Calendar No. 211

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 673

[Report No. 104–161]

A BILL

To consolidate Federal youth prevention and youth

for these programs, and for other purposes.and structure for providing Federal assistancedevelopment programs and create a new process

OCTOBER 19 (legislative day, OCTOBER 18), 1995

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 211

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 673

[Report No. 104–161]

To consolidate Federal youth prevention and youth development programs

and create a new process and structure for providing Federal assistance

for these programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 4 (legislative day, MARCH 27), 1995

Mrs. KASSEBAUM (for herself, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. STEVENS,

Mr. COATS, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr. KERREY) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources

OCTOBER 19 (legislative day, OCTOBER 18), 1995

Reported by Mrs. KASSEBAUM, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To consolidate Federal youth prevention and youth development programs and create a new process and structure

for providing Federal assistance for these programs, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Youth Development Community Block Grant Act of

4 1995’’.

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

6 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Purposes.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

Sec. 5. Distribution of funds.

Sec. 6. Community Youth Development Board.

Sec. 7. Duties of the State.

Sec. 8. Duties of the Assistant Secretary.

Sec. 9. Repeals.

Sec. 10. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 11. Transfer of payments.

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

8 Congress finds the following:

9 (1) In an increasingly complex and competitive

10 world economy, the human capital of the United

11 States is its most important resource. Too many

12 young people in the United States are reaching

13 adulthood unprepared to be productive workers, ef14 fective parents, or responsible citizens.

15 (2) Over the past decade, public concern related

16 to young people has focused primarily on improving

17 academic performance and combating youth prob18 lems such as substance abuse and juvenile delin19 quency.
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1 (3) Young people who lack self-confidence, self2 discipline, respect for others, and a sense of connec3 tion to their families and communities, are unlikely

4 to be successful in school, and far more likely to en5 gage in high-risk behaviors.

6 (4) Parents have primary responsibility for the

7 social, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive de8 velopment of their children. However, tremendous

9 social and demographic changes during the last 30

10 years have had a significant effect on family life and

11 youth development, creating the need for programs

12 to strengthen families and help parents meet the so13 cial, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs

14 of their children.

15 (5) The lack of supervision of youth by parents

16 and the lack of meaningful activity after school for

17 youth contributes to the spread of violent juvenile

18 delinquency in the form of youth and gang violence,

19 drug trafficking, dangerous and self-destructive be20 havior, and lack of hope among youth in our Nation.

21 (6) The United States expects too much of its

22 schools if the Nation asks the schools to meet single23 handedly the needs described in paragraph (5) in ad24 dition to accomplishing their basic educational mis25 sion. Only a strong partnership among families,
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1 schools, local government, religious organizations,

2 community-based youth-serving organizations, law

3 enforcement, community-based family-serving orga4 nizations, small businesses (including businesses that

5 produce or sell products that may be abused), large

6 industries, and labor can create a community envi7 ronment that truly supports the youth of the Nation

8 in reaching their highest potential.

9 (7) Youth development programs, including

10 youth clubs, sports and recreation programs,

11 mentoring programs, and leadership development

12 and community service programs, make a major con13 tribution to helping youth develop the life skills and

14 values that will prepare the youth for the challenges

15 of adolescence and the independence and responsibil16 ities of adulthood.

17 (8) Participation in positive youth development

18 programs can lead to a reduction in high-risk behav19 iors, including school failure, teenage pregnancy, use

20 of alcohol and drugs, and juvenile delinquency. Many

21 youth who would greatly benefit from such programs

22 do not have access due to factors that include lack

23 of coordination among the programs and inequitable

24 distribution of existing resources.
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1 (9) Community-based youth-serving organiza2 tions are an effective resource in developing and im3 plementing community youth development plans,

4 both because of the responsiveness of the organiza5 tions to local community values and concerns, and

6 the ability of the organizations to mobilize commu7 nity resources.

8 (10) Notwithstanding the efforts of community9 based youth-serving organizations, in most local

10 communities youth development efforts are so frag11 mented that millions of youth nationwide go

12 unserved, and no process exists through which key

13 groups regularly come together to develop a com14 prehensive approach to youth development. Without

15 a mechanism for coordination, narrowly focused

16 Federal programs are unable to meet the com17 prehensive needs of the youth of the Nation.

18 (11) Narrowly targeted categorical programs

19 have created a multitude of Federal funding streams

20 which have become a barrier to effective program co21 ordination and the provision of comprehensive serv22 ices for children and youth.

23 (12) It is critical that the Federal Government

24 adopt a comprehensive strategy in promoting the

25 positive development of youth, and encourage and
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1 empower communities to develop and implement

2 comprehensive youth development plans.

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

4 It is the purpose of this Act to create a single, com5 prehensive Federal strategy for community-based youth

6 development services, and to support communities in de7 signing community strategic plans for youth development

8 that—

9 (1) support the primary role of the family in

10 positive youth development;

11 (2) give priority to prevention of youth prob12 lems and crime through youth development;

13 (3) promote increased community coordination

14 and collaboration in meeting the developmental

15 needs of youth;

16 (4) support the development and expansion of

17 community-based youth development services to re18 spond to local needs; and

19 (5) promote community partnerships that link

20 youth development services with services provided by

21 law enforcement, educational agencies, public recre22 ation resources, and other segments of the commu23 nity.

24 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

25 As used in this Act:
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1 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist2 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for

3 Children and Families of the Department of Health

4 and Human Services.

5 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED.—The term ‘‘commu6 nity-based’’—

7 (A) used with respect to an organization,

8 means an organization that is representative of

9 a community or a significant segment of a com10 munity and is engaged in providing services to

11 the community; and

12 (B) used with respect to a program or

13 service, means a program or service provided to

14 the community in which the program or service

15 is located.

16 (3) COMMUNITY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Commu17 nity Board’’ means a Community Youth Develop18 ment Board established under section 6.

19 (4) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘county’’ includes a

20 political subdivision of a State.

21 (5) LOW INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low in22 come family’’ means a family with an income below

23 the poverty line.

24 (6) NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANI25 ZATION.—The term ‘‘national youth development or-
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1 ganization’’ means a private nonprofit organization

2 whose purpose and activities are national in scope,

3 and that, either directly or through its local affili4 ates, provides youth development programs in at

5 least 7 States.

6 (7) OUTCOME OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘outcome

7 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the im8 pact of a program or initiative, with respect to the

9 participants in the program or initiative or the com10 munity that the program or initiative serves, includ11 ing—

12 (A) an objective relating to changes in the

13 competencies described in paragraph (13)(A) of

14 individual participants in the program or initia15 tive;

16 (B) an objective relating to reducing high17 risk behaviors, such as school failure, teenage

18 pregnancy, use of alcohol, use of illegal drugs,

19 and juvenile delinquency; and

20 (C) an objective relating to the incidence of

21 such behaviors among youth in such commu22 nity.

23 (8) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’

24 means the income official poverty line (as defined by

25 the Office of Management and Budget, and revised
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1 annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the

2 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

3 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved.

4 (9) PROCESS OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘process

5 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the

6 manner in which a program or initiative is carried

7 out, including—

8 (A) an objective relating to the degree to

9 which the program or initiative is reaching its

10 intended target population;

11 (B) an objective relating to the degree to

12 which the program or initiative addresses

13 known risk factors for youth problem behaviors

14 and incorporates activities that inhibit the be15 haviors and that build on protective factors for

16 youth;

17 (C) an objective relating to the number,

18 age, gender, and ethnicity of the youth involved

19 in the program or initiative;

20 (D) an objective relating to the degree to

21 which the services delivered are consistent with

22 the intended program model; and

23 (E) an objective relating to the cost of de24 livering services under the program or initiative.
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1 (10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

2 the several States of the United States, the District

3 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

4 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,

5 American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Vir6 gin Islands.

7 (11) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an in8 dividual who is not younger than age 6 and not

9 older than age 18.

10 (12) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.—

11 The term ‘‘youth development organization’’ means

12 a private nonprofit youth-serving organization with a

13 major emphasis on providing youth development pro14 grams.

15 (13) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The

16 term ‘‘youth development program’’ means a pro17 gram that—

18 (A) in order to enable youth to deal suc19 cessfully with the challenges of adolescence and

20 prepare the youth for the independence and re21 sponsibilities of being parents, workers, and

22 citizens, attempts to help the youth to de23 velop—
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1 (i) social competencies, such as work

2 and family life skills, problem-solving

3 skills, and communication skills;

4 (ii) moral competencies, such as per5 sonal values and ethics, a sense of respon6 sibility and citizenship (including participa7 tion in civic life and community service);

8 (iii) emotional competencies, such as a

9 sense of personal identity, self-confidence,

10 autonomy, and the ability to resist negative

11 peer pressure;

12 (iv) physical competencies, such as

13 physical conditioning and endurance, and

14 an appreciation for and strategies to

15 achieve lifelong physical health and fitness;

16 and

17 (v) cognitive competencies, such as

18 knowledge, reasoning ability, creativity,

19 and a lifelong commitment to learning and

20 achievement;

21 (B) conducts activities with a primarily

22 nonacademic focus;

23 (C) employs primarily active and experien24 tial learning methods; and
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1 (D) promotes the competencies described

2 in subparagraph (A) through group and one-to3 one activities, which may include activities in

4 youth clubs, sports and recreation, peer coun5 seling and teaching, mentoring, arts, values

6 education, leadership development, crime and

7 delinquency prevention, youth employment as

8 part of an educational program, community

9 service or volunteerism, literacy, after school

10 programs, career counseling, job skills training,

11 life skills training, drug abuse prevention, alco12 hol education, parenting skills activities, camp13 ing, environmental education, ethnic or cultural

14 enrichment, tutoring, and academic enrichment.

15 (14) YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATION.—The

16 term ‘‘youth-serving organization’’ means an organi17 zation with a primary focus on providing youth de18 velopment, health and fitness, educational, substance

19 abuse prevention, child welfare, child protective, psy20 chological, parenting, vocational and training, teen

21 pregnancy, rehabilitative, or residential services to

22 youth.

23 SEC. 5. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

24 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

25 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act,
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1 $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through

2 1998.

3 (b) RESERVATIONS.—From the sums appropriated

4 under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Assistant Sec5 retary shall reserve—

6 (1) 95.5 percent of the sums for allotments to

7 States and allocations to Community Boards, as de8 scribed in subsections (c) and (d);

9 (2) 1.5 percent of the sums for grants to Native

10 American organizations, as described in subsection

11 (e); and

12 (3) 3 percent of the sums for activities by the

13 Administration for Children and Families, as de14 scribed in subsection (f).

15 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF STATE ALLOTMENTS.—

16 (1) TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT.—From the

17 sums reserved under subsection (b)(1) (referred to

18 in this section as the ‘‘total distribution amount’’),

19 the Assistant Secretary shall make allotments under

20 this subsection to States to—

21 (A) assist Community Boards in carrying

22 out the activities described in section 6 and

23 subsection (d)(2)(B)(i); and
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1 (B) carry out activities required to admin2 ister the youth development programs carried

3 out in the States.

4 (2) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Sub5 ject to paragraph (3), for each fiscal year in which

6 funds are appropriated under subsection (a), the As7 sistant Secretary shall allot to each State the sum

8 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘State allotment’’)

9 of—

10 (A) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 11 ⁄3 of the total distribution amount as

12 the number of youth in the State bears to the

13 number of youth in all States;

14 (B) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 15 ⁄3 of the total distribution amount as

16 the number of youth from low income families

17 in the State bears to the number of such youth

18 in all States; and

(C) an amount from the remaining 1 19 ⁄3 of

20 the total distribution amount, calculated in ac21 cordance with a formula prescribed by the Sec22 retary, that takes into account the extent to

23 which violent juvenile crime has increased in

24 the State since 1990, relative to the extent to
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1 which violent juvenile crime has increased in all

2 States since 1990.

3 (3) MINIMUM STATE ALLOTMENT.—The Assist4 ant Secretary shall allot to each State under this

subsection an amount that is not less than 1 5 ⁄2 of 1

6 percent of the total distribution amount.

