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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2653 

To amend the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to create the 

White House Office of National Youth Policy to ensure the coordination 

and effectiveness of services to youth, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Mr. YARMUTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination 

Act to create the White House Office of National Youth 

Policy to ensure the coordination and effectiveness of 

services to youth, 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 ‘‘Federal Youth Coordi5 nation Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF THE TOM OSBORNE FEDERAL 

2 YOUTH COORDINATION ACT. 

3 Title VIII of the Older Americans Act Amendments 

4 of 2006 is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘TITLE VIII—WHITE HOUSE OF6 FICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH 

7 POLICY 

8 ‘‘SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

9 ‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Federal Youth Co10 ordination Act of 2009’. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS. 

12 ‘‘In this title the following definitions apply: 

13 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

14 the White House Office of National Youth Policy. 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘disadvantaged youth’ means 

16 youth whom the Director determines— 

17 ‘‘(A) are economically disadvantaged; 

18 ‘‘(B) are not in school and do not have a 

19 high school diploma or equivalent, or are at risk 

20 of leaving high school without a high school di21 ploma or equivalent; 

22 ‘‘(C) were previously or are currently in, or 

23 are exiting out of, foster care; 

24 ‘‘(D) have limited English proficiency; 

25 ‘‘(E) are homeless or have run away from 

26 home; 


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1 ‘‘(F) are juvenile offenders or are at risk 

2 of delinquency; 

3 ‘‘(G) have a mental or physical disability; 

4 ‘‘(H) are the child of an incarcerated par5 ent; or 

6 ‘‘(I) possess a characteristic the Director 

7 determines to be indicative of disadvantage. 

8 ‘‘(3) The term ‘diversity’ includes socio9 economic, racial, age, and geographic diversity. 

10 ‘‘(4) The term ‘nongovernmental entities’ 

11 means private organizations with experience or ex12 pertise in issues related to positive youth develop13 ment, particularly with respect to disadvantaged 

14 youth, such as a foundation, corporation, educational 

15 institution, or nonprofit organization, including a 

16 faith-based nonprofit organization, with such experi17 ence or expertise. 

18 ‘‘(5) The term ‘State’ means each of the 50 

19 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

20 of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

21 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

22 Mariana Islands. 

23 ‘‘(6) The term ‘State Youth Advisory Board’ 

24 means an association of youth, particularly dis25 advantaged youth, within State government, such as 


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1 a youth council, that advises elected officials with re2 spect to the effective development and implementa3 tion of youth services and assists the National Youth 

4 Advisory Board described in section 807 to solicit 

5 the views and perspectives of youth, particularly dis6 advantaged youth, with respect to youth services. 

7 ‘‘(7) The term ‘State Youth Services Coordi8 nating Entity’ means an interagency coordinating 

9 organization within State government, such as a 

10 children’s cabinet or children’s council, that develops 

11 and implements a comprehensive plan to improve 

12 outcomes for youth, particularly disadvantaged 

13 youth, with contents similar to those of the National 

14 Youth Strategy described in section 805, and coordi15 nates youth services in the State, and may be com16 posed of the State’s chief executive, the heads of the 

17 State’s departments and agencies responsible for 

18 youth services, and private parties, including youth. 

19 ‘‘(8) The term ‘youth’ means individuals young20 er than 24 years of age and individuals older than 

21 24 years of age if the Director determines the indi22 viduals older than 24 years of age to be at risk of 

23 not achieving productive adulthood. 

24 ‘‘(9) The term ‘youth services’ means programs, 

25 resources, supports, and opportunities determined by 


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1 the Director to be intended to improve outcomes for 

2 youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 803. WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH 

4 POLICY. 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab6 lished in the Executive Office of the President the White 

7 House Office of National Youth Policy (hereinafter re8 ferred to in this title as the ‘Office’), which shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee 

10 the implementation of, and evaluate the National 

11 Youth Strategy to maximize the efficiency and effec12 tiveness of youth services; 

13 ‘‘(2) review and make recommendations with 

14 respect to the budgets for Federal youth services to 

15 ensure the adequacy of those budgets; 

16 ‘‘(3) coordinate the youth services provided by 

17 Federal departments and agencies and coordinate 

18 Federal interagency youth services; 

19 ‘‘(4) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint ef20 forts among, and support State, local, and tribal 

21 governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, 

22 particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to im23 proving youth services; and 

24 ‘‘(5) make grants and provide training and 

25 technical assistance under section 808 to States to 


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1 support State Youth Services Coordinating Entities 

2 and State Youth Advisory Boards. 

