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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2646 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2014 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway and Home5 less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

7 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

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1 sion of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 5701 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 

6 and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro7 priate’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 

9 welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assist11 ance systems, the law enforcement system, and the 

12 child welfare system’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 

15 after ‘‘youth need’’; and 

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

17 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

18 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 

21 risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 

22 trafficking in persons.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 (a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—Section 

25 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘services’’ and 

2 all that follows through the period and inserting 

3 ‘‘safe shelter and services, including trauma-in4 formed services, for runaway and homeless youth 

5 and, if appropriate, services for the families of such 

6 youth, including (if appropriate) individuals identi7 fied by such youth as family.’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘mental health,’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 days; 

13 and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 

14 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 

16 culturally and linguistically appro17 priate’’ before ‘‘individual’’; 

18 (II) by inserting ‘‘, as appro19 priate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 

20 (III) by striking ‘‘as appropriate’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘including (if appro22 priate) counseling for individuals iden23 tified by such youth as family’’; and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(iii) suicide prevention services; 

2 and’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘age, 

5 gender, and culturally and linguistically 

6 appropriate’’ before ‘‘home-based services’’; 

7 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

8 at the end; 

9 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘dis10 eases.’’ and inserting ‘‘infections;’’; and 

11 (iv) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re14 sponsive services for runaway or homeless 

15 youth, including such youth who are vic16 tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex17 ploitation; and 

18 ‘‘(vi) an assessment of family engage19 ment in support and reunification (if re20 unification is appropriate), interventions, 

21 and services for parents or legal guardians 

22 of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ23 uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 

24 (b) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

25 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or (if 

3 appropriate) individuals identified by such 

4 youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or legal guard5 ians’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cultural 

7 minority and persons with limited ability to 

8 speak English’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural minor9 ity, persons with limited ability to speak 

10 English, and runaway or homeless youth who 

11 are victims of trafficking in persons or sexual 

12 exploitation’’; 

13 (C) by striking paragraph (7) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 

16 profiling the youth and family members of such 

17 youth whom the applicant serves, including demo18 graphic information on and the number of— 

19 ‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to 

20 out-of-home shelter services; 

21 ‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vul22 nerable or underserved populations; 

23 ‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf24 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 

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1 ‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 

2 or forced into a commercial sex act, as de3 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic4 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

5 7102); 

6 ‘‘(ii) such youth who have been co7 erced or forced into other forms of labor; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 

10 a commercial sex act, as so defined, for 

11 any reason other than by coercion or force; 

12 ‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par13 enting; 

14 ‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 

15 the child welfare system; and 

16 ‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 

17 the juvenile justice system;’’; 

18 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

19 through (13) as paragraphs (9) through (14); 

20 (E) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 

23 ‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph 

24 (7), on an individual runaway or homeless 

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1 sent of the individual youth and parent or legal 

2 guardian of such youth, or (if appropriate) an 

3 individual identified by such youth as family, to 

4 anyone other than another agency compiling 

5 statistical records or a government agency in6 volved in the disposition of criminal charges 

7 against an individual runaway or homeless 

8 youth; and 

9 ‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 

10 the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 

11 not disclose the identity of any individual run12 away or homeless youth;’’; 

13 (F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 

14 by striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘statistics’’; 

16 (G) in paragraph (13)(C), as so redesig17 nated— 

18 (i) by striking clause (i) and inserting: 

19 ‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 

20 runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 

21 risk of family separation, who participate 

22 in the project, including such information 

23 on— 

24 ‘‘(I) such youth (including both 

25 types of such participating youth) who 


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1 are victims of trafficking in persons or 

2 sexual exploitation, disaggregated 

3 by— 

4 ‘‘(aa) such youth who have 

5 been coerced or forced into a 

6 commercial sex act, as defined in 

7 section 103 of the Trafficking 

8 Victims Protection Act of 2000 

9 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

10 ‘‘(bb) such youth who have 

11 been coerced or forced into other 

12 forms of labor; and 

13 ‘‘(cc) such youth who have 

14 engaged in a commercial sex act, 

15 as so defined, for any reason 

16 other than by coercion or force; 

17 ‘‘(II) such youth who are preg18 nant or parenting; 

19 ‘‘(III) such youth who have been 

20 involved in the child welfare system; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 

23 involved in the juvenile justice system; 

24 and’’; and 


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1 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (H) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 

4 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘for nat5 ural disasters, inclement weather, and mental 

6 health emergencies;’’; and 

7 (I) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 

9 and linguistically appropriate services to runaway 

10 and homeless youth; and 

11 ‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 

12 Application for Federal Student Aid described in 

13 section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

14 (20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul18 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ after 

19 ‘‘provide’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘families (including 

21 unrelated individuals in the family house22 holds) of such youth’’ and inserting ‘‘fami23 lies of such youth (including unrelated in24 dividuals in the family households of such 


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1 youth and, if appropriate, individuals iden2 tified by such youth as family)’’; and 

3 (iii) by inserting ‘‘suicide prevention,’’ 

4 after ‘‘physical health care,’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in6 cluding training on trauma-informed and youth7 centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based services’’. 