7 (4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—To

8 be eligible to receive such State allotment, the State

9 shall prepare, and submit to the Assistant Secretary,

10 an application at such time, in such manner, and

11 containing such information, as the Assistant Sec12 retary may reasonably require. Such application

13 shall include, at a minimum, an assurance that the

14 State is prepared to administer such amount in com15 pliance with all the requirements of this Act, and, in

16 the case of any application submitted after the first

17 year in which the State receives funds under this

18 Act, the State shall submit to the Assistant Sec19 retary an annual program report and the results of

20 an independent audit conducted by the State con21 cerning the administration of such funds.

22 (d) DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.—

23 (1) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

24 TO COMMUNITY BOARDS.—
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1 (A) RESERVATION.—A State may reserve

2 not more than 5 percent of the State allotment

3 to carry out activities required to administer

4 the youth development programs carried out in

5 the State.

6 (B) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COMMU7 NITY BOARDS.—

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year

9 for which a State receives a State allot10 ment, the State shall, after making any

11 reservation under subparagraph (A), allo12 cate and distribute to each Community

13 Board in the State an amount (referred to

14 in this subsection as the ‘‘local allocation’’)

15 representing an equitable allocation of the

16 remainder of the State allotment.

17 (ii) CALCULATION.—The local alloca18 tions shall be distributed among Commu19 nity Boards representing counties within

20 the State utilizing the Federal allotment

21 formula established under subsection

22 (c)(2), except that for purposes of the ap23 plication of the formula—

24 (I) the reference to the total dis25 tribution amount shall be deemed to
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1 be a reference to the remainder of the

2 State allotment;

3 (II) the reference to a State shall

4 be deemed to be a reference to a

5 county; and

6 (III) the reference to all States

7 shall be deemed to be a reference to

8 all counties in the State.

9 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

10 BOARDS.—

11 (A) INITIAL PLANNING FUNDS.—For the

12 first fiscal year for which Community Boards in

13 a State are eligible to receive funds under this

14 subsection, the State shall make available to

15 each eligible Community Board in the State, 5

16 percent of the local allocation of such Board, to

17 be used for up to 6 months for an initial plan18 ning phase. To be eligible to receive such

19 amount, the Community Board shall submit to

20 the State a letter of intent to apply for funds

21 under this subsection. Such letter of intent shall

22 include a list of the members of the Community

23 Board, including sufficient information about

24 their affiliations to demonstrate compliance
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1 with the requirements of subsections (a)

2 through (e) of section 6.

3 (B) DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year

5 for which a State receives a State allot6 ment, the State shall distribute to each eli7 gible Community Board in the State an

8 amount equal to the remainder of the local

9 allocation of such Board for the purpose of

10 conducting community-based youth devel11 opment programs, that—

12 (I) address the process objectives,

13 and the outcome objectives, identified

14 in the community strategic plan de15 scribed in section 6(f)(1);

16 (II) incorporate components that

17 promote competencies in youth;

18 (III) recognize the primary role

19 of the family in positive youth devel20 opment in order to strengthen fami21 lies;

22 (IV) promote the involvement of

23 youth (including program partici24 pants), parents, and other community
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1 members in the planning and imple2 mentation of the program;

3 (V) coordinate services with other

4 youth and family services in the com5 munity, and helping participants ac6 cess the services;

7 (VI) expose youth to a variety of

8 adult role models and mentors;

9 (VII) encourage youth leadership

10 and civic involvement;

11 (VIII) seek to establish a long12 term relationship with participating

13 youth;

14 (IX) employ strong outreach ef15 forts to low-income youth and their

16 families;

17 (X) provide age-appropriate pro18 grams;

19 (XI) provide programs that—

20 (aa) are open to all youth,

21 regardless of such factors as

22 race, color, religion, sex, national

23 origin, disability, or social or eco24 nomic background; or
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1 (bb) target a population on

2 the basis of 1 or more of such

3 factors, if such targeting is de4 signed to meet the special needs

5 of such population; and

6 (XII) use not more than 10 per7 cent of the amount to provide

8 preservice and inservice training and

9 educational materials and services for

10 program staff.

11 (ii) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to

12 receive amounts referred to in clause (i),

13 the Community Board shall prepare and

14 submit to the State an application, at such

15 time, in such manner, and containing such

16 information as the State may reasonably

17 require to assure compliance with this Act.

18 Such application shall include, at a mini19 mum, a community strategic plan de20 scribed in section 6(f)(1), a description of

21 the programs for which funding will be

22 provided, information indicating the extent

23 to which the programs achieve the pur24 poses of this Act and the purpose described

25 in clause (i), and a description of the proc-
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1 esses used to select members of the Com2 munity Board.

3 (e) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved

5 under subsection (b)(2), the Assistant Secretary

6 shall make grants to eligible Native American orga7 nizations to assist the organizations in carrying out

8 the activities described in section 6 and subsection

9 (d)(2)(B)(i).

10 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

11 grant under paragraph (1), a Native American orga12 nization shall submit an application to the Assistant

13 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con14 taining such information as the Assistant Secretary

15 may reasonably require to assure compliance with

16 this Act, including any information that a Commu17 nity Board is required to submit in an application

18 described in subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii).

19 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi20 sions of section 6 shall apply to Native American or21 ganizations receiving funds through grants made

22 under this subsection. For purposes of the applica23 tion of such provisions, references to a county shall

24 be deemed to be references to the area served by the
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1 organization, and references to the State shall be

2 deemed to be references to the Assistant Secretary.

3 (4) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection:

4 (A) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the

5 meaning given the term in section 4(d) of the

6 Indian Self-Determination and Education As7 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)).

8 (B) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—

9 The term ‘‘Native American organization’’

10 means—

11 (i) a tribal organization, as defined in

12 section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determina13 tion and Education Assistance Act (25

14 U.S.C. 450b(l));

15 (ii) a Native Hawaiian Organization,

16 as defined in section 4009(4) of the Au17 gustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Ele18 mentary and Secondary School Improve19 ment Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C.

20 4909(4)); and

21 (iii) a private nonprofit organization

22 established for the purpose of serving

23 youth who are Indians or Native Hawai24 ians.
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1 (C) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native

2 Hawaiian’’ has the meaning given the term in

3 section 4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins4 Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary

5 School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20

6 U.S.C. 4909(1)).

7 (f) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATION

8 FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.—From the sums reserved

9 under subsection (b)(3), the Administration for Children

10 and Families shall carry out the activities required by this

11 Act.

12 (g) AUTHORITY TO ASSIST COMMUNITY BOARDS IN

13 NONPARTICIPATING STATES/REALLOTMENT OF STATE

14 FUNDS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for

16 which a State does not submit an application for an

17 allotment under subsection (c), the Assistant Sec18 retary may use the allotment of such State to make

19 direct grants to eligible Community Boards in the

20 nonparticipating State.

21 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

22 direct grant under paragraph (1), a Community

23 Board shall submit an application to the Assistant

24 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con25 taining such information as the Assistant Secretary
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1 may reasonably require to assure compliance with

2 this Act, including any information that a Commu3 nity Board is required to submit in an application

4 described in subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii).

5 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi6 sions of section 6 shall apply to Community Boards

7 receiving funds through grants made under this sub8 section. For purposes of the application of such pro9 visions, references to the State shall be deemed to be

10 references to the Assistant Secretary.

11 (h) STATE REALLOTMENT.—For any fiscal year for

12 which a State does not submit an application for an allot13 ment under subsection (c), and the Assistant Secretary

14 does not use the allotment as described in subsection (g),

15 the Assistant Secretary shall make available the allotment

16 of such State to such other States as the Assistant Sec17 retary may determine to be appropriate.

18 (i) COUNTY REALLOCATION.—For any fiscal year for

19 which a Community Board in a State does not submit an

20 application for an allocation under subsection (d), the

21 State shall make available the allocation of such county

22 to such other counties in the State as the State may deter23 mine to be appropriate.

24 (j) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—
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1 (1) STATE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Any State

2 that receives an allotment from the Assistant Sec3 retary under subsection (c) shall obligate the allot4 ment not later than 6 months after the date of such

5 receipt or return the allotment to the Assistant Sec6 retary for reallotment in accordance with subsection

7 (h).

8 (2) COMMUNITY BOARD OBLIGATION OF

9 FUNDS.—Any Community Board that receives an al10 location from a State under subsection (d) shall obli11 gate the allocation not later than 6 months after the

12 date of such receipt or return the allocation to the

13 State for reallocation in accordance with subsection

14 (i).

15 (3) GRANT RECIPIENT EXPENDITURE OF

16 FUNDS.—Any recipient of a grant under section 6(g)

17 shall expend the funds made available through the

18 grant not later than 3 years after the date of such

19 receipt or return the funds to the State for

20 reallocation in accordance with subsection (i).

21 (k) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro22 priated under this Act shall be used to supplement and

23 not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds

24 expended to provide youth development services for eligible

25 individuals.
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1 SEC. 6. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for entities within

4 a county to be eligible to receive assistance under

5 this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the county

6 and a representative of the community-based youth

7 development organizations serving the county shall

8 jointly facilitate the establishment of a local entity,

9 or designate an existing local entity, that meets the

10 requirements of this section, to serve as a Commu11 nity Youth Development Board. The Chief Executive

12 Officer and representative shall consider permitting

13 an existing (as of the date of the consideration) com14 munity-based youth-focused organization to serve as

15 the Community Youth Development Board.

16 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTICOUNTY COMMU17 NITY BOARD.—The Chief Executive Officers of 2 or

18 more counties, and representatives of community19 based youth development organizations serving the

20 counties, may agree to facilitate the establishment of

21 a local entity, or designate an existing entity, that

22 meets the requirements of this section, to serve as

23 a multicounty Community Board. Such a

24 multicounty Community Board shall carry out the

25 duties described in subsections (f), (g), (i), and (j)

26 with respect to the counties involved. If such a
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1 multicounty Community Board is established, all du2 ties required by this section to be carried out jointly

3 by the Chief Executive Officer of a county and the

4 representative of the community-based youth devel5 opment organizations serving the county shall be

6 carried out jointly by the Chief Executive Officers of

7 each participating county, and representatives of

8 community-based youth development organizations

9 serving the counties.

10 (b) NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COMMUNITY

11 BOARD.—The Chief Executive Officer of the county and

12 the representative of the community-based youth develop13 ment organizations serving the county shall jointly deter14 mine the total number of members on the Community

15 Board, which shall be not less than 5 nor more than 11

16 members.

17 (c) COMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

18 (1) APPOINTMENT.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

20 subparagraph (B), the Chief Executive Officer

21 of a county and the representative of the com22 munity-based youth development organizations

23 serving the county shall jointly appoint the

24 members of a Community Board for the county
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1 that is established, rather than designated,

2 under this Act.

3 (B) COUNTIES WITH DOMINANT SUBDIVI4 SIONS.—If any political subdivision of a State is

5 located totally or partially within a county, and

6 the population of the subdivision is more than

7 40 percent of the total population of the county,

8 the Chief Executive Officer of the subdivision,

9 the Chief Executive Officer of the county, and

10 the representative of the community-based

11 youth development organizations serving the

12 county shall jointly appoint the members of the

13 Community Board for the county.

14 (2) INVOLVEMENT.—In each feasible case, a

15 member of the Community Board shall have involve16 ment with youth and youth development services.

17 (3) INTERESTS.—The Community Board shall,

18 to the extent practicable, be comprised of members

19 whose interests in youth and youth development re20 flect the interests of various segments of the commu21 nity.

22 (4) ORGANIZATIONS.—In facilitating the estab23 lishment of, or designating, the Community Board,

24 the Chief Executive Officer of the county and the

25 representative of a community-based youth develop-
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1 ment organizations serving the county shall consider

2 the inclusion of representatives of community-based

3 youth development organizations, community-based

4 youth-serving organizations, law enforcement, local

5 schools, local businesses, community foundations or

6 other philanthropic organizations, the religious com7 munity, and parents and youth participants in local

8 youth programs.