3 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—There shall be a Director who shall 

4 head the Office and who shall hold the same rank and 

5 status as the head of an executive department listed in 

6 section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(c) ACCESS BY CONGRESS.—The location of the Of8 fice in the Executive Office of the President shall not be 

9 construed as affecting access by Congress, or any com10 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, to 

11 any— 

12 ‘‘(1) information, document, or study in the 

13 possession of, or conducted by or at the direction of, 

14 the Director; or 

15 ‘‘(2) personnel of the Office. 

16 ‘‘(d) OFFICE GIFT FUND.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

18 the Treasury of the United States a fund for the re19 ceipt of gifts, both real and personal, for the purpose 

20 of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office. 

21 ‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Office may accept, 

22 hold, and administer contributions to the Fund. 

23 ‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED.—Amounts 

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1 priated, to remain available until expended, for au2 thorized purposes at the discretion of the Director. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 804. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR. 

4 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ap6 point the Director, by and with the advice and con7 sent of the Senate. The Director shall serve at the 

8 pleasure of the President. 

9 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) OTHER POSITIONS.—No person shall 

11 serve as Director while serving in any other po12 sition in the Federal Government or while em13 ployed in a full-time position outside of the 

14 Federal Government. 

15 ‘‘(B) POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING.—The Di16 rector may not participate in election campaign 

17 activities, except that the Director is not pro18 hibited by this subparagraph from making con19 tributions to individual candidates. 

20 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) assist the President to establish policies, 

22 goals, objectives, and priorities with respect to 

23 youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, and to 

24 maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth 

25 services; 


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1 ‘‘(2) work with Federal departments and agen2 cies providing youth services to strengthen the co3 ordination of youth services in order to maximize the 

4 access of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, to 

5 youth services, strengthen the impact of youth serv6 ices, and meet the comprehensive needs of youth, 

7 particularly disadvantaged youth; 

8 ‘‘(3) coordinate and oversee the development, 

9 coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the 

10 National Youth Strategy; 

11 ‘‘(4) promulgate the National Youth Strategy, 

12 ensuring its wide availability to government officials 

13 and the public; 

14 ‘‘(5) make such recommendations to the Presi15 dent as the Director determines are appropriate with 

16 respect to the organization, management, and budg17 ets of Federal departments and agencies providing 

18 youth services, including changes in the allocation of 

19 personnel to and within those departments and 

20 agencies to implement the policies, goals, objectives, 

21 and priorities established under paragraph (1) and 

22 the National Youth Strategy; 

23 ‘‘(6) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint ef24 forts among, and support State, local, and tribal 

25 governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, 


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1 particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to im2 proving youth services; 

3 ‘‘(7) appear before duly constituted committees 

4 and subcommittees of the House of Representatives 

5 and of the Senate to represent the policies of the 

6 President related to youth and serve as the spokes7 person of the President, if the President determines 

8 it appropriate, on issues related to youth, particu9 larly disadvantaged youth, and the National Youth 

10 Strategy; 

11 ‘‘(8) submit an annual report to Congress de12 tailing how the Director has consulted and coordi13 nated with the National Youth Development Council 

14 described in section 806, the National Youth Advi15 sory Board, State, local, and tribal governments, 

16 nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly 

17 disadvantaged youth; and 

18 ‘‘(9) ensure the Office meets each of its respon19 sibilities under this title. 

