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Calendar No. 264 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2924 

To reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in the wake of its 

Centennial, and its programs and activities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 22, 2009 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Mr. KOHL, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BURRIS, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

JANUARY 28, 2010 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in the 

wake of its Centennial, and its programs and activities. 

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 ‘‘Boys & Girls Clubs 

5 Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA. 

2 Section 401 of the Economic Espionage Act of 1966 

3 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

7 ‘‘(A) for over 100 years, the Boys & Girls 

8 Clubs of America, a national organization char9 tered by an Act of Congress, has proven itself 

10 as a positive force in the communities it serves; 

11 ‘‘(B) Boys & Girls Clubs and the programs 

12 and services implemented therein by over 

13 50,000 professional staff, and 194,000 volun14 teers promote and enhance the development of 

15 boys and girls by instilling a sense of com16 petence, usefulness, belonging and influence 

17 thereby making Boys & Girls Clubs a safe place 

18 to learn and grow; 

19 ‘‘(C) the purpose of the program estab20 lished by this section has been to provide ade21 quate resources in the form of seed money for 

22 the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to assist 

23 local communities to form partnerships in a col24 laborative manor so education, youth develop25 ment and prevention programs could be avail26 able for the youth in those communities; 


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1 ‘‘(D) in 1990 there were 1,810 Boys and 

2 Girls Clubs facilities throughout the United 

3 States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Vir4 gin Islands, serving 2,400,000 youths nation5 wide; 

6 ‘‘(E) due to the public investment via the 

7 program established pursuant to this section, 

8 resulting congressional appropriations, and pri9 vate partnership support, there are now 4,387 

10 Boys & Girls Clubs facilities throughout the 

11 United States, Puerto Rico, and the United 

12 States Virgin Islands, serving 4,500,000 youths 

13 nationwide; 

14 ‘‘(F) with the assistance of the Federal 

15 Government, local communities have collabo16 rated to establish and operate the Clubs in 

17 schools, parks, parks and recreation facilities, 

18 libraries, and community centers; 

19 ‘‘(G) these new partnerships have resulted 

20 in 33 percent of the Boys & Girls Clubs located 

21 in or on school campuses where Club programs 

22 enhance and enrich the learning opportunities 

23 for youth; 

24 ‘‘(H) the growth of Boys & Girls Clubs 

25 also includes an increase in Clubs located in 


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1 public housing sites across the Nation, having 

2 grown from 289 in 1990 to 440 in 2009; 

3 ‘‘(I) the growth of Boys and Girls Clubs 

4 also includes the growth of Boys & Girls Clubs 

5 on Native American land, having grown from 0 

6 in 1990 to 225 in 2009 serving 140,000 Native 

7 American youth; 

8 ‘‘(J) investment in our school partnerships 

9 has positively impacted graduation rates as 

10 demonstrated in recent survey of Clubs con11 ducted by BGCA’s CareerLaunch career prepa12 ration program, in which 96.68 percent of par13 ticipants progressed successfully to the next 

14 grade level at the end of the 2008–2009 school 

15 year; 

16 ‘‘(K) public housing projects and Native 

17 American land in which there is an active Boys 

18 and Girls Club have experienced a reduction in 

19 the presence of crack cocaine, and a reduction 

20 in juvenile crime and gang violence; 

21 ‘‘(L) Boys & Girls Clubs are locally run 

22 and have been exceptionally successful in bal23 ancing public funds with private sector dona24 tions and maximizing community involvement 

25 as evidenced by collaborations and partnerships 


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1 with schools, cities, counties, Sea Research, 

2 other youth providers such as Big Brothers Big 

3 Sisters, Police Athletic League (PAL), Cal 

4 Ripken Sr. Foundation, Boy Scouts, Girl 

5 Scouts, 4–H, and public libraries; and 

6 ‘‘(M) further investment in Boys & Girls 

7 Clubs, which celebrated 100 years of service in 

8 2006 will— 

9 ‘‘(i) inure to our collective national 

10 benefit; 

11 ‘‘(ii) continue to assist in the effort to 

12 reduce crime and drug use among our Na13 tion’s youth by teaching young people how 

14 to avoid gangs, resist alcohol, tobacco, and 

15 other drug use; 

16 ‘‘(iii) continue to assist in improving 

17 educational opportunities and create cen18 ters of learning in and with schools thereby 

19 reducing the drop out rate and helping to 

20 improve the economy (if the national male 

21 graduation rate were increased by only 5 

22 percent, the Nation would see an annual 

23 savings of $4,900,000,00 in crime related 

24 costs); 


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1 ‘‘(iv) continue in the efforts of reduc2 ing childhood obesity by teaching young 

3 people about the benefits of healthy habits 

4 such as eating right and being physically 

5 active; 

6 ‘‘(v) continue to serve youth in rural 

7 communities including Native American 

8 land, by engaging and creating partner9 ships in those communities; 

10 ‘‘(vi) continue to serve youth in urban 

11 and suburban communities including Pub12 lic Housing by engaging and creating part13 nerships in those communities; 

14 ‘‘(vii) continue to provide outdoor and 

15 environmental education programs for kids 

16 that would otherwise not have those edu17 cational and enriching opportunities; 

18 ‘‘(viii) continue to develop job training 

19 programs for teens; and 

20 ‘‘(ix) better equip communities to con21 tinue to sustain and improve the quality of 

22 these programs through effective use of ex23 isting resources, merging operations, and 

24 working collaboratively within communities 


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1 to provide the highest quality programs for 

2 the youth in the Boys & Girls Clubs.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 

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

6 2014, and 2015’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘establishing and extend8 ing Boys & Girls Clubs facilities where needed, 

9 with particular emphasis placed on establishing 

10 clubs in and extending services to public hous11 ing projects and distressed areas’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘improving the quality of youth development 

13 and educational programs, health, physical fit14 ness, and prevention services for youth at exist15 ing and new Boys & Girls Clubs facilities with 

16 special emphasis on reducing high school drop 

17 out rates’’; 

18 (3) in subsection(c)(2)— 

19 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

20 (B); and 

21 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

22 and (D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec23 tively; and 

24 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

3 appropriated to carry out this section— 

4 ‘‘(A) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

5 ‘‘(B) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

6 ‘‘(C) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

7 ‘‘(D) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(E) 85,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.’’. 


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Calendar No. 264 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2924 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 

and activities. in the wake of its Centennial, and its programs 

JANUARY 28, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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