9 (5) EXPERTISE.—

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—At least 1 member of

11 the Community Board shall have demonstrated

12 expertise in the design and delivery of youth de13 velopment services provided through a commu14 nity-based youth development organization.

15 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESS POPULATED

16 COUNTIES.—In the case of a county with a pop17 ulation of 100,000 or less, if the Chief Execu18 tive Officer of the county determines that, be19 cause of the absence of private nonprofit youth

20 development organizations, the county cannot

21 establish a Community Board meeting the re22 quirements of subparagraph (A), a representa23 tive of a community-based youth-serving organi24 zation with the expertise required under sub25 paragraph (A) may be selected to serve on the
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1 Community Board, and may participate on the

2 Community Board, on the same basis as a rep3 resentative of a community-based youth devel4 opment organization with such expertise.

5 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—

6 (1) TERMS; OFFICERS; VACANCIES.—The Com7 munity Board shall adopt, and shall include in the

8 application described in section 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), by9 laws that include provisions regarding the terms of

10 office of members, the election of officers, and the

11 selection of members to fill vacancies, of the Com12 munity Board.

13 (2) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The bylaws of

14 the Community Board shall contain a conflict of in15 terest provision that requires any member of the

16 Community Board who has a conflict of interest re17 garding any matter before the Board to declare the

18 conflict and refrain from voting on the matter.

19 (e) FISCAL AGENT.—

20 (1) APPOINTMENT OF FISCAL AGENT.—The

21 Community Board shall appoint a fiscal agent for

22 the Board.

23 (2) DUTIES.—The fiscal agent shall carry out

24 such duties as the Community Board may determine

25 to be appropriate.
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1 (f) DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

2 (1) COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Com3 munity Board shall prepare and submit to the State

4 (to ensure that the plan meets the requirements of

5 this Act), as part of the application described in sec6 tion 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), a community strategic plan for

7 youth development in the county involved, includ8 ing—

9 (A) the results of a current (as of the date

10 of the submission) assessment of community

11 needs and resources;

12 (B) specific process objectives and outcome

13 objectives for youth development programs; and

14 (C) measures of program effectiveness that

15 shall be used to evaluate the progress of grant

16 recipients in achieving the objectives described

17 in subparagraph (B).

18 (2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND TECH19 NICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Community Board shall

20 be responsible for establishing monitoring and eval21 uation procedures, consistent with such requirements

22 as may be established by the Assistant Secretary, to

23 assess the progress of grant recipients in achieving

24 the process objectives and outcome objectives identi25 fied in the community strategic plan. Community
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1 Boards shall also provide technical assistance to ap2 plicants and grant recipients under subsection (g).

3 (3) APPEAL.—A State may deny approval of

4 the strategic plan of a Community Board described

5 in paragraph (1) only on the basis that the plan

6 does not meet the requirements of this Act. In the

7 event that the State denies approval of the strategic

8 plan, the Community Board may appeal the denial.

9 (g) GRANTS.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Community Board shall

11 award grants in accordance with this subsection to

12 pay for the Federal share of carrying out youth de13 velopment programs addressing the process objec14 tives, and the outcome objectives, established in the

15 community strategic plan described in subsection

16 (f)(1).

17 (2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—The Commu18 nity Board shall issue a request for proposals, to

19 apply for a grant under paragraph (1). Such request

20 shall specify the process objectives and outcome ob21 jectives to be addressed by the applicant submitting

22 the proposal.

23 (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—In awarding

24 grants under paragraph (1), the Community Board

25 shall take into account the extent to which the pro-
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1 gram meets the objectives and goals of the commu2 nity strategic plan described in subsection (f)(1). In

3 the second and subsequent year in which grants are

4 awarded, the Community Board shall take into ac5 count the extent to which the programs receiving

6 funding were successful in meeting the community

7 process objectives and outcome objectives for youth

8 development programs.

9 (4) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to

10 receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall

11 submit an application to the Community Board at

12 such time, in such manner, and containing such in13 formation as the Community Board reasonably may

14 require.

15 (5) FUNDING PERIOD.—The Community Board

16 may award a grant for a period of up to 3 years.

17 The Community Board may terminate the funding

18 made available through such grant during such pe19 riod if the program fails to comply with the require20 ments of this Act, or if insufficient Federal funds

21 are appropriated under section 5(a) to permit the

22 continuation of funding for the full grant period of

23 all such grants awarded by the Community Board.

24 (6) RENEWALS OF GRANTS.—The Community

25 Board may renew grants made under paragraph (1).
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1 After the initial grant period, in determining wheth2 er to renew a grant to an entity to carry out activi3 ties, the Community Board shall give substantial

4 weight to the effectiveness of the activities in achiev5 ing process objectives and outcome objectives speci6 fied in the community strategic plan described in

7 subsection (f)(1).

8 (7) FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.—

9 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share

10 of the cost of carrying out a youth development

11 program described in paragraph (1) shall be—

12 (i) 80 percent for the first year for

13 which the program receives funding under

14 this subsection;

15 (ii) 70 percent for the second such

16 year;

17 (iii) 60 percent for the third such

18 year; and

19 (iv) 50 percent for the fourth and any

20 subsequent year.

21 (B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing

22 for the remaining share of the cost of carrying

23 out such a program, each recipient of assistance

24 under this subsection—
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1 (i) shall provide for such share

2 through non-Federal sources;

3 (ii) may provide for such share

4 through a payment in cash; and

5 (iii) may provide for not more than 50

6 percent of such share through a payment

7 in kind, fairly evaluated, including facili8 ties, equipment, or services.

9 (8) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS.—The Com10 munity Board may award under this subsection a

11 grant for the continuation of any program operated

12 prior to the date of enactment of this Act under any

13 of the provisions of law referred to in section 9.

14 (h) ANNUAL REPORTS TO COMMUNITY BOARD.—To

15 carry out a program, each grant recipient under sub16 section (g) shall, not later than 45 days after the end of

17 each fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and

18 submit to the Community Board an annual report on the

19 program during the fiscal year, in such manner and con20 taining such information as the Assistant Secretary may

21 reasonably require to determine compliance with this Act.

22 (i) ANNUAL REPORT TO STATE.—Each Community

23 Board shall, not later than 75 days after the end of each

24 fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and submit

25 to the State an annual report in such manner and contain-
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1 ing such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea2 sonably require to determine compliance with this Act.

3 Such report shall contain, at a minimum, information on

4 the programs and activities funded by the Community

5 Board during the fiscal year under this section and the

6 extent to which the programs achieved the process objec7 tives and outcome objectives specified in the community

8 strategic plan described in subsection (f)(1).

9 (j) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,

10 EVALUATION, AND FISCAL AGENT EXPENSES.—In addi11 tion to any initial planning funds provided under section

12 5(d)(2)(A), the Community Board may use up to 5 per13 cent of the funds received under section 5(d)(2)(B) for

14 planning, administration, coordination, and evaluation ex15 penses, and expenses of the fiscal agent of the Community

16 Board. A grant recipient under subsection (g) may use

17 up to 10 percent of the funds received under the grant

18 for planning, administration, and coordination, and may

19 use up to an additional 5 percent of such funds for evalua20 tion expenses.

21 SEC. 7. DUTIES OF THE STATE.

22 (a) DESIGNATION OF STATE ENTITY.—In order for

23 entities within a State to be eligible to receive assistance

24 under this Act, the Governor of the State shall establish
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1 an entity, or designate an existing entity, to administer

2 and conduct the State activities described under this act.

3 (b) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INPUT.—The Governor

4 shall devise a mechanism to regularly receive input from

5 youth development organizations, youth-serving organiza6 tions, law enforcement, schools, and other interested par7 ties to coordinate activities statewide and assess the effec8 tiveness of programs funded under this Act.

9 (c) REVIEW OF COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

10 PLANS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within 30 days of the sub12 mission by a Community Board of an application

13 under section 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), the State shall either

14 approve the application and distribute to the Com15 munity Board its local allocation under section 5, or

16 notify the Community Board of the additional steps

17 that the Community Board shall take to bring the

18 plan into compliance with this Act.

19 (2) MONITORING OPERATIONS OF COMMUNITY

20 BOARDS.—The State shall have primary responsibil21 ity for ensuring that the Community Boards operate

22 in compliance with this Act.

23 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY

24 BOARDS.—The State shall provide technical assist25 ance related to the development and implementation
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1 of community strategic plans described in section

2 6(f)(1) to Community Boards that are applicants

3 for, or recipients of, local allocations under section

4 5(d).

5 (d) ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT.—Each State shall,

6 not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year

7 of the State, prepare and submit to the Assistant Sec8 retary an annual report, together with the findings of an

9 independent audit conducted concerning the program, in

10 such manner and containing such information as the As11 sistant Secretary may reasonably require to determine

12 compliance with this Act. Such report shall contain, at a

13 minimum, information on the programs and activities

14 funded in the State during the fiscal year under this Act,

15 and the extent to which the Community Boards in the

16 State achieved the process objectives and outcome objec17 tives specified in the community strategic plan described

18 in section 6(f)(1).

19 SEC. 8. DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

20 (a) INPUT FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZA21 TIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall establish and im22 plement a mechanism to regularly receive advice and input

23 from a representative mix of youth development organiza24 tions, youth-serving organizations, educational agencies,

25 law enforcement, and other interested parties to improve
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1 the effectiveness and increase coordination of Federal

2 youth development activities, including the administration

3 of this Act and regulations issued under this Act.

4 (b) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIC

5 PLANS.—

6 (1) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS.—After a review

7 of annual reports and audit findings developed under

8 section 7(d), and input from Community Boards and

9 representatives of youth development organizations,

10 the Assistant Secretary shall develop and issue na11 tional policy goals that reflect the process objectives

12 and outcome objectives specified in such plans.

13 (2) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUTH

14 DEVELOPMENT.—Based on the national policy goals,

15 the Assistant Secretary shall develop a national stra16 tegic plan for youth development, including specific

17 process objectives and outcome objectives, designed

18 to achieve the national policy goals.

19 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Assistant

20 Secretary shall develop and establish a system for mon21 itoring and evaluating the effectiveness of activities funded

22 under this Act.

23 (d) COORDINATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall

24 consult with appropriate Federal agencies to ensure effec-
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1 tive coordination of programs funded under this Act with

2 other Federal programs serving youth and families.

3 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The

4 Assistant Secretary shall develop and establish a system

5 for providing training and technical assistance to States

6 and local communities to increase their capacity to provide

7 quality youth development services.

8 (f) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—The Assistant

9 Secretary may provide financial assistance to appropriate

10 entities to carry out time-limited, research-based youth de11 velopment demonstration programs designed to improve

12 the knowledge base of the youth development and youth

13 prevention fields.

14 (g) REPORT.—Every 2 years, the Assistant Secretary

15 shall submit to the President and the Congress a report

16 describing the activities funded under this Act, and an as17 sessment of the effectiveness of the activities in meeting

18 the process objectives and outcome objectives described in

19 subsection (b).

20 SEC. 9. REPEALS.

21 (a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE22 MENT ACT OF 1994.—The following provisions of law are

23 repealed:

24 (1) Subtitles A, B, D, J, and O of title III of

25 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
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1 Act of 1994 (relating to crime prevention programs)

2 (42 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.).

3 (2) Chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code

4 (relating to the Local Partnership Act).

5 (3) The amendments made by subtitle O of title

6 III of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce7 ment Act of 1994 (relating to urban recreation and

8 at-risk youth).

9 (b) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The

10 following provisions of law are repealed:

11 (1) Part D of title I of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (relating to school

13 dropout demonstration assistance) (as amended by

14 Public Law 103–382).

15 (2) Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary

16 Education Act of 1965 (relating to drug free schools

17 and communities) (as amended by Public Law 103–

18 382).

19 (c) OTHER PROGRAMS.—

20 (1) Part B of title II of the Job Training Part21 nership Act (relating to summer youth employment

22 and training programs) (29 U.S.C. 1630 et seq.).

23 (2) Section 517 of the Public Health Service

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–23) (relating to grants for
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1 the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among

2 high-risk youth).