20 ‘‘(c) BUDGET REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) REVIEW OF BUDGET REQUESTS.—Each 

22 department or agency of the Federal Government 

23 providing youth services shall transmit each year to 

24 the Director a copy of the proposed budget request 

25 of that department or agency with respect to youth 


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1 services at a time not later than that department or 

2 agency’s submitting of such budget request to the 

3 Office of Management and Budget for preparation 

4 of the budget of the President submitted to Con5 gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

6 States Code. The proposed budget request shall be 

7 transmitted to the Director in such form as the Di8 rector, in consultation with the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget, determines appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO

11 BUDGET REQUESTS.—After the receipt of proposed 

12 budget requests pursuant to paragraph (1), the Di13 rector shall provide budget recommendations with 

14 respect to Federal youth services to the Director of 

15 the Office of Management and Budget and to the 

16 President at a time that allows such recommenda17 tions to be incorporated into the budget of the Presi18 dent submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of 

19 title 31, United States Code. The recommendations 

20 shall address funding priorities developed in the Na21 tional Youth Strategy and shall address future fiscal 

22 projections as determined by the Director. 

23 ‘‘(d) POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR.—In carrying out 

24 this title, the Director may— 


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1 ‘‘(1) select, appoint, employ, and fix the com2 pensation of such officers and employees of the Of3 fice as may be necessary to carry out the functions 

4 of the Office under this title; 

5 ‘‘(2) request the head of a department or agen6 cy of the Federal Government to place department 

7 or agency personnel who are engaged in activities 

8 with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged 

9 youth, on temporary detail to another department or 

10 agency in order to implement the National Youth 

11 Strategy, and the head of such department or agen12 cy shall comply with such request; 

13 ‘‘(3) use for administrative purposes, on a reim14 bursable basis, the available services, equipment, 

15 personnel, and facilities of Federal, State, local, and 

16 tribal departments and agencies; 

17 ‘‘(4) procure the services of experts and con18 sultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, 

19 United States Code, relating to appointments in the 

20 Federal Service, at rates of compensation for indi21 viduals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate 

22 of pay payable under level IV of the Executive 

23 Schedule under section 5311 of title 5, United 

24 States Code; 


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1 ‘‘(5) accept and use gifts and donations of 

2 property from Federal, State, local, and tribal gov3 ernment departments and agencies, and from non4 governmental entities, as authorized in section 803 

5 of this title; 

6 ‘‘(6) use the mails in the same manner as any 

7 other department or agency of the executive branch; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(7) monitor implementation of the National 

10 Youth Strategy, including— 

11 ‘‘(A) conducting program and performance 

12 audits and evaluations; and 

13 ‘‘(B) requesting assistance from the In14 spector General of the relevant department or 

15 agency in such audits and evaluations. 

16 ‘‘(e) PERSONNEL DETAILED TO THE OFFICE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS.—Notwithstanding any pro18 vision of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, 

19 the Director shall perform the evaluation of the per20 formance of any employee detailed to the Office for 

21 the purposes of the applicable performance appraisal 

22 system established under such chapter for any rating 

23 period, or part thereof, that such employee is de24 tailed to the Office. 

25 ‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) BONUS PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, the Director may 

3 provide periodic bonus payments to any em4 ployee detailed to the Office. 

5 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTIONS.—An amount paid 

6 under this paragraph to an employee for any 

7 period— 

8 ‘‘(i) shall not be greater than 20 per9 cent of the basic pay paid or payable to 

10 such employee for such period; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) shall be in addition to the basic 

12 pay of such employee. 

13 ‘‘(3) AGGREGATE AMOUNT.—The aggregate 

14 amount paid during any fiscal year to an employee 

15 detailed to the Office as basic pay, awards, bonuses, 

16 and other compensation shall not exceed the annual 

17 rate payable at the end of such fiscal year for posi18 tions at level III of the Executive Schedule under 

19 section 5311 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 805. NATIONAL YOUTH STRATEGY. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of 

22 each year, the Director shall submit to the President and 

23 Congress and make available to the public a National 

24 Youth Strategy (hereinafter referred to in this title as the 

25 ‘Strategy’) that shall set forth a comprehensive plan for 


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1 that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United 

2 States, particularly disadvantaged youth. 

3 ‘‘(b) PROCESS.—In preparing the Strategy, the Di4 rector shall actively consult and work in coordination with 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) The heads of all Federal departments and 

7 agencies that provide youth services. 

