After two years of working under the Act, Department of Justice representatives gave a generally favorable report. The first of the two amendments considered during this hearing was the reauthorization provision which would extend the Act another three years through fiscal 1980. The reauthorization period would allow work to be continued in the field of juvenile delinquency treatment and prevention and would reassure State and local governments, as well as private agencies, of the Federal Government's commitment to the program. The second amendment concerned the rate at which States were complying with the Act's requirement to deinstitutionalize juvenile status offenders and would allow continued Federal funding for those States that showed an unequivocal commitment to achieving this objective, even if they could not meet the 2-year deadline mandated by the Act. The hearing consisted of statements by Congressmen, representatives of Federal agencies, a spokesman for the National Council of State Legislatures, and representatives of national and local child advocacy groups.