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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 391 

To establish a grant program to preserve the legacy and ideals of Muhammad 

Ali and promote global respect, understanding, and communication, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2015 

Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to preserve the legacy and 

ideals of Muhammad Ali and promote global respect, 

understanding, and communication, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Muhammad Ali Legacy 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are— 


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1 (1) to preserve the legacy and ideals of Muham2 mad Ali, who has dedicated his life to fostering 

3 international friendship and to service to those in 

4 need, both in the United States and around the 

5 world; 

6 (2) to promote global respect, understanding, 

7 and communication; and 

8 (3) to foster the next generation of world lead9 ers who will work toward these goals. 

10 SEC. 3. MUHAMMAD ALI LEGACY GRANT PROGRAM. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

12 award grants, on such terms and conditions as the Sec13 retary may determine, to one or more eligible organiza14 tions that— 

15 (1) are established to promote global respect, 

16 understanding, and communication and to encourage 

17 character and leadership development worldwide; 

18 and 

19 (2) demonstrate a commitment to preserving 

20 the legacy of Muhammad Ali. 

21 (b) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Each organization award22 ed a grant under this section shall enter into an agreement 

23 with the Secretary of State. Each such agreement shall 

24 require the organization— 


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1 (1) to develop and provide educational program2 ming to prepare prospective leaders in foreign coun3 tries to make a profound contribution to global soci4 ety, including programming that includes peace 

5 building, conflict resolution, violence prevention, 

6 character education, and education about world cul7 tures, religions, and languages; 

8 (2) to act as a global gathering place—both on9 line and in person—for negotiation and mediation; 

10 (3) to utilize technology and the Internet to em11 power people in foreign countries, including adults, 

12 young people, educators, and civic, community, reli13 gious, and corporate leaders, to dialogue on common 

14 interests and concerns, share information, and en15 gage in cross-cultural learning, including by utilizing 

16 diverse and multi-layered connections such as 

17 videoconferencing, Web-based forums, and other 

18 modes of communication; 

19 (4) to partner with and build a network of or20 ganizations and schools already working with adults, 

21 young people, educators, and civic, community, reli22 gious, and corporate leaders, as well as the Depart23 ment of State, to reach many people worldwide as 

24 quickly as possible; 


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1 (5) to place a special emphasis on providing a 

2 positive, productive path for young people to combat 

3 the pull of radicalism, terrorist networks, and orga4 nized crime; 

5 (6) to support a Web site providing resources, 

6 in a variety of languages, to further the programs 

7 and activities described in paragraphs (1) through 

8 (5) by making such programs and activities acces9 sible to the general public and able to be utilized by 

10 educators to integrate into the classroom; and 

11 (7) to submit for each fiscal year for which the 

12 organization receives funds from a grant awarded 

13 under this section, a report to the Secretary of State 

14 that contains— 

15 (A) a description of the programs and ac16 tivities supported by the funding; 

17 (B) the audited financial statement of the 

18 organization for the preceding fiscal year; 

19 (C) a plan for the programs and activities 

20 to be supported by the funding as the Secretary 

21 may require; and 

22 (D) an evaluation of the programs and ac23 tivities supported by the funding as the Sec24 retary may require. 


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1 (c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘eligible organization’’ means an organiza3 tion that is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of 

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)). 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 

8 2018. 

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