8 ‘‘(2) The National Youth Development Council. 

9 ‘‘(3) The National Youth Advisory Board. 

10 ‘‘(4) Existing Federal interagency efforts re11 lated to youth services, such as the Federal Inter12 agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, the 

13 Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delin14 quency Prevention, the Federal Mentoring Council, 

15 and the Shared Youth Vision. 

16 ‘‘(5) State, local, and tribal governments, in17 cluding State Youth Services Coordinating Entities. 

18 ‘‘(6) Nongovernmental entities. 

19 ‘‘(7) Youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. 

20 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The Director shall ensure the 

21 Strategy meets the following requirements: 

22 ‘‘(1) GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

23 The Strategy shall contain comprehensive, research24 based goals and quantifiable performance measures 

25 with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged 


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1 youth, that shall serve as targets for the year with 

2 respect to which the Strategy applies. 

3 ‘‘(2) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PAST PERFORM4 ANCE MEASURES.—The Strategy shall contain a re5 port on Federal effectiveness with respect to meeting 

6 those performance measures set by the Strategy for 

7 the preceding year, including an evaluation of wheth8 er or not such performance measures were met and 

9 the reasons therefore, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) the extent of coordination between 

11 Federal departments and agencies providing 

12 youth services; 

13 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the objectives and 

14 budgets of Federal departments and agencies 

15 providing youth services were consistent with 

16 the recommendations of the Strategy for the 

17 preceding year; and 

18 ‘‘(C) the efficiency and adequacy of Fed19 eral programs and policies with respect to youth 

20 services. 

21 ‘‘(3) REPORTING ON AND IDENTIFYING GAPS IN

22 YOUTH SERVICES.—The Strategy shall contain a re23 port on and identify gaps in— 

24 ‘‘(A) the educational, social, emotional, 

25 physical, vocational, and civic development of 


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1 youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, geo2 graphic distribution, population density, socio3 economic status, and other target populations 

4 determined necessary for inclusion by the Di5 rector; 

6 ‘‘(B) the quality and quantity of youth 

7 services for the educational, social, emotional, 

8 physical, vocational, and civic development of 

9 youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, geo10 graphic distribution, population density, socio11 economic status, and other target populations 

12 determined necessary for inclusion by the Di13 rector; and 

14 ‘‘(C) the size and allocation of Federal re15 sources devoted to supporting the educational, 

16 social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic 

17 development of youth, disaggregated by age, 

18 race, gender, geographic distribution, popu19 lation density, socioeconomic status, and other 

20 target populations determined necessary for in21 clusion by the Director. 

22 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—The Strategy 

23 shall contain a report on Federal efforts to consult, 

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1 governmental entities, and youth, particularly dis2 advantaged youth, including an evaluation of the ef3 fectiveness of those efforts. 

4 ‘‘(5) GUIDANCE.—The Strategy shall contain 

5 research-based guidance for assessing and improving 

6 the quality of youth services that is responsive to 

7 gaps identified in youth services. 

8 ‘‘(6) YOUTH VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES.—The 

9 Strategy shall contain the views and perspectives of 

10 youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect 

11 to youth services as prepared by the National Youth 

12 Advisory Board in consultation with State Youth 

13 Advisory Boards and similar local organizations. 

14 ‘‘(7) STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Strategy shall 

15 contain a plan to achieve the goals and performance 

16 measures set for the year with respect to which the 

17 Strategy applies, including the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) Program and budget priorities nec19 essary to achieve the performance measures. 

20 ‘‘(B) Recommendations for improved Fed21 eral interagency coordination, such as shared 

22 grant application processes, grantee reporting 

23 requirements, training and technical assistance 

24 efforts, definitions, recipient eligibility require25 ments, research, evaluation efforts, and data 


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1 collection, and recommendations for legislative 

2 changes necessary to achieve such interagency 

3 coordination and to facilitate the delivery of a 

4 comprehensive array of youth services. 