3 (3) Paragraph (3) of section 1707(b) of the

4 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(b)(3))

5 (relating to community coalition demonstration

6 projects to support health and human service needs

7 for minority males).

8 (4) Part D of title II of the Juvenile Justice

9 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

10 5667 et seq.) (relating to gang-free schools and com11 munities).

12 (5) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice

13 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

14 5667e et seq.) (relating to mentoring).

15 (6) Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delin16 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et

17 seq.) (relating to local delinquency programs).

18 (7) Section 408 of the Human Services Reau19 thorization Act of 1986 (relating to demonstration

20 partnership agreements) (42 U.S.C. 9910b).

21 (8) Section 682 of the Community Services

22 Block Grant Act (relating to the National Youth

23 Sports Program) (42 U.S.C. 9910c).

24 (9) Chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle B of title III

25 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.
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1 11801 et seq.) (relating to drug abuse prevention re2 lating to youth gangs and runaway and homeless

3 youth).

4 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

5 (a) SCHOOL DROPOUT DEMONSTRATIONS.—The Ele6 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as

7 amended by Public Law 103–382) is amended—

8 (1) in section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302)—

9 (A) by striking subsection (d);

10 (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub11 section (d); and

12 (C) by inserting subsection (d) (as redesig13 nated by subparagraph (B)) after subsection

14 (c);

15 (2) in section 1003(a) (20 U.S.C. 6303(a))—

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub17 sections (a), (c), and (d), of section 1002’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (c) of section

19 1002’’; and

20 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub21 sections (a), (c), and (d) of section 1002’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (c) of section

23 1002’’;

24 (3) in section 1112(b)(4)(B) (20 U.S.C.

25 6312(b)(4)(B)), by striking ‘‘neglected or delinquent
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1 youth and youth at risk of dropping out served

2 under part D,’’;

3 (4) in section 1115(b)(2)(C) (20 U.S.C.

4 6315(b)(2)(C))—

5 (A) by striking clause (i); and

6 (B) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and all that follows

7 through ‘‘A child’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) A child’’;

8 (5) in section 1122(c) (20 U.S.C. 6332(c))—

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and

10 without regard to amounts available for delin11 quent children under subpart 2 of part D’’;

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and

13 without regard to amounts available for delin14 quent children under subpart 2 of part D’’; and

15 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and

16 without regard to amounts available for delin17 quent children under subpart 2 of part D’’;

18 (6) in section 1124(c)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C.

19 6333(c)(1)(C)), by striking ‘‘, but not counted pur20 suant to subpart 1 of part D for the purposes of a

21 grant to a State agency’’;

22 (7) in subsections (a)(1) and (b) of section

23 1502 (20 U.S.C. 6492(a)(1) and (b)), by striking

24 ‘‘section 1002(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

25 1002(d)(2)’’;
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1 (8) in section 1503(a) (20 U.S.C. 6493(a)), by

2 striking ‘‘section 1002(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

3 1002(d)(2)’’;

4 (9) in section 1603(c)(1) (20 U.S.C.

5 6513(c)(1)), by striking ‘‘subsections (a), (c), and

6 (d) of section 1002’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a)

7 and (c) of section 1002’’;

8 (10) in section 14302(a)(2) (20 U.S.C.

9 8852(a)(2))—

10 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C)

12 through (F) as subparagraphs (B) through (E),

13 respectively; and

14 (11) in section 14307(a)(1) (20 U.S.C.

15 8857(a)(1))—

16 (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and

17 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D)

18 through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (F),

19 respectively.

20 (b) DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.—

21 (1) The Elementary and Secondary Education

22 Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 103–382)

23 is amended—

24 (A) in section 2209(b)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C.

25 6649(b)(1)(C))—
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1 (i) by striking clause (ii); and

2 (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii)

3 through (vii) as clauses (ii) through (vi),

4 respectively;

5 (B) in section 14101(10) (20 U.S.C.

6 8801(10))—

7 (i) in subparagraph (D), by adding

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

9 (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and

10 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph

11 (F) as subparagraph (E);

12 (C) in section 14201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C.

13 8821(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C),

14 (D), (E), and (F) of section 14101(10)’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of

16 section 14101(10)’’;

17 (D) in section 14307 (20 U.S.C. 8857)—

18 (i) in subsection (a)(1)—

19 (I) by striking subparagraph (D)

20 (as redesignated by subsection

21 (a)(11)); and

22 (II) by redesignating subpara23 graphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs

24 (D) and (E), respectively; and

25 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)—
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1 (I) by striking subparagraph (C);

2 and

3 (II) by striking subparagraphs

4 (D) through (G) as subparagraphs

5 (C) through (F), respectively; and

6 (E) in section 14503(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.

7 8893(b)(1))—

8 (i) in subparagraph (C), by adding

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

10 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking

11 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

12 (iii) by striking subparagraph (E).

13 (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 3521(d)(8) of

14 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.

15 11841(d)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘consistent

16 with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of

17 1986’’.

18 (c) JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.—The Job

19 Training Partnership Act is amended—

20 (1) in section 3(a) (29 U.S.C. 1502(a))—

21 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

22 (B) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all that follows

23 through ‘‘There are’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) There

24 are’’;

25 (2) in section 4 (29 U.S.C. 1503(37))—
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1 (A) in paragraph (37), by striking ‘‘and

2 followup services authorized under section

3 253(d)’’; and

4 (B) in paragraph (39), by striking ‘‘and

5 followup services authorized under section

6 253(d)’’;

7 (3) in section 202(a)(1) (29 U.S.C.

8 1602(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘section 3(a)(1)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘section 3(a)’’;

10 (4) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2)(A) of sec11 tion 202 (as amended by section 701(c) of the Job

12 Training Reform Amendments of 1992 (Public Law

13 102–367; 106 Stat. 1103), by striking ‘‘section

14 3(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(a)’’;

15 (5) in section 262(a)(1) (29 U.S.C.

16 1642(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘section 3(a)(1)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘section 3(a)’’;

18 (6) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2)(A) of sec19 tion 262 (as amended by section 701(f) of the Job

20 Training Reform Amendments of 1992 (Public Law

21 102–367; 106 Stat. 1107), by striking ‘‘section

22 3(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(a)’’; and

23 (7) in section 454(a) (29 U.S.C. 1734(a)), by

24 striking ‘‘, B, and C’’ and inserting ‘‘and C’’.
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1 (d) NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.—Section

2 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761)

3 is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘public or

5 private nonprofit higher education institutions par6 ticipating in the National Youth Sports Program,,’’;

7 and

8 (2) in subsection (c)—

9 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and all that follows

11 through ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(c) Pay12 ments’’.

13 SEC. 11. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

14 (a) TRANSFER.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The total of the amounts de16 scribed in paragraph (2) shall be transferred to the

17 budget account for this Act and made available to

18 carry out this Act for fiscal year 1996.

19 (2) TOTAL.—The total referred to in paragraph

20 (1) is the total of—

21 (A) the amounts (but not more than

22 $500,000,000) that have been made available

23 for fiscal year 1995 or 1996 to carry out a pro24 vision of Federal law repealed by section 9(a),
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1 and that have not been obligated by the date of

2 enactment of this Act; and

3 (B) the amounts that have been made

4 available for fiscal year 1995 or 1996 to carry

5 out a provision of Federal law repealed by sub6 section (b) or (c) of section 9, and that have

7 not been obligated by the date of enactment of

8 this Act.

9 (b) RETURN TO TREASURY.—After the transfer re10 quired by subsection (a) and the appropriation of any

11 funds to carry out this Act for fiscal year 1996, if the

12 amount in the budget account for this Act that is available

13 for fiscal year 1996 exceeds $2,000,000,000, the excess

14 shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

16 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

17 ‘‘Youth Development Community Block Grant Act of 1995’’.

18 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as

19 follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Purposes.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

Sec. 5. General distribution of funds.

Sec. 6. Distribution of State allotments.

Sec. 7. Distribution of local allocations.

Sec. 8. Distribution to other entities.

Sec. 9. Distribution to grant recipients.

Sec. 10. Reallotment and reallocation.

Sec. 11. Community Youth Development Board.

Sec. 12. Duties of Community Boards.

Sec. 13. Duties of the States.

Sec. 14. Duties of the Assistant Secretary.
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Sec. 15. Repeals.

Sec. 16. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 17. Transfer of funds.

Sec. 18. Effective date and transition provisions.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress finds the following:

3 (1) In an increasingly complex and competitive

4 world economy, the human capital of the United

5 States is its most important resource. Too many

6 young people in the United States are reaching adult7 hood unprepared to be productive workers, effective

8 parents, or responsible citizens.

9 (2) Over the past decade, public concern related

10 to young people has focused primarily on improving

11 academic performance and combating youth problems

12 such as substance abuse and juvenile delinquency.

13 (3) Young people who lack self-confidence, self14 discipline, respect for others, and a sense of connec15 tion to their families and communities, are unlikely

16 to be successful in school, and far more likely to en17 gage in high-risk behaviors.

18 (4) Parents have primary responsibility for the

19 social, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive de20 velopment of their children. However, tremendous so21 cial and demographic changes during the last 30

22 years have had a significant effect on family life and

23 youth development, increasing the need for programs
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1 to strengthen families and help parents meet the so2 cial, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs

3 of their children.

4 (5) The lack of supervision of youth by parents

5 and the lack of meaningful activity after school for

6 youth contributes to the spread of violent juvenile de7 linquency in the form of youth and gang violence,

8 drug trafficking, dangerous and self-destructive behav9 ior, and lack of hope among youth in our Nation.

10 (6) The United States expects too much of its

11 schools if the Nation asks the schools to meet single12 handedly the needs described in paragraph (4) in ad13 dition to accomplishing their basic educational mis14 sion. Only a strong partnership among community15 based youth development organizations, community16 based youth-serving organizations, community-based

17 family-serving organizations, local government, law

18 enforcement, juvenile and family courts, local schools

19 and local educational agencies, local businesses (in20 cluding small businesses, businesses that produce or

21 sell products that may be abused, and large indus22 tries), philanthropic organizations, the religious com23 munity, and families can create a community envi24 ronment that truly supports the youth of the Nation

25 in reaching their highest potential.
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1 (7) Youth development programs, including

2 youth clubs, sports and recreation programs,

3 mentoring programs, leadership development activi4 ties, and community service programs, make a major

5 contribution to helping youth develop the life skills

6 and values that will prepare the youth for the chal7 lenges of adolescence and the independence and re8 sponsibilities of adulthood.

9 (8) Participation in positive youth development

10 programs can lead to a reduction in high-risk behav11 iors, including school failure, teenage pregnancy, use

12 of alcohol and drugs, and juvenile delinquency. Many

13 youth who would greatly benefit from such programs

14 do not have access due to factors that include lack of

15 coordination among the programs and inequitable

16 distribution of existing resources.

17 (9) Community-based youth-serving organiza18 tions, private and public, are an effective resource in

19 developing and implementing community youth devel20 opment plans, both because of the responsiveness of

21 the organizations to local community values and con22 cerns, and the ability of the organizations to mobilize

23 community resources.

24 (10) Notwithstanding the efforts of community25 based youth-serving organizations, in most local com-
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1 munities youth development efforts are so fragmented

2 that millions of youth nationwide go unserved, and

3 no process exists through which key groups regularly

4 come together to develop a comprehensive approach to

5 youth development. Without a mechanism for coordi6 nation, narrowly focused Federal programs are un7 able to meet the comprehensive needs of the youth of

8 the Nation.

9 (11) Narrowly targeted categorical programs

10 have created a multitude of Federal funding streams

11 which have become a barrier to effective program co12 ordination and the provision of comprehensive serv13 ices for children and youth.

14 (12) It is critical that the Federal Government

15 adopt a comprehensive strategy in promoting the

16 positive development of youth, and encourage and em17 power communities to develop and implement com18 prehensive youth development plans.