8 (c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313(b) 

9 (42 U.S.C. 5713(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that follows 

11 through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority to eligible ap12 plicants who’’; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 

14 and 

15 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

16 SEC. 5. TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM. 

17 Section 322(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul20 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ before 

21 ‘‘information and counseling services’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 

23 mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

2 (8) and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through 

3 (10) and (12) through (19), respectively; 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth 

7 and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in 

8 such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, 

9 or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 

10 youth as family; 

11 ‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 

12 homeless youth who have received shelter and serv13 ices from a transitional living youth project, includ14 ing (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after 

15 receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a 

16 State other than the State in which such project is 

17 located;’’; 

18 (4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul20 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ after ‘‘re21 ferral of homeless youth to’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘and health care pro23 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health service 

24 and health care programs, including programs 

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1 trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; 

2 and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 

5 paragraph;’’; 

6 (5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re7 designated, the following: 

8 ‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 

9 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 

10 that address the needs of homeless and street 

11 youth;’’; 

12 (6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ through 

14 ‘‘who participate in such project,’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘the applicant, statistical summaries describing the 

16 number, the characteristics, and the demographic in17 formation of the homeless youth who participate in 

18 such project, including the prevalence of trafficking 

19 in persons and sexual exploitation of such youth,’’; 

20 and 

21 (7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 

22 inserting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, 

23 inclement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 

24 after ‘‘management plan’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND OTHER 

2 ACTIVITIES. 

3 (a) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (42 U.S.C. 5714– 

4 21) is amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

6 inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after ‘‘health,’’; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other Federal 

8 entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of Housing 

9 and Urban Development, the Department of Edu10 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Depart11 ment of Justice’’. 

12 (b) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

13 TRAINING.—Section 342 (42 U.S.C. 5714–22) is amended 

14 by inserting ‘‘, including onsite and web-based techniques, 

15 such as on-demand and online learning,’’ before ‘‘to public 

16 and private entities’’. 

17 (c) GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DEM18 ONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 343 (42 

19 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (5)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before ‘‘sexual 

24 abuse and assault’’; 

25 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 serting ‘‘sexual abuse or assault, traf2 ficking in persons, or sexual exploitation;’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘who have been sexually victimized’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘who are victims of sexual abuse 

6 or assault, trafficking in persons, or sexual 

7 exploitation’’; and 

8 (iv) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro11 viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis12 tically appropriate services to— 

13 ‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 

14 populations; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf16 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home19 less to complete the Free Application for Fed20 eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1090);’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe2 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 

5 runaway and homeless youth populations and traf6 ficking in persons, including noting whether such 

7 youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 

8 previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 

9 justice systems.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in11 cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking in 

12 persons or sexual exploitation’’ after ‘‘runaway or 

13 homeless youth’’. 

14 (d) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND PREVA15 LENCE OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 345 (42 

16 U.S.C. 5714–25) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘12’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe23 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 

2 about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 

3 youth, including such youth who are victims of traf4 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 

5 ‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 

6 runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

13 subparagraph (C); 

14 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 

17 ‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 

18 of trafficking in persons; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 

20 of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 

21 (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig22 nated— 

23 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘, including mental health 

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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(iv) access to education and job 

4 training; and’’. 

5 SEC. 7. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 

6 Section 351 (42 U.S.C. 5714–41) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non9 profit’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘prostitution, or sexual ex11 ploitation.’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, trafficking 

12 in persons, or sexual exploitation.’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

15 receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 

16 certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 

17 in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 

18 gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate serv19 ices to all youth described in subsection (a).’’. 

20 SEC. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

21 (a) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (42 U.S.C. 5715(a)) 

22 is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

2 through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

3 respectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per7 sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 

8 homeless youth;’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 

13 homeless youth served by such projects, includ14 ing— 

15 ‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 

16 trafficking in persons or sexual exploi17 tation; 

18 ‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 

19 parenting; 

20 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in21 volved in the child welfare system; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in23 volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

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1 within the family, including (if appropriate) in2 dividuals identified by such youth as family,’’. 

3 (b) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended by in4 serting after section 386A (42 U.S.C. 5732–1) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 

8 shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli9 gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 

10 section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 

11 orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 

12 in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination 

13 under any program or activity funded in whole or in part 

14 with funds made available under this title, or any other 

15 program or activity funded in whole or in part with 

16 amounts appropriated for grants, cooperative agreements, 

17 or other assistance administered by the Administration for 

18 Children and Families of the Department of Health and 

19 Human Services. 

20 ‘‘(b) DISQUALIFICATION.—Any State, locality, orga21 nization, agency, or entity that violates the requirements 

22 of subsection (a) shall not be eligible to receive any grant, 

23 assistance, or funding provided under this title.’’. 

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (42 U.S.C. 5732a) is 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 

2 paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

3 (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(v)— 

4 (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) 

5 through (IV) as subclauses (III) through (V), 

6 respectively; 

7 (B) by inserting after subclause (I), the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 

10 (C) in subclause (IV), as so redesignated— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘infections’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (D) in subclause (V), as so redesignated, 

15 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

16 and 

17 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ‘‘prostitu20 tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking in persons,’’; 

21 (4) by inserting after paragraph (6), the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(7) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

24 ‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 

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1 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

2 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 

3 (5) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ after 

5 ‘‘provides’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a stable 

7 family or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-suf8 ficient living’’; and 

9 (6) in paragraph (9)(B), as so redesignated— 

10 (A) in clause (ii)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after ‘‘will12 ing’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

14 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 

15 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel18 fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 

19 not receiving government-funded hous20 ing.’’. 

21 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 388(a) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

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1 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

2 2019.’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such 

4 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009, 

5 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

7 2019.’’; and 

8 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

9 year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period 

10 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

11 2019.’’. 

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