5 ‘‘(C) Recommendations for improved co6 ordination between the Federal Government 

7 and State, local, and tribal governments, non8 governmental entities, and youth, particularly 

9 disadvantaged youth. 

10 ‘‘(D) A strategic research, innovation, and 

11 demonstration agenda to guide the use of Fed12 eral research spending with respect to youth, 

13 particularly disadvantaged youth. 

14 ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Strategy 

15 shall contain additional reports the Director deter16 mines necessary, such as reports on the social and 

17 economic costs of youth’s unmet potential, inter18 national comparisons of youth services and out19 comes, or the status of the workforce providing 

20 youth services and the extent to which such work21 force is strong, stable, and supported. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 806. COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 

2 AND AGENCIES. 

3 ‘‘(a) FEDERAL DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY CO4 OPERATION.—Each department or agency of the Federal 

5 Government providing youth services shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) cooperate with the efforts of the Director 

7 under this title; 

8 ‘‘(2) provide such assistance, statistics, studies, 

9 reports, information, and advice as the Director may 

10 request, to the extent permitted by law; 

11 ‘‘(3) adjust department or agency staff job de12 scriptions and performance measures to support col13 laboration and implementation of the Strategy; and 

14 ‘‘(4) assign department or agency liaisons to 

15 the Office to oversee and implement interagency co16 ordination. 

17 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY ALIGNMENT.—The Director, in 

18 collaboration with the heads of Federal departments and 

19 agencies providing youth services, shall strengthen the co20 ordination of Federal youth services in order to maximize 

21 the access of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, to 

22 youth services, strengthen the impact of youth services, 

23 and meet the comprehensive needs of youth, particularly 

24 disadvantaged youth, by, where appropriate— 

25 ‘‘(1) facilitating the development of shared 

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1 ‘‘(2) offering joint training and technical assist2 ance efforts; 

3 ‘‘(3) improving opportunities for youth to main4 tain services as they transition from systems of care; 

5 ‘‘(4) aligning— 

6 ‘‘(A) grantee reporting requirements; 

7 ‘‘(B) definitions; 

8 ‘‘(C) eligibility requirements; 

9 ‘‘(D) research; 

10 ‘‘(E) evaluation efforts; and 

11 ‘‘(F) data collection; 

12 ‘‘(5) making recommendations with respect to 

13 the legislative changes necessary to achieve the 

14 interagency alignment and coordination necessary to 

15 facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive array of 

16 youth services; and 

17 ‘‘(6) taking other steps necessary to improve 

18 collaboration between Federal departments and 

19 agencies providing youth services. 

20 ‘‘(c) JOINT FUNDING AND COORDINATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta22 tion with the heads of Federal departments and 

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1 volve the integration of funding from different Fed2 eral departments and agencies to the extent per3 mitted by law. 

4 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—With re5 spect to an initiative that involves the integration of 

6 funding from different Federal departments and 

7 agencies, the Federal department or agency prin8 cipally involved in such an initiative, as determined 

9 by the Director, may be designated by the Director 

10 to act for all involved departments or agencies in ad11 ministering funds for the initiative. 

12 ‘‘(3) NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.—Initia13 tives developed under this subsection may involve 

14 nongovernmental entities. 

15 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.— 

16 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

17 within the Office the National Youth Development 

18 Council (hereinafter referred to in this title as the 

19 ‘Council’). 