19 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

20 It is the purpose of this Act to create a single, com21 prehensive Federal strategy for community-based youth de22 velopment programs, and to support communities in de23 signing community strategic plans for youth development

24 that—
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1 (1) support the primary role of the family in

2 positive youth development;

3 (2) give priority to prevention of youth problems

4 and crime through youth development;

5 (3) promote increased community coordination

6 and collaboration in meeting the developmental needs

7 of youth;

8 (4) support the development and expansion of

9 community-based youth development programs to re10 spond to local needs; and

11 (5) promote community partnerships that link

12 youth development programs with services provided

13 by community-based youth development organiza14 tions, community-based youth-serving organizations,

15 community-based family-serving organizations, local

16 government (including parks and recreation agen17 cies), law enforcement, juvenile and family courts,

18 and local schools and local educational agencies, and

19 other segments of the community.

20 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

21 As used in this Act:

22 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist23 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for

24 Children and Families of the Department of Health

25 and Human Services.
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1 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED.—The term ‘‘community2 based’’—

3 (A) used with respect to an organization,

4 means an organization that is representative of

5 a community or a significant segment of a com6 munity and is engaged in providing services to

7 the community; and

8 (B) used with respect to a program or serv9 ice, means a program or service provided to the

10 community in which the program or service is

11 located.

12 (3) COMMUNITY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Community

13 Board’’ means a Community Youth Development

14 Board established under section 11.

15 (4) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘county’’, used to refer

16 to a political subdivision of Vermont, Rhode Island,

17 Connecticut, Hawaii, Alaska, or another State with

18 similar local government, means a city, town, town19 ship, village, or other general purpose political sub20 division.

21 (5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

22 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given the

23 term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Second24 ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
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1 (6) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in2 come family’’ means a family with an income below

3 the poverty line.

4 (7) OUTCOME OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘outcome

5 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the im6 pact of a program or initiative, with respect to the

7 participants in the program or initiative, the fami8 lies, peer groups, or schools of the participants, or the

9 community that the program or initiative serves, in10 cluding—

11 (A) an objective relating to changes in the

12 competencies described in paragraph (15)(A) of

13 individual participants in the program or ini14 tiative;

15 (B) an objective relating to reducing the in16 cidence of high-risk behaviors, such as school fail17 ure, violence, teenage pregnancy, use of alcohol,

18 use of illegal drugs, and juvenile delinquency,

19 among youth in the community; and

20 (C) an objective relating to increasing pro21 tective factors and reducing risk factors for the

22 participants, the families, peer groups, or schools

23 of the participants, or the community.

24 (8) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying area’’

25 means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
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1 American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern

2 Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Is3 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Re4 public of Palau.

5 (9) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’

6 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of

7 Management and Budget, and revised annually in ac8 cordance with section 673(2) of the Community Serv9 ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable

10 to a family of the size involved.

11 (10) PROCESS OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘process

12 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the man13 ner in which a program or initiative is carried out,

14 including—

15 (A) an objective relating to the degree to

16 which the program or initiative is reaching its

17 intended target population;

18 (B) an objective relating to the degree to

19 which the program or initiative addresses known

20 risk factors for youth problem behaviors and in21 corporates activities that inhibit the behaviors

22 and that build on protective factors for youth;

23 (C) an objective relating to the number, age,

24 gender, and ethnicity of the youth involved in

25 the program or initiative;
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1 (D) an objective relating to the degree to

2 which the services delivered are consistent with

3 the intended program model; and

4 (E) an objective relating to the cost of deliv5 ering services under the program or initiative.

6 (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

7 the several States of the United States, the District of

8 Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

9 (12) SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—The term ‘‘substance

10 abuse’’ has the meaning given the term in section 534

11 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc–

12 34).

13 (13) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an indi14 vidual who is not younger than age 6 and not older

15 than age 18.

16 (14) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.—The

17 term ‘‘youth development organization’’ means a pri18 vate nonprofit youth-serving organization with a

19 major emphasis on providing youth development pro20 grams.

21 (15) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The

22 term ‘‘youth development program’’ means a program

23 that—

24 (A) in order to enable youth to deal success25 fully with the challenges of adolescence and pre-
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1 pare the youth for the independence and respon2 sibilities of being parents, workers, and citizens,

3 attempts to help the youth to develop—

4 (i) social competencies, such as work

5 and family life skills, problem-solving skills,

6 and communication skills;

7 (ii) moral competencies, such as per8 sonal values, ethics, and a sense of respon9 sibility and citizenship (including partici10 pation in civic life and community service);

11 (iii) emotional competencies, such as a

12 sense of personal identity, self-confidence,

13 autonomy, and the ability to resist negative

14 peer pressure;

15 (iv) physical competencies, such as

16 physical conditioning, endurance, and an

17 appreciation for and strategies to achieve

18 lifelong physical health and fitness; and

19 (v) cognitive competencies, such as

20 knowledge, reasoning ability, creativity, and

21 a lifelong commitment to learning and

22 achievement;

23 (B) conducts activities with a primarily

24 nonacademic focus;
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1 (C) employs primarily active and experien2 tial learning methods;

3 (D) builds relationships between positive

4 adult role models and youth in a program set5 ting; and

6 (E) promotes the competencies described in

7 subparagraph (A) through group and one-to-one

8 activities, which may include activities in youth

9 clubs, sports and recreation, peer counseling and

10 teaching, mentoring, the arts, values education,

11 leadership development, crime and delinquency

12 prevention, community service or volunteerism,

13 literacy, before school and after school programs,

14 prevention of violence (including violence in the

15 home), mediation skills training, drug abuse pre16 vention, alcohol education, parenting skills ac17 tivities, camping, environmental education, eth18 nic or cultural enrichment, tutoring, and aca19 demic enrichment.

20 (16) YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATION.—The term

21 ‘‘youth-serving organization’’ means an organization

22 with a primary focus on providing youth develop23 ment, health and fitness, education, substance abuse

24 prevention, child welfare, child protective, psycho-
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1 logical, parenting, recreation, teen pregnancy, reha2 bilitative, or residential services to youth.

3 SEC. 5. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap6 propriated to carry out this Act, $890,900,000 for fis7 cal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary for

8 each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000.

9 (2) VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND.—

10 Notwithstanding section 310001(c) of the Violent

11 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42

12 U.S.C. 14211(c)), there are authorized to be appro13 priated to carry out this Act, from amounts in the

14 Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for each of fis15 cal years 1997 through 2000, the total amount au16 thorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year under

17 title III of the Violent Crime Control and Law En18 forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.) (as

19 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of

20 this Act) from such trust fund to carry out the provi21 sions described in section 15(a).

22 (b) RESERVATIONS.—From the sums appropriated

23 under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Assistant Sec24 retary shall reserve—
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1 (1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to

2 States and allocations to Community Boards, as de3 scribed in sections 6 and 7;

4 (2) 1.5 percent of the sums for grants to Native

5 American organizations, as described in section 8(a);

6 (3) 0.5 percent of the sums for grants to outlying

7 areas, as described in section 8(b); and

8 (4) 3 percent of the sums for activities by the Ad9 ministration for Children and Families, as described

10 in this Act.

11 SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE ALLOTMENTS.

12 (a) TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT.—From the sums

13 reserved under section 5(b)(1) (referred to in this section

14 as the ‘‘total distribution amount’’), the Assistant Secretary

15 shall make allotments under this section to States to—

16 (1) assist Community Boards in carrying out

17 the activities described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and

18 9(a);

19 (2) carry out activities required to administer

20 the youth development programs carried out in the

21 States; and

22 (3) for any fiscal year described in section

23 7(a)(1)(B), assist appropriate entities, on a discre24 tionary basis, in carrying out local youth develop25 ment programs in order to—
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1 (A) respond to emergency situations, as de2 termined by the States; or

3 (B) serve areas with a high concentration of

4 low-income families.

5 (b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Subject to

6 subsection (c), for each fiscal year in which funds are ap7 propriated under section 5(a), the Assistant Secretary shall

8 allot to each State the sum (referred to in this section and

9 section 7 as the ‘‘State allotment’’) of—

(1) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 10 ⁄3

11 of the total distribution amount as the number of

12 youth in the State bears to the number of youth in

13 all States;

(2) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 14 ⁄3

15 of the total distribution amount as the number of

16 youth from low-income families in the State bears to

17 the number of such youth in all States; and

(3) an amount from the remaining 1 18 ⁄3 of the

19 total distribution amount, calculated in accordance

20 with a formula prescribed by the Assistant Secretary,

21 that takes into account the average incidence of juve22 nile crime in the State during the most recent 4-year

23 period for which data are available, relative to the av24 erage incidence of such crime in all States during

25 such period.
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1 (c) MINIMUM STATE ALLOTMENT.—The Assistant Sec2 retary shall allot to each State under this section an

amount that is not less than 1 3 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the total

4 distribution amount.

5 (d) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—To be eli6 gible to receive such State allotment, the State shall prepare,

7 and submit to the Assistant Secretary, an application at

8 such time, in such manner, and containing such informa9 tion as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably require to

10 assure compliance with this Act. Such application shall in11 clude, at a minimum, an assurance that the State is pre12 pared to use such amount in compliance with all the re13 quirements of this Act, and, in the case of any application

14 submitted after the first year in which the State receives

15 funds under this Act, that the State will submit to the As16 sistant Secretary an annual program report and the results

17 of an independent audit conducted by the State concerning

18 the use of such funds.

19 SEC. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.

20 (a) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO

21 COMMUNITY BOARDS.—

22 (1) RESERVATIONS.—

23 (A) ADMINISTRATION.—A State may reserve

24 not more than 4 percent of the State allotment

25 to carry out activities required to administer the
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1 youth development programs carried out in the

2 State.

3 (B) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING OF LOCAL

4 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—For each fis5 cal year for which the total sums appropriated

6 under section 5(a) are $500,000,000 or more, a

7 State may reserve not more than 3.5 percent of

8 the State allotment to assist appropriate entities,

9 on a discretionary basis, in carrying out local

10 youth development programs in order to—

11 (i) respond to emergency situations, as

12 determined by the State; or

13 (ii) serve areas with a high concentra14 tion of low-income families.

15 (2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

16 BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA17 TIONS ARE $500,000,000 OR MORE.—

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in

19 paragraph (3), for each fiscal year for which a

20 State receives a State allotment, the State shall,

21 after making any reservation under paragraph

22 (1), allocate and distribute to each Community

23 Board in the State an amount (referred to in

24 this section as the ‘‘local allocation’’) represent-
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1 ing an equitable allocation of the remainder of

2 the State allotment.

3 (B) CALCULATION.—The local allocations

4 shall be distributed among Community Boards

5 representing counties within the State utilizing

6 the Federal allotment formula specified in sec7 tion 6(b), except that for purposes of the applica8 tion of the formula—

9 (i) each reference to the total distribu10 tion amount shall be deemed to be a ref11 erence to the remainder of the State allot12 ment;

13 (ii) each reference to a State shall be

14 deemed to be a reference to a county; and

15 (iii) the reference to all States shall be

16 deemed to be a reference to all counties in

17 the State.

18 (3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

19 BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA20 TIONS ARE LESS THAN $500,000,000.—

21 (A) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for

22 which the total sums appropriated under section

23 5(a) are less than $500,000,000, and for which

24 a State receives a State allotment, the State

25 shall, after making any reservation under para-
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1 graph (1)(A), make grants from the remainder of

2 the State allotment to eligible Community

3 Boards to carry out the activities described in

4 subsection (b)(2)(A) and section 9(a).

5 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making such

6 grants, the State shall consider the criteria de7 scribed in the formula specified in section 6(b),

8 applied as described in paragraph (2)(B). The

9 State shall ensure an equitable geographic dis10 tribution of such grants (including distribution

11 to rural, urban, and suburban areas within the

12 State), and shall ensure that a variety of pro13 gram models and activities receive funding

14 under this paragraph.

15 (C) TREATMENT OF GRANTS.—For purposes

16 of this Act, a grant awarded to a Community

17 Board under this paragraph shall be considered

18 to be a local allocation.

