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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 608 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 608

      Supporting the establishment of a President's Youth Council.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2012

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. 
  Begich, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bingaman, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION

 
      Supporting the establishment of a President's Youth Council.

Whereas the unique perspectives and insights of young people, especially young 
        people who have participated in a public policy-related program, 
        outreach initiative, internship, fellowship, or congressionally 
        sponsored youth advisory council, are essential to ensure that 
        investments made by the Federal Government in youth services are 
        effective and efficient;
Whereas existing outreach and engagement mechanisms of the Federal Government 
        are often designed in ways that inhibit participation by, and lead to 
        the under-representation of, young people in the policy-making process; 
        and
Whereas numerous Members of Congress, Governors, State legislatures, mayors, and 
        city councils have created youth councils that have proven to be an 
        effective means of receiving input from young people, which leads to 
        more effective and efficient investments in youth services: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports the establishment with private funds of a 
        President's Youth Council to--
                    (A) advise the President and the executive branch 
                on the perspectives of young people;
                    (B) suggest ways to make investments by the Federal 
                Government in youth services more effective and 
                efficient; and
                    (C) provide recommendations on issues that will 
                affect the long-term future of the United States;
            (2) recommends that the members of the President's Youth 
        Council be young people who--
                    (A) are appointed by the President, the majority 
                leader and minority leader of the Senate, and the 
                Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (B) are between 16 and 24 years of age;
                    (C) have participated in a public policy-related 
                program, outreach initiative, internship, fellowship, 
                or congressionally sponsored youth advisory council;
                    (D) can constructively contribute to policy 
                deliberations;
                    (E) can conduct outreach to solicit the views and 
                perspectives of peers; and
                    (F) have backgrounds that reflect the racial, 
                socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of the United 
                States; and
            (3) recommends that the President's Youth Council as a 
        whole undertake activities to solicit the unique views and 
        perspectives of young people and bring those views and 
        perspectives to the attention of Congress and the head of each 
        department or agency of the Federal Government.
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