20 ‘‘(2) MEMBERS AND TERMS.—The members of 

21 the Council shall include— 

22 ‘‘(A) the President; 

23 ‘‘(B) the Director; 

24 ‘‘(C) the Attorney General; 

25 ‘‘(D) the Secretary of Agriculture; 


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1 ‘‘(E) the Secretary of Labor; 

2 ‘‘(F) the Secretary of Health and Human 

3 Services; 

4 ‘‘(G) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development; 

6 ‘‘(H) the Secretary of Education; 

7 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Interior; 

8 ‘‘(J) the Secretary of Commerce; 

9 ‘‘(K) the Secretary of Defense; 

10 ‘‘(L) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

11 ‘‘(M) the Secretary of State; 

12 ‘‘(N) the Secretary of Transportation; 

13 ‘‘(O) the Director of the Office of National 

14 Drug Control Policy; 

15 ‘‘(P) the Director of the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget; 

17 ‘‘(Q) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

18 Corporation for National and Community Serv19 ice; 

20 ‘‘(R) the Assistant to the President for Do21 mestic Policy; 

22 ‘‘(S) the Director of the USA Freedom 

23 Corps; 

24 ‘‘(T) the Director of the Office of Faith25 based and Community initiatives; 


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1 ‘‘(U) the Chairman of the National En2 dowment for the Arts; 

3 ‘‘(V) the Chairman of the National Endow4 ment for the Humanities; 

5 ‘‘(W) the Director of the Institute of Mu6 seum and Library Services; 

7 ‘‘(X) the co-chairs of the National Youth 

8 Advisory Board; 

9 ‘‘(Y) other Federal officials as directed by 

10 the President; and 

11 ‘‘(Z) not fewer than seven individuals cho12 sen by the President, in consultation with the 

13 Director, of whom not fewer than five shall be 

14 from nongovernmental entities and not fewer 

15 than two shall be from State Youth Services 

16 Coordinating Entities. 

17 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 

18 Council shall be the President. 

19 ‘‘(4) DESIGNEES.—Members of the Council 

20 may select a designee to perform duties under this 

21 subsection, but it is the sense of Congress that such 

22 members should refrain from doing so whenever pos23 sible. 

24 ‘‘(5) MEETINGS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The full membership 

2 of the Council shall meet at the call of the 

3 Chairperson, but at least once each year. The 

4 Chairperson may call additional meetings com5 posed of less than the full membership of the 

6 Council as needed. 

7 ‘‘(B) FIRST MEETING.—The first meeting 

8 of the Council shall be not more than four 

9 months after the date of the enactment of this 

10 title. 

11 ‘‘(C) INCLUSION OF STATE YOUTH SERV12 ICES COORDINATING ENTITIES.—At least one 

13 meeting of the Council each year shall be 

14 opened to the participation of State Youth 

15 Services Coordinating Entities. 

16 ‘‘(D) INCLUSION OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH

17 ADVISORY BOARD.—At least one meeting of the 

18 Council each year shall be opened to the partici19 pation of members of the National Youth Advi20 sory Board. 

21 ‘‘(6) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) assist the Director to coordinate the 

23 youth services provided by Federal departments 

24 and agencies and to coordinate Federal inter25 agency youth services; 


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1 ‘‘(B) assist the Director in the develop2 ment, coordination, implementation, evaluation, 

3 and promulgation of the Strategy; 

4 ‘‘(C) assist the Director in soliciting and 

5 documenting ongoing input and recommenda6 tions with respect to youth services and youth 

7 outcomes, particularly disadvantaged youth out8 comes, from State, local, and tribal govern9 ments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, 

10 particularly disadvantaged youth; and 

11 ‘‘(D) ensure that members of the Council 

12 oversee the implementation of those sections of 

13 the Strategy for which each such member’s de14 partment or agency is responsible, as deter15 mined by the Director, and to report to the Di16 rector on such implementation and the results 

17 thereof. 

18 ‘‘(7) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL AND TRANS19 PORTATION EXPENSES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE ON

21 COUNCIL.—Each member of the Council who is 

22 not an officer or employee of the United States 

23 shall not receive pay by reason of the member’s 

24 service on the Council, and shall not be consid25 ered an officer or employee of the United States 


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1 by reason of such service. Each member of the 

2 Council who is an officer or employee of the 

3 United States shall serve without compensation 

4 in addition to that received for the member’s 

5 service as an officer or employee of the United 

6 States. 

7 ‘‘(B) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EX8 PENSES.—Each member of the Council may be 

9 allowed travel or transportation expenses in ac10 cordance with section 5703 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, while away from the member’s 

12 home or regular place of business in perform13 ance of services for the Council. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 807. NATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

16 the Office the National Youth Advisory Board (hereinafter 

17 referred to in this title as the ‘Board’). 