19 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

20 BOARDS.—

21 (1) INITIAL PLANNING FUNDS.—For the first fis22 cal year for which Community Boards in a State are

23 eligible to receive funds under this section, the State

24 shall make available, to each eligible Community

25 Board in the State, 5 percent of the local allocation
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1 of such Board, to be used for up to 6 months for an

2 initial planning phase. To be eligible to receive such

3 amount, the Community Board shall submit to the

4 State a letter of intent to apply for funds under this

5 section. Such letter of intent shall include a list of the

6 members of the Community Board, including suffi7 cient information about their affiliations to dem8 onstrate compliance with the requirements of sub9 sections (b) through (f) of section 11.

10 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for

12 which a State receives a State allotment, the

13 State shall distribute to each eligible Community

14 Board in the State an amount equal to the re15 mainder of the local allocation of such Board for

16 the purpose of conducting community-based

17 youth development programs that—

18 (i) address the process objectives, and

19 the outcome objectives, identified in the

20 community strategic plan described in sec21 tion 12(a)(1);

22 (ii) incorporate components that pro23 mote competencies in youth;
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1 (iii) recognize the primary role of the

2 family in positive youth development in

3 order to strengthen families;

4 (iv) promote the involvement of youth

5 (including program participants), parents,

6 and other community members in the plan7 ning and implementation of the programs;

8 (v) identify specific protective factors

9 and risk factors for youth, to be addressed

10 by the programs;

11 (vi) coordinate services with other

12 youth and family services in the community

13 and help participants access the services;

14 (vii) build relationships between posi15 tive adult role models and youth in pro16 gram settings;

17 (viii) encourage youth leadership and

18 civic involvement;

19 (ix) seek to establish a long-term rela20 tionship with participating youth;

21 (x) employ strong outreach efforts to

22 youth from low-income families and to the

23 families;

24 (xi) provide age-appropriate activities;

25 (xii) provide activities that—
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1 (I) are open to all youth, regard2 less of such factors as race, color, reli3 gion, sex, national origin, disability,

4 or social or economic background; or

5 (II) target a population on the

6 basis of 1 or more of such factors, if

7 such targeting is designed to meet the

8 special needs of such population; and

9 (xiii) use not more than 10 percent of

10 the amount to provide preservice and in11 service training and educational materials

12 and services for program staff.

13 (B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive

14 an amount referred to in subparagraph (A), the

15 Community Board shall prepare and submit to

16 the State an application, at such time, in such

17 manner, and containing such information as the

18 State may reasonably require to assure compli19 ance with this Act. Such application shall in20 clude, at a minimum, a community strategic

21 plan described in section 12(a)(1), a description

22 of the types of activities and services for which

23 the amount will be provided, information indi24 cating the extent to which the activities and serv25 ices achieve the purposes of this Act and the pur-
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1 pose described in subparagraph (A), and a de2 scription of the processes used to select members

3 of the Community Board.

4 (C) PROHIBITION.—No Community Board

5 may use funds appropriated under section 5(a)

6 to carry out a youth employment program pro7 viding subsidized employment opportunities, job

8 training activities, or school-to-work activities

9 for participants.

10 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER ENTITIES.

11 (a) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved under

13 section 5(b)(2), the Assistant Secretary shall make

14 grants to eligible Native American organizations to

15 assist the organizations in carrying out the activities

16 described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a).

17 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

18 grant under paragraph (1), a Native American orga19 nization shall submit an application to the Assistant

20 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and contain21 ing such information as the Assistant Secretary may

22 reasonably require to assure compliance with this Act,

23 including any information that a Community Board

24 is required to submit in an application described in

25 section 7(b)(2)(B).
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1 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi2 sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to Native

3 American organizations receiving funds through

4 grants made under this subsection. For purposes of

5 the application of such provisions to a Native Amer6 ican organization, references to a county shall be

7 deemed to be references to the area served by the orga8 nization, and references to a State shall be deemed to

9 be references to the Assistant Secretary.

10 (4) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection:

11 (A) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the

12 meaning given the term in section 4(d) of the In13 dian Self-Determination and Education Assist14 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)).

15 (B) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—

16 The term ‘‘Native American organization’’

17 means—

18 (i) a tribal organization, as defined in

19 section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determina20 tion and Education Assistance Act (25

21 U.S.C. 450b(l));

22 (ii) a Native Hawaiian Organization,

23 as defined in section 4009(4) of the Augus24 tus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elemen25 tary and Secondary School Improvement
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1 Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(4));

2 and

3 (iii) a private nonprofit organization

4 established for the purpose of serving youth

5 who are Indians or Native Hawaiians.

6 (C) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native

7 Hawaiian’’ has the meaning given the term in

8 section 4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Rob9 ert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary

10 School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20

11 U.S.C. 4909(1)).

12 (b) OUTLYING AREAS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved under

14 section 5(b)(3), the Assistant Secretary shall make

15 grants to eligible outlying areas to assist the areas

16 in—

17 (A) carrying out the activities described in

18 sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a); or

19 (B) providing assistance to geographic or

20 political subdivisions of the areas to carry out

21 the activities.

22 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

23 grant under paragraph (1), the outlying area shall

24 submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at

25 such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
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1 formation as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably

2 require to assure compliance with this Act, including

3 any information that a State is required to submit in

4 an application described in section 6(d).

5 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi6 sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to outlying

7 areas receiving funds through grants made under this

8 subsection. For purposes of the application of such

9 provisions to an outlying area, references to a county

10 shall be deemed to be references to a geographic or po11 litical subdivision within the outlying area, or to the

12 outlying area, as appropriate, and references to a

13 State shall be deemed to be references to the Assistant

14 Secretary.

15 SEC. 9. DISTRIBUTION TO GRANT RECIPIENTS.

16 (a) GRANTS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A Community Board shall

18 award grants in accordance with this subsection to

19 pay for the Federal share of carrying out youth devel20 opment programs addressing the process objectives,

21 and the outcome objectives, established in the commu22 nity strategic plan described in section 12(a)(1) and

23 the program components described in section

24 7(b)(2)(A).
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1 (2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—The Community

2 Board shall issue a request for proposals to apply for

3 a grant under paragraph (1). Such request shall

4 specify the process objectives and outcome objectives to

5 be addressed by the applicants submitting the propos6 als.

7 (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants

9 under paragraph (1) for programs, the Commu10 nity Board shall take into account the extent to

11 which a program meets the objectives and goals

12 of the community strategic plan described in sec13 tion 12(a)(1). In the second and subsequent years

14 for which such grants are awarded, the Commu15 nity Board shall take into account the extent to

16 which the programs receiving funding through

17 such grants were successful in meeting the com18 munity process objectives and outcome objectives

19 for youth development programs, including

20 changes in protective factor and risk factor lev21 els.

22 (B) FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.—A for-profit

23 entity that receives funds through a grant made

24 under paragraph (1) shall use the funds in a

25 manner consistent with such fiscal requirements
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1 as the Assistant Secretary may by regulation

2 specify.

3 (C) RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ORGANI4 ZATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed

5 to prohibit a religious or charitable organization

6 from receiving a grant under this subsection, or

7 from carrying out a youth development program

8 with such grant, on the same basis as any other

9 entity, without impairing or diminishing the re10 ligious character or freedom of such organiza11 tion.

12 (4) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re13 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall

14 submit an application to the Community Board at

15 such time, in such manner, and containing such in16 formation as the Community Board may reasonably

17 require.

18 (5) FUNDING PERIOD.—The Community Board

19 may award such a grant for a period of up to 3

20 years. The Community Board may terminate the

21 funding made available through such grant during

22 such grant period for a program if the program fails

23 to comply with the requirements of this Act or if in24 sufficient Federal funds are appropriated under sec25 tion 5(a) to permit the continuation of funding for
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1 the full grant period of all such grants awarded by

2 the Community Board.

3 (6) RENEWALS OF GRANTS.—The Community

4 Board may renew grants made under paragraph (1).

5 After the initial grant period, in determining whether

6 to renew a grant to an entity to carry out activities,

7 the Community Board shall give substantial weight to

8 the effectiveness of the activities in achieving process

9 objectives and outcome objectives specified in the com10 munity strategic plan described in section 12(a)(1).

11 (7) FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.—

12 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share

13 of the cost of carrying out a youth development

14 program described in paragraph (1) shall be—

15 (i) 80 percent for the first year for

16 which the program receives funding under

17 this subsection;

18 (ii) 70 percent for the second such

19 year;

20 (iii) 60 percent for the third such year;

21 and

22 (iv) 50 percent for the fourth and any

23 subsequent year.

24 (B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing

25 for the remaining share of the cost of carrying
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1 out such a program, each grant recipient under

2 this subsection—

3 (i) shall provide for such share through

4 non-Federal sources;

5 (ii) may provide for such share

6 through a payment in cash (which may in7 clude State or local public funds expended

8 to meet the requirements of section 10(e));

9 and

10 (iii) may provide for not more than 50

11 percent of such share through a payment in

12 kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities,

13 equipment, or services.

14 (8) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS.—The Commu15 nity Board may award a grant under this subsection

16 for the continuation of any program carried out prior

17 to the date of enactment of this Act under any provi18 sion of law referred to in section 15.

19 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS TO COMMUNITY BOARD.—In

20 carrying out a program under this Act, each grant recipient

21 under subsection (a) shall, not later than 45 days after the

22 end of each fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare

23 and submit to the Community Board an annual report on

24 the program during the fiscal year, in such manner and

25 containing such information as the Assistant Secretary
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1 may reasonably require to determine compliance with this

2 Act.

3 (c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION, AND

4 EVALUATION.—A grant recipient under subsection (a) may

5 use up to 10 percent of the funds received under the grant

6 for planning, administration, and coordination, and may

7 use up to an additional 5 percent of such funds for evalua8 tion expenses.

9 SEC. 10. REALLOTMENT AND REALLOCATION.

10 (a) AUTHORITY TO ASSIST COMMUNITY BOARDS IN

11 NONPARTICIPATING STATES/REALLOTMENT OF STATE

12 FUNDS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for which

14 a State does not submit an application for an allot15 ment under section 6, the Assistant Secretary may

16 use the allotment of such State to make direct grants

17 to eligible Community Boards in the

18 nonparticipating State.

19 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a di20 rect grant under paragraph (1), a Community Board

21 shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary

22 at such time, in such manner, and containing such

23 information as the Assistant Secretary may reason24 ably require to assure compliance with this Act, in25 cluding any information that a Community Board is
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1 required to submit in an application described in sec2 tion 7(b)(2)(B).

3 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi4 sions of sections 9, 11, and 12 shall apply to Commu5 nity Boards receiving funds through grants made

6 under this subsection. For purposes of the application

7 of such provisions, references to the State shall be

8 deemed to be references to the Assistant Secretary.

9 (b) STATE REALLOTMENT.—For any fiscal year for

10 which a State does not submit an application for an allot11 ment under section 6, and the Assistant Secretary does not

12 use the allotment as described in subsection (a), the Assist13 ant Secretary shall make the allotment of such State avail14 able to such other States as the Assistant Secretary may

15 determine to be appropriate.

16 (c) COUNTY REALLOCATION.—For any fiscal year for

17 which a Community Board in a State does not submit an

18 application for an allocation under section 7, the State

19 shall make available the allocation of such county to such

20 other counties in the State as the State may determine to

21 be appropriate.

22 (d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—

23 (1) STATE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Any State

24 that receives funds from the Assistant Secretary under

25 this Act shall obligate the funds (other than any
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1 amount reserved under section 7(a)(1)) not later than

2 6 months after the date of such receipt or return the

3 funds to the Assistant Secretary for reallotment in ac4 cordance with subsection (b).

5 (2) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS AND OUT6 LYING AREAS.—Any Native American organization or

7 outlying area that receives funds from the Assistant

8 Secretary under this Act shall obligate the funds not

9 later than 6 months after the date of such receipt or

10 return the funds to the Assistant Secretary for reallot11 ment in accordance with subsection (b).

12 (3) COMMUNITY BOARD OBLIGATION OF

13 FUNDS.—Any Community Board that receives funds

14 from a State or the Assistant Secretary under this

15 Act shall obligate the funds not later than 6 months

16 after the date of such receipt or return the funds to

17 the State for reallocation in accordance with sub18 section (c), or to the Assistant Secretary for reallot19 ment in accordance with subsection (b), respectively.

