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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST 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, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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’’. 

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

7 Section 401 of the Economic Espionage Act of 1966 

8 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended— 

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

10 and inserting the following: 


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

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

3 Clubs of America, a national organization char4 tered by an Act of Congress, has proven itself 

5 as a positive force in the communities it serves; 

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

7 and services implemented therein by over 

8 50,000 professional staff, and 194,000 volun9 teers promote and enhance the development of 

10 boys and girls by instilling a sense of com11 petence, usefulness, belonging and influence 

12 thereby making Boys & Girls Clubs a safe place 

13 to learn and grow; 

14 ‘‘(C) the purpose of the program estab15 lished by this section has been to provide ade16 quate resources in the form of seed money for 

17 the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to assist 

18 local communities to form partnerships in a col19 laborative manor so education, youth develop20 ment and prevention programs could be avail21 able for the youth in those communities; 

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

23 Girls Clubs facilities throughout the United 

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1 gin Islands, serving 2,400,000 youths nation2 wide; 

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

4 program established pursuant to this section, 

5 resulting congressional appropriations, and pri6 vate partnership support, there are now 4,387 

7 Boys & Girls Clubs facilities throughout the 

8 United States, Puerto Rico, and the United 

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

10 nationwide; 

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

12 Government, local communities have collabo13 rated to establish and operate the Clubs in 

14 schools, parks, parks and recreation facilities, 

15 libraries, and community centers; 

16 ‘‘(G) these new partnerships have resulted 

17 in 33 percent of the Boys & Girls Clubs located 

18 in or on school campuses where Club programs 

19 enhance and enrich the learning opportunities 

20 for youth; 

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

22 also includes an increase in Clubs located in 

23 public housing sites across the Nation, having 

24 grown from 289 in 1990 to 440 in 2009; 


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

2 also includes the growth of Boys & Girls Clubs 

3 on Native American land, having grown from 0 

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

5 American youth; 

6 ‘‘(J) investment in our school partnerships 

7 has positively impacted graduation rates as 

8 demonstrated in recent survey of Clubs con9 ducted by BGCA’s CareerLaunch career prepa10 ration program, in which 96.68 percent of par11 ticipants progressed successfully to the next 

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

13 year; 

14 ‘‘(K) public housing projects and Native 

15 American land in which there is an active Boys 

16 and Girls Club have experienced a reduction in 

17 the presence of crack cocaine, and a reduction 

18 in juvenile crime and gang violence; 

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

20 and have been exceptionally successful in bal21 ancing public funds with private sector dona22 tions and maximizing community involvement 

23 as evidenced by collaborations and partnerships 

24 with schools, cities, counties, Sea Research, 

25 other youth providers such as Big Brothers Big 


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1 Sisters, Police Athletic League (PAL), Cal 

2 Ripken Sr. Foundation, Boy Scouts, Girl 

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

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

5 Clubs, which celebrated 100 years of service in 

6 2006 will— 

7 ‘‘(i) inure to our collective national 

8 benefit; 

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

10 reduce crime and drug use among our Na11 tion’s youth by teaching young people how 

12 to avoid gangs, resist alcohol, tobacco, and 

13 other drug use; 

14 ‘‘(iii) continue to assist in improving 

15 educational opportunities and create cen16 ters of learning in and with schools thereby 

17 reducing the drop out rate and helping to 

18 improve the economy (if the national male 

19 graduation rate were increased by only 5 

20 percent, the Nation would see an annual 

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

22 costs); 

23 ‘‘(iv) continue in the efforts of reduc24 ing childhood obesity by teaching young 

25 people about the benefits of healthy habits 


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1 such as eating right and being physically 

2 active; 

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

4 communities including Native American 

5 land, by engaging and creating partner6 ships in those communities; 

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

8 and suburban communities including Pub9 lic Housing by engaging and creating part10 nerships in those communities; 

11 ‘‘(vii) continue to provide outdoor and 

12 environmental education programs for kids 

13 that would otherwise not have those edu14 cational and enriching opportunities; 

15 ‘‘(viii) continue to develop job training 

16 programs for teens; and 

17 ‘‘(ix) better equip communities to con18 tinue to sustain and improve the quality of 

19 these programs through effective use of ex20 isting resources, merging operations, and 

21 working collaboratively within communities 

22 to provide the highest quality programs for 

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

24 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 


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

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

3 2014, and 2015’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘establishing and extend5 ing Boys & Girls Clubs facilities where needed, 

6 with particular emphasis placed on establishing 

7 clubs in and extending services to public hous8 ing projects and distressed areas’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘improving the quality of youth development 

10 and educational programs, health, physical fit11 ness, and prevention services for youth at exist12 ing and new Boys & Girls Clubs facilities with 

13 special emphasis on reducing high school drop 

14 out rates’’; 

15 (3) in subsection(c)(2)— 

16 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

17 (B); and 

18 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

19 and (D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec20 tively; and 

21 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

25 appropriated to carry out this section— 


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

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

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

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

5 and 

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

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