18 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS AND TERMS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The membership of the 

20 Board shall be composed of an even number of 

21 youth, the minimum number of whom shall be 12. 

22 Except as provided in paragraph (3), each member 

23 shall serve a two-year term. No member shall serve 

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1 ‘‘(2) SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE INITIAL

2 MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD.—The Director shall 

3 design an application and selection process to fill the 

4 initial membership of the Board. Political affiliation 

5 or views may not be taken into account in such ap6 plication and selection process and relatives of elect7 ed officials shall not be eligible for membership. 

8 When making selections for membership, the Direc9 tor shall give priority to the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Individuals who are 14 to 24 years of 

11 age with current or previous service in a State 

12 or local entity with duties similar to the Board. 

13 ‘‘(B) Disadvantaged youth. 

14 ‘‘(C) Youth whose selection enables the 

15 Board to reflect the diversity of the country. 

16 ‘‘(3) SELECTION PROCESS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF

17 THE BOARD FOLLOWING THE INITIAL MEMBER18 SHIP.—The initial membership of the Board shall 

19 design an application and selection process to fill the 

20 membership of the Board for those terms following 

21 the term of the initial membership. Such application 

22 and selection process shall ensure that Board mem23 bers select the membership that will follow that 

24 Board membership’s term and, notwithstanding the 

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1 application process shall ensure that not more than 

2 half of the terms of Board members expire in a 

3 given year. 

4 ‘‘(4) CHAIRPERSON.—The initial membership of 

5 the Board shall elect two members as co-chairs of 

6 the Board. Co-chairs shall serve a term of one year 

7 and the Board shall elect new co-chairs as vacancies 

8 arise. 

9 ‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet in person 

10 not fewer than four times each year. The Director shall 

11 request senior Federal Government officials to attend each 

12 of the four meetings, including requesting that the Council 

13 attend one of the four meetings. The co-chairs of the 

14 Board may call additional meetings online and by tele15 phone as determined necessary by the co-chairs. 

16 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) advise the President, the heads of Federal 

18 departments and agencies providing youth services, 

19 and other senior Federal Government officials on 

20 proposed and pending legislation, budget expendi21 tures, and other policy matters with respect to 

22 youth, particularly disadvantaged youth; 

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1 licit the views and perspectives of youth, particularly 

2 disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services; 

3 ‘‘(3) prepare a section of the Strategy outlining 

4 the views and perspectives of youth, particularly dis5 advantaged youth, with respect to youth services; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(4) provide the Director evaluations of the 

8 staff support and training and technical assistance 

9 the Board has received. 

10 ‘‘(e) PROCEDURES.—The membership of the Board 

11 shall, in consultation with the Director, determine the pro12 cedures of the Board. 

13 ‘‘(f) STAFF SUPPORT AND TRAINING AND TECH14 NICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall make 

16 available, directly or through the funding of eligible 

17 organizations, the staff support and training and 

18 technical assistance necessary for the Board to fulfill 

19 the duties of the Board under this title. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED.— 

21 An eligible organization under this subsection is a 

22 nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as de23 termined by the Director, special expertise and 

24 broad national experience in supporting State Youth 

25 Advisory Boards and other similar organizations. 


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1 ‘‘(g) MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES.—Prior to the 

2 first meeting of the Board and biennially thereafter, the 

3 Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the majority and minority leaders of the 

5 Senate shall each name one Member of Congress, from 

6 among those who have volunteered, to be available as a 

7 mentor for the Board and such Member of Congress shall 

8 be available to the Board as a mentor for a term of two 

9 years. 