20 (4) GRANT RECIPIENT EXPENDITURE OF

21 FUNDS.—Any grant recipient under section 9(a) shall

22 expend the funds made available through the grant

23 not later than 3 years after the date of such receipt

24 or return the funds to the State for reallocation in ac25 cordance with subsection (c).
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1 (e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro2 priated under this Act shall be used to supplement and not

3 supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds ex4 pended to provide youth development programs for eligible

5 individuals.

6 SEC. 11. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

7 (a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

8 ‘‘appointing authority’’ means—

9 (1) except as provided in paragraph (2) and sub10 section (d)(1)(B), the Chief Executive Officer and the

11 representatives described in subsection (b)(1)(A); and

12 (2) except as provided in subsection (d)(1)(B), in

13 a State referred to in subsection (b)(2), the local gov14 ernment official and the representatives described in

15 subsection (b)(2)(B).

16 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION.—

18 (A) MEMBERSHIP OF APPOINTING AUTHOR19 ITY.—

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided

21 in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (4), in

22 order for entities within a county to be eli23 gible to receive assistance under this Act—

24 (I) the Chief Executive Officer of

25 the county;
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1 (II) a representative (who may be

2 a teacher, an administrator, a coun3 selor, or another person with experi4 ence with education activities, or other

5 activities described in section

6 7(b)(2)(A) or 9(a)), selected by the edu7 cational community serving the coun8 ty;

9 (III) a representative of the com10 munity-based youth development orga11 nizations serving the county, selected

12 by the youth development organiza13 tions; and

14 (IV) except as provided in clause

15 (ii), a representative (who may be a

16 teacher, an administrator, a counselor,

17 or another person with experience with

18 substance abuse prevention activities),

19 selected by the substance abuse preven20 tion agencies and substance abuse pre21 vention providers serving the county;

22 shall jointly facilitate the establishment of a

23 local entity, or designate an existing (as of

24 the date of such designation) local entity,

25 that meets the requirements of this section,
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1 to serve as the Community Youth Develop2 ment Board for the county.

3 (ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP4 RESENTATIVE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH SUB5 STANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.—

6 The agencies and providers described in

7 clause (i)(IV) shall select a representative

8 under such clause only if the agencies and

9 providers determine that neither of the rep10 resentatives selected under subclause (II) or

11 (III) of clause (i) has the experience de12 scribed in clause (i)(IV).

13 (B) EXISTING ENTITY OR SUBDIVISION.—

14 The appointing authority shall consider permit15 ting an existing (as of the date of the consider16 ation) community-based coalition that focuses on

17 risk and protective factor needs assessments and

18 program planning, an existing (as of such date)

19 community-based youth-focused entity, or a sub20 division of such coalition or entity to serve as the

21 Community Board.

22 (2) CERTAIN STATES.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

24 paragraph (4), in a State referred to in section

25 4(4), in order for entities within a general pur-
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1 pose political subdivision to be eligible to receive

2 assistance under this Act, the persons described

3 in subparagraph (B) shall provide for the facili4 tation or designation described in paragraph (1).

5 (B) APPOINTING AUTHORITY.—

6 (i) IN GENERAL.—The persons referred

7 to in subparagraph (A) are—

8 (I) a local government official

9 from the general purpose political sub10 division, who shall be selected by the

11 State to serve on the appointing au12 thority, in lieu of a Chief Executive

13 Officer of a county;

14 (II) a representative described in

15 paragraph (1)(A)(i)(II), selected by the

16 educational community serving the

17 subdivision;

18 (III) a representative of the com19 munity-based youth development orga20 nizations serving the subdivision, se21 lected by the youth development orga22 nizations; and

23 (IV) except as provided in clause

24 (ii), a representative described in

25 paragraph (1)(A)(i)(IV), selected by
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1 the substance abuse prevention agencies

2 and substance abuse prevention provid3 ers serving the subdivision.

4 (ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP5 RESENTATIVE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH SUB6 STANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.—

7 The agencies and providers described in

8 clause (i)(IV) shall select a representative

9 under such clause only if the agencies and

10 providers determine that neither of the rep11 resentatives selected under subclause (II) or

12 (III) of clause (i) has the experience de13 scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(IV).

14 (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTICOUNTY COMMU15 NITY BOARD.—The appointing authorities of 2 or

16 more counties may agree to facilitate the establish17 ment of a local entity, or designate an existing (as of

18 the date of the designation) entity, that meets the re19 quirements of this section, to serve as a multicounty

20 Community Board. Such a multicounty Community

21 Board shall carry out the duties described in sections

22 9(a) and 12 with respect to the counties involved. If

23 such a multicounty Community Board is established,

24 all duties required by this section to be carried out by

25 an appointing authority shall be carried out jointly
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1 by the appointing authorities of each participating

2 county.

3 (4) LESS POPULATED COUNTIES.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a county

5 with a population of 25,000 or less, paragraphs

6 (1) through (3) and subsections (c) through (f)

7 shall not apply, and the Chief Executive Officer

8 of the county may serve as the Community

9 Board for the county.

10 (B) CONSULTATION.—A Chief Executive Of11 ficer who serves as a Community Board under

12 this paragraph shall consult with schools, local

13 educational agencies, youth-serving organiza14 tions, and youth development organizations.

15 (C) TREATMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF16 FICER.—For purposes of this Act, a Chief Execu17 tive Officer serving as a Community Board

18 under this paragraph shall be considered to be a

19 Community Board.

20 (c) NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COMMUNITY

21 BOARD.—The appointing authority for a county shall de22 termine the total number of members on the Community

23 Board, which shall be not less than 5 nor more than 11

24 members.

25 (d) COMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—
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1 (1) APPOINTMENT.—

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The appointing author3 ity shall appoint for the county the members of

4 a Community Board that is established, rather

5 than designated, under this Act.

6 (B) COUNTIES WITH DOMINANT SUBDIVI7 SIONS.—If any political subdivision of a State is

8 located totally or partially within a county, and

9 the population of the subdivision is more than 30

10 percent of the total population of the county, the

11 Chief Executive Officer of such subdivision shall

12 be included in the appointing authority for the

13 county.

14 (2) INTERESTS.—The Community Board shall,

15 to the extent practicable, be comprised of members

16 whose interests and involvement in youth and youth

17 development reflect the various segments of the com18 munity.

19 (3) ORGANIZATIONS.—In facilitating the estab20 lishment of, or designating, the Community Board,

21 the appointing authority shall consider the inclusion

22 of representatives of community-based youth develop23 ment organizations, community-based youth-serving

24 organizations (including substance abuse prevention

25 agencies and substance abuse prevention providers),
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1 community-based family-serving organizations (in2 cluding family or domestic violence organizations),

3 local government (including parks and recreation

4 agencies), law enforcement, juvenile and family

5 courts, local schools and local educational agencies,

6 local businesses (including small businesses, businesses

7 that produce or sell products that may be abused, and

8 large industries), philanthropic organizations (includ9 ing community foundations), the religious commu10 nity, and families (including youth participants in

11 local youth development programs and their parents).

12 (4) EXPERTISE.—

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—

14 (i) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.—

15 At least 1 member of the Community Board

16 shall have demonstrated expertise in the de17 sign and delivery of youth development pro18 grams (provided through a community19 based youth development organization,

20 where feasible).

21 (ii) YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PRE22 VENTION.—At least 1 member of the Com23 munity Board (who may be the same indi24 vidual as the member described in clause
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1 (i)) shall have demonstrated expertise in

2 youth substance abuse prevention.

3 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESS POPULATED

4 COUNTIES.—In the case of a county with a pop5 ulation of 100,000 or less, if the Chief Executive

6 Officer of the county determines that, because of

7 the absence of youth development organizations,

8 the county cannot establish an appointing au9 thority meeting the requirements of paragraph

10 (1) or (2), as appropriate, of subsection (b) or a

11 Community Board meeting the requirements of

12 subparagraph (A), a representative of a commu13 nity-based youth-serving organization with the

14 expertise required under subparagraph (A)(i)

15 may be selected to serve, and participate, on the

16 appointing authority or Community Board, as

17 appropriate, on the same basis as a representa18 tive of a community-based youth development or19 ganization.

20 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—

21 (1) TERMS; OFFICERS; VACANCIES.—The Com22 munity Board shall adopt, and shall include in the

23 application described in section 7(b)(2)(B), bylaws

24 that include provisions regarding the terms of office

25 of members, the election of officers, and the selection
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1 of members to fill vacancies, of the Community

2 Board.

3 (2) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The bylaws of the

4 Community Board shall contain a conflict of interest

5 provision that requires any member of the Commu6 nity Board who has a conflict of interest regarding

7 any matter before the Board to declare the conflict

8 and refrain from voting on the matter.

9 (f) FISCAL AGENT.—

10 (1) APPOINTMENT OF FISCAL AGENT.—The ap11 pointing authority shall appoint a fiscal agent for the

12 Board.

13 (2) DUTIES.—The fiscal agent shall carry out

14 such duties as the Community Board may determine

15 to be appropriate.

16 SEC. 12. DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARDS.

17 (a) DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

18 (1) COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Community Board

20 shall prepare and submit to the State (to ensure

21 that the plan meets the requirements of this Act),

22 as part of the application described in section

23 7(b)(2)(B), a community strategic plan for youth

24 development in the county involved, including—
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1 (i) the results of a current (as of the

2 date of the submission) assessment of com3 munity needs and resources;

4 (ii) the results of a current (as of the

5 date of the submission) assessment of sub6 stance abuse in the county;

7 (iii) specific process objectives and out8 come objectives for youth development pro9 grams; and

10 (iv) measures of program effectiveness

11 that shall be used to evaluate the progress of

12 grant recipients under section 9(a) in

13 achieving the objectives described in clause

14 (iii).

15 (B) REVIEW AND COMMENT.—The Commu16 nity Board shall provide the members of the ap17 pointing authority (as defined in section 11(a))

18 for the county with an opportunity to review

19 and comment on the community strategic plan

20 prior to the submission of the plan to the State.

21 (2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND TECHNICAL

22 ASSISTANCE.—The Community Board shall be respon23 sible for establishing monitoring and evaluation pro24 cedures, consistent with such requirements as may be

25 established by the Assistant Secretary, to assess the
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1 progress of grant recipients under section 9(a) in

2 achieving the process objectives and outcome objectives

3 identified in the community strategic plan. Commu4 nity Boards shall also provide technical assistance to

5 applicants and grant recipients under section 9(a).

6 (3) APPEAL.—A State may deny approval of the

7 community strategic plan only on the basis that the

8 plan does not meet the requirements of this Act. In

9 the event that the State denies approval of the com10 munity strategic plan, the Community Board submit11 ting the plan may appeal the denial in accordance

12 with such appeals process as the Assistant Secretary

13 shall specify by regulation.

14 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO STATE.—Each Community

15 Board shall, not later than 75 days after the end of each

16 fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and submit

17 to the State an annual report in such manner and contain18 ing such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea19 sonably require to determine compliance with this Act.

20 Such report shall contain, at a minimum, information on

21 the programs and activities funded by the Community

22 Board during the fiscal year under section 9(a), the extent

23 to which private funds are leveraged for such programs and

24 activities carried out in the county served by the Commu25 nity Board during such year, and the extent to which the
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1 entity carrying out the programs and activities achieved

2 the process objectives and outcome objectives specified in the

3 community strategic plan described in subsection (a)(1).

4 (c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,

5 EVALUATION, AND FISCAL AGENT EXPENSES.—In addition

6 to any initial planning funds provided under section

7 7(b)(1), the Community Board may use up to 5 percent

8 of the funds received under section 7(b)(2) for planning, ad9 ministration, coordination, and evaluation expenses, and

10 expenses of the fiscal agent of the Community Board.

11 SEC. 13. DUTIES OF THE STATES.

12 (a) DESIGNATION OF STATE ENTITY.—In order for en13 tities within a State to be eligible to receive assistance

14 under this Act, the Governor of the State shall establish an

15 entity, or designate an existing entity, to administer and

16 conduct the State activities described under this Act.

