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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5560 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5560

  To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with 
   respect to the eligibility of youth sports facilities for certain 
                    grants, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with 
   respect to the eligibility of youth sports facilities for certain 
                    grants, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Sports Facilities Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. YOUTH SPORTS FACILITY ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 201 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``youth sports,'' 
        after ``public service,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or youth 
                sports facilities'' after ``facilities''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or 
                underemployed'' after ``unemployed'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Additional Considerations.--In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretary may consider the extent to which a project 
would--
            ``(1) lead to economic diversification in the area, or a 
        part of the area, in which the project is or will be located;
            ``(2) address and mitigate the mental and physical health 
        impacts of sedentary lifestyles and obesity on the health of a 
        community by improving access to recreational space, including 
        by developing youth sports facilities serving the community;
            ``(3) benefit highly rural communities without adequate tax 
        revenues to invest in active lifestyle infrastructure;
            ``(4) primarily serve children who--
                    ``(A) are from low-income families in rural or 
                underserved communities;
                    ``(B) lack access to indoor or outdoor facilities 
                for covered physical education and sports activities; 
                and
                    ``(C) live or attend school in communities with 
                high rates of opioid use disorders or community 
                violence;
            ``(5) support youth sports and recreation to spur economic 
        development, with a focus on urban and rural communities 
        lacking facilities;
            ``(6) promote job creation through youth sports facilities 
        and adjacent businesses that support such facilities; and
            ``(7) promote travel and tourism.''.
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