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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2704 

To revise and extend the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment 

Act of 2000. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 3, 2006 

Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. SPECTER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. 

KERRY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. DODD, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. DURBIN, 

and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To revise and extend the National Police Athletic League 

Youth Enrichment Act of 2000. 

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 ‘‘National Police Ath5 letic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 

6 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Section 2 of the National Police Athletic League 

3 Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

7 through (G) as subparagraphs (D) through 

8 (H), respectively; and 

9 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) develop life enhancing character and 

12 leadership skills in young people;’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘55-year’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘90-year’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘320 PAL chapters’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘350 PAL chapters’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘1,500,000 youth’’ and in19 serting ‘‘2,000,000 youth’’; 

20 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘82 percent’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘85 percent’’; 

22 (5) in paragraph (5), in the second sentence, by 

23 striking ‘‘receive no’’ and inserting ‘‘rarely receive’’; 

24 (6) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘17 are at 

25 risk’’ and inserting ‘‘18 are at risk’’; and 


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1 (7) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘1999’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2005’’. 

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

4 Section 3 of the National Police Athletic League 

5 Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘320 established PAL 

9 chapters’’ and inserting ‘‘342 established PAL 

10 chapters’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2006.’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘2010; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) support of an annual gathering of PAL 

16 chapters and designated youth leaders from such 

17 chapters to participate in a 3-day conference that 

18 addresses national and local issues impacting the 

19 youth of America and includes educational sessions 

20 to advance character and leadership skills.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

22 Section 5 of the National Police Athletic League 

23 Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) 

24 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2001 through 

2 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘not 

4 less than 570 PAL chapters in operation before Jan5 uary 1, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘not fewer than 500 

6 PAL chapters in operation before January 1, 2010’’. 

7 SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS. 

8 Section 6(a)(2) of the National Police Athletic 

9 League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 

10 note) is amended— 

11 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

12 by striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘two’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

15 striking ‘‘two programs’’ and inserting ‘‘one 

16 program’’; 

17 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

18 (C) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

20 (D) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(v) character development and lead23 ership training; and’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 8(a) of the National Police Athletic League 

3 Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) 

4 is amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 2005’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 7. NAME OF LEAGUE. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4(4) of the National Po8 lice Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 

9 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended in the paragraph heading, 

10 by striking ‘‘ATHLETIC’’ and inserting ‘‘ATHLETIC/ACTIVI11 TIES’’. 

12 (b) TEXT.—The National Police Athletic League 

13 Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘Police Athletic League’’ each 

15 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Police Athletic/ 

16 Activities League’’. 

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