17 (b) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INPUT.—The Governor

18 shall establish and implement a mechanism to receive regu19 larly advice and input from a representative mix of the in20 dividuals and organizations described in section 11(d)(3)

21 to improve the effectiveness and increase coordination of

22 youth development programs funded under this Act in the

23 State.

24 (c) REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within 30 days of the submis2 sion by a Community Board of an application under

3 section 7(b)(2)(B), the State shall either approve the

4 application and distribute to the Community Board

5 its local allocation under section 7, or notify the Com6 munity Board of the additional steps that the Com7 munity Board shall take to bring the plan into com8 pliance with this Act.

9 (2) MONITORING OPERATIONS OF COMMUNITY

10 BOARDS.—The State shall have primary responsibil11 ity for ensuring that the Community Boards in the

12 State operate in compliance with this Act.

13 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY

14 BOARDS.—The State shall provide technical assistance

15 related to the development and implementation of

16 community strategic plans described in section

17 12(a)(1) to Community Boards that are applicants

18 for, or recipients of, local allocations under section 7.

19 (4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the State determines,

20 based on a review of the community strategic plans,

21 annual reports, audits, or other documentation re22 quired by this Act, that a Community Board or an

23 entity carrying out a program or activity funded by

24 a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to com-
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1 ply with the requirements of this Act, the State

2 shall—

3 (A) inform the Community Board or entity

4 of the deficiencies that need correction;

5 (B) provide appropriate training and tech6 nical assistance designed to correct the defi7 ciencies and ensure compliance with the require8 ments; and

9 (C) initiate actions to terminate funding to

10 the Community Board or entity under this Act

11 if, after 1 year of providing training and tech12 nical assistance, the Community Board or entity

13 has not made substantial efforts to correct the de14 ficiencies and comply with the requirements.

15 (d) ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT.—Each State shall,

16 not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year

17 of the State, prepare and submit to the Assistant Secretary

18 an annual report, in such manner and containing such in19 formation as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably re20 quire to determine compliance with this Act. Such report

21 shall contain, at a minimum, information on the programs

22 and activities funded in the State during the fiscal year

23 under this Act, the extent to which private funds are lever24 aged for such programs and activities carried out in the

25 State during such year, and the extent to which the Commu-
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1 nity Boards in the State achieved the process objectives and

2 outcome objectives specified in the community strategic

3 plan described in section 12(a)(1). The State shall submit

4 to the Assistant Secretary with the report the findings of

5 an independent audit conducted in accordance with chapter

6 75 of title 31, United States Code, concerning such pro7 grams and activities.

8 SEC. 14. DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

9 (a) INPUT FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED

10 ORGANIZATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall establish

11 and implement a mechanism to receive regularly advice

12 and input from a representative mix of individuals and

13 organizations described in section 11(d)(3) (except that the

14 individuals and organizations may operate at a State or

15 local level) to improve the effectiveness and increase coordi16 nation of youth development programs funded under this

17 Act, including the administration of this Act and regula18 tions issued under this Act.

19 (b) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIC

20 PLANS.—

21 (1) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS.—After a review of

22 annual reports and audit findings developed under

23 section 13(d), and input from Community Boards,

24 representatives of youth development organizations

25 and youth-serving organizations, and other interested
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1 parties, the Assistant Secretary shall develop and

2 issue national policy goals that reflect the process ob3 jectives and outcome objectives specified in the com4 munity strategic plans described in section 12(a)(1).

5 (2) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUTH DE6 VELOPMENT.—Based on the national policy goals, the

7 Assistant Secretary, in cooperation with the Adminis8 trator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin9 quency Prevention, the Secretary of Education, and

10 other Federal officers carrying out Federal youth de11 velopment programs, shall develop a national strate12 gic plan for youth development, including specific

13 process objectives and outcome objectives, designed to

14 achieve the national policy goals.

15 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Assistant

16 Secretary shall develop and establish a system for monitor17 ing and evaluating the effectiveness of activities funded

18 under this Act.

19 (d) COORDINATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall

20 consult with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, in21 cluding the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice

22 and Delinquency Prevention, the Secretary of Education,

23 and other Federal officers carrying out Federal youth devel24 opment programs, to ensure effective coordination of pro-
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1 grams funded under this Act with other Federal programs

2 serving youth and families.

3 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The As4 sistant Secretary shall develop and establish a system for

5 providing training and technical assistance to States and

6 local communities to increase their capacity to provide

7 quality youth development programs.

8 (f) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—The Assistant Sec9 retary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Office

10 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the

11 Secretary of Education, may provide financial assistance

12 to appropriate entities to carry out time-limited, research13 based youth development demonstration programs designed

14 to improve the knowledge base of the youth development and

15 youth prevention fields.

16 (g) REPORT.—Every 2 years, the Assistant Secretary

17 shall prepare and submit to the President and Congress a

18 report describing the activities funded under this Act, and

19 an assessment of the effectiveness of the activities in meeting

20 the process objectives and outcome objectives described in

21 subsection (b)(2).

22 (h) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Assistant Secretary de23 termines, based on a review of the community strategic

24 plans, annual reports, audits, or other documentation re25 quired by this Act, that a State, a Community Board, or
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1 an entity carrying out a program or activity funded by

2 a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to comply

3 with the requirements of this Act, the Assistant Secretary

4 shall—

5 (1) inform the State, Community Board, or en6 tity of the deficiencies that need correction;

7 (2) provide appropriate training and technical

8 assistance designed to correct the deficiencies and en9 sure compliance with the requirements; and

10 (3) initiate actions to terminate funding to the

11 State, Community Board, or entity under this Act if,

12 after 1 year of providing training and technical as13 sistance, the State, Community Board, or entity has

14 not made substantial efforts to correct the deficiencies

15 and comply with the requirements.

16 SEC. 15. REPEALS.

17 (a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE18 MENT ACT OF 1994.—The following provisions of law are

19 repealed:

20 (1) Subtitles A, B, D, J, and O of title III of the

21 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

22 1994 (relating to crime prevention programs) (42

23 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.).

24 (2) Chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code

25 (relating to the Local Partnership Act).
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1 (3) The amendments made by subtitle O of title

2 III of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce3 ment Act of 1994 (relating to urban recreation and

4 at-risk youth).

5 (b) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The

6 following provisions of law are repealed:

7 (1) Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary

8 Education Act of 1965 (relating to drug free schools

9 and communities) (as amended by Public Law 103–

10 382).

11 (2) Part C of title V of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (relating to assistance

13 to address school dropout problems) (as amended by

14 Public Law 103–382).

15 (c) OTHER PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of

16 law are repealed:

17 (1) Section 517 of the Public Health Service Act

18 (42 U.S.C. 290bb–23) (relating to grants for the pre19 vention of alcohol and drug abuse among high-risk

20 youth).

21 (2) Part D of title II of the Juvenile Justice and

22 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5667

23 et seq.) (relating to gang-free schools and commu24 nities).
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1 (3) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice and

2 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5667e

3 et seq.) (relating to mentoring).

4 (4) Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delin5 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et

6 seq.) (relating to local delinquency programs).

7 (5) Section 408 of the Human Services Reau8 thorization Act of 1986 (relating to demonstration

9 partnership agreements) (42 U.S.C. 9910b).

10 (6) Section 682 of the Community Services Block

11 Grant Act (relating to the National Youth Sports

12 Program) (42 U.S.C. 9910c).

13 (7) Chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle B of title III of

14 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11801 et

15 seq.) (relating to drug abuse prevention relating to

16 youth gangs and runaway and homeless youth).

17 SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

18 (a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE19 MENT ACT OF 1994.—The Violent Crime Control and Law

20 Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended—

21 (1) in section 31121(c)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C.

22 13841(c)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘and that conform to

23 those projects and activities permitted under subtitle

24 A’’; and
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1 (2) in section 310004(d) (42 U.S.C. 14214), in

2 the matter relating to the definition of the term ‘‘pre3 vention program’’—

4 (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (7),

5 and (9); and

6 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (6),

7 (8), and (10) through (32) as paragraphs (2),

8 (3), (4), and (5) through (27), respectively.

9 (b) DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.—

10 (1) Section 441(a) of the General Education Pro11 visions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232d(a)) is amended by strik12 ing ‘‘(subject to the provisions of part C of title V of

13 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

14 1965)’’.

15 (2) Section 704(a)(8) of the Goals 2000: Educate

16 America Act (20 U.S.C. 5964(a)(8)) is amended by

17 striking ‘‘activities carried out’’ and all that follows

18 and inserting ‘‘other drug and violence prevention ac19 tivities carried out by the grantee;’’.

20 (3) The Elementary and Secondary Education

21 Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 103–382) is

22 amended—

23 (A) in section 2209(b)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C.

24 6649(b)(1)(C))—

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1 (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii)

2 through (vii) as clauses (ii) through (vi), re3 spectively;

4 (B) in section 14101(10) (20 U.S.C.

5 8801(10))—

6 (i) in subparagraph (D), by adding

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

8 (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and

9 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph

10 (F) as subparagraph (E);

11 (C) in section 14201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C.

12 8821(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C),

13 (D), (E), and (F) of section 14101(10)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of sec15 tion 14101(10)’’;

16 (D) in section 14307 (20 U.S.C. 8857)—

17 (i) in subsection (a)(1)—

18 (I) by striking subparagraph (E);

19 and

20 (II) by redesignating subpara21 graphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs

22 (E) and (F), respectively; and

23 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)—

24 (I) by striking subparagraph (C);

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1 (II) by striking subparagraphs

2 (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C)

3 through (F), respectively; and

4 (E) in section 14503(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.

5 8893(b)(1))—

6 (i) in subparagraph (C), by adding

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

8 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking

9 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

10 (iii) by striking subparagraph (E).

11 (4) Subparagraph (A) of section 3521(d)(8) of

12 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.

13 11841(d)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘consistent

14 with title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Edu15 cation Act of 1965’’.

16 (c) NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.—Section 13

17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is

18 amended—

19 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘public or

20 private nonprofit higher education institutions par21 ticipating in the National Youth Sports Program,,’’;

22 and

23 (2) in subsection (c)—

24 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and all that follows

2 through ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(c) Pay3 ments’’.

4 SEC. 17. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

5 (a) TRANSFER.—The total of the amounts described in

6 subsection (b) shall be transferred to the budget account for

7 this Act and made available to carry out this Act for fiscal

8 year 1996.

9 (b) TOTAL.—The total referred to in subsection (a) is

10 the total of—

11 (1) the amounts (but not more than

12 $500,000,000) that have been made available for fiscal

13 year 1996 to carry out a provision of Federal law re14 pealed by section 15(a), and that have not been obli15 gated by the date of enactment of this Act; and

16 (2) the amounts that have been made available

17 for fiscal year 1996 to carry out a provision of Fed18 eral law repealed by subsection (b) or (c) of section

19 15 and that have not been obligated by the date of en20 actment of this Act.

21 SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments

23 made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment

24 of this Act.
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1 (b) TRANSITION PROVISION.—Notwithstanding any

2 other provision of law, a recipient of funds under any pro3 gram carried out on the day before the date of enactment

4 of this Act under any provision referred to in section 15

5 may use the funds to carry out reasonable and necessary

6 transition activities to ensure efficient implementation of

7 programs authorized under this Act, during the period be8 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending

9 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

10 (c) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

13 Education, Attorney General, and Secretary of

14 Health and Human Services shall take such actions

15 as may be necessary, including reduction in force ac16 tions, consistent with sections 3502 and 3595 of title

17 5, United States Code, to ensure that the positions of

18 personnel in the Department of Education, Depart19 ment of Justice, and Department of Health and

20 Human Services, respectively, who carried out (on the

21 day before the date of enactment of this Act) functions

22 under a provision repealed by section 15, are sepa23 rated from service.

24 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
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1 fice of Management and Budget shall prepare and

2 submit to the President and Congress a report verify3 ing that the actions required by paragraph (1) have

4 been taken.

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