A) conditions" and inserting "(i) conditions"; (D) by striking "(B) the extent" and inserting **(ii) the extent"; (E) by striking "(2) to make" and inserting "(B) to make"* (F) by striking "(b)(1) Not later" and inserting "(2)(A) Not later*; (G) by striking **(A) how" and inserting "(i) how"; (H) by striking "(B) the amount" and inserting "(ii) the amount"; (I) by striking "(C) the extent" and inserting "(iii) the extent"; (J) by striking (2)(A) for purposes" and inserting "(B)(i) for purposes"; (K) by striking "(B) For purposes" and inserting "(ii) for purposes"; (L) by striking "(c) Not later" and inserting "(3) Not later"; (M) by striking "subsection (a) or (b)" and inserting "paragraph (1) or (2)"; and (N) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) PURSUANT TO 1992 AMENDMENTS.—(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General shall— "(A) conduct a study with respect to juveniles waived to adult court that reviews— "(i) the frequency and extent to which juveniles have been transferred, certified, or waived to criminal court for prosecution during the 5-year period ending December 1992; "(ii) conditions of confinement in adult detention and correctional facilities for juveniles waived to adult court; and "(iii) sentencing patterns, comparing juveniles waived to adult court with juveniles who have committed similar offenses but have not been waived; and "(B) submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report (including a compilation of State waiver statutes) on the finding made in the study and recommendations to improve conditions for juveniles waived to adult court. "(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General shall— "(A) conduct a study with respect to admissions ofjuveniles for behavior disorders to private psychiatric hospitals, and to other residential and nonresidential programs that serve juveniles admitted for behavior disorders, that reviews—