10 ‘‘(h) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.— 

11 Each member of the Board and, if the Director determines 

12 it is appropriate in consideration of the member’s age or 

13 other circumstances, a parent, legal guardian, or care 

14 giver of that member may be allowed travel or transpor15 tation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 

16 5, United States Code, while away from the member’s 

17 home or regular place of business in performance of serv18 ices for the Board. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 808. SUPPORT OF STATE YOUTH SERVICES COORDI20 NATING ENTITIES AND STATE YOUTH ADVI21 SORY BOARDS. 

22 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 

24 of appropriations for such purposes, the Director 

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1 for the creation and support of State Youth Services 

2 Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory 

3 Boards. 

4 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for grants 

5 under this section shall be submitted at such time, 

6 in such manner, and containing such information as 

7 the Director requires, but an application shall in8 clude at least the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) A description of the State’s existing 

10 or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating 

11 Entity and existing or proposed State Youth 

12 Advisory Board, including a description of— 

13 ‘‘(i) the leadership and staffing of 

14 such State Youth Services Coordinating 

15 Entity and such State Youth Advisory 

16 Board; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the extent to which the chief ex18 ecutive of the State and the heads of State 

19 departments and agencies responsible for 

20 youth services participate in such State 

21 Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 

22 such State Youth Advisory Board; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the State decisionmaking au24 thority and other responsibilities assigned 

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1 Entity and such State Youth Advisory 

2 Board; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) the diversity of the members of 

4 such State Youth Advisory Board and the 

5 steps taken to ensure active participation 

6 by disadvantaged youth. 

7 ‘‘(B) A description of the State’s intent to 

8 develop and implement a comprehensive plan to 

9 improve outcomes for youth in the State, par10 ticularly disadvantaged youth, with contents 

11 similar to those of the Strategy and what role 

12 the existing or proposed State Youth Services 

13 Coordinating Entity and the existing or pro14 posed State Youth Advisory Board will play in 

15 that development and implementation. 

16 ‘‘(3) GRANT PRIORITIES.—When making 

17 grants, the Director shall give priority to States 

18 based on demonstration of the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) An existing State Youth Services Co20 ordinating Entity and an existing State Youth 

21 Advisory Board. 

22 ‘‘(B) The leadership of the chief executive 

23 of the State and the heads of State depart24 ments and agencies responsible for providing 

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1 Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the ex2 isting or proposed State Youth Advisory Board. 

3 ‘‘(C) The inclusion of nongovernmental en4 tities in the work of the existing or proposed 

5 State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 

6 the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory 

7 Board. 

8 ‘‘(D) The inclusion of youth, particularly 

9 disadvantaged youth, in the work of the existing 

10 or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating 

11 Entity and the existing or proposed State 

12 Youth Advisory Board. 

13 ‘‘(E) Dedicated staff support for the exist14 ing or proposed State Youth Services Coordi15 nating Entity and the existing or proposed 

16 State Youth Advisory Board. 

17 ‘‘(F) The existing or proposed State Youth 

18 Services Coordinating Entity and the existing 

19 or proposed State Youth Advisory Board work 

20 in partnership. 

21 ‘‘(G) A plan to work with localities to sup22 port local youth services coordinating entities 

23 and local youth advisory boards. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 

2 of appropriations for such purposes, the Director 

3 shall make available, directly or through the funding 

4 of eligible organizations, training and technical as5 sistance to States for the support of State Youth 

6 Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Ad7 visory Boards. 

8 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED.— 

9 An eligible organization under this subsection is a 

10 nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as de11 termined by the Director, special expertise and 

12 broad national experience in supporting State Youth 

13 Services Coordinating Entities or State Youth Advi14 sory Boards. 

15 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS BY AN ELIGIBLE ORGANI16 ZATION.—An eligible organization receiving funding 

17 under this subsection shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) develop and provide to States meth19 ods for fostering innovation in the coordination 

20 of youth services in such States; 

21 ‘‘(B) develop and provide to States meth22 ods to ensure the inclusion of the views and 

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1 ‘‘(C) facilitate opportunities for existing 

2 State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 

3 State Youth Advisory Boards to share prom4 ising practices with other State Youth Services 

5 Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory 

6 Boards and with States wishing to establish 

7 State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 

8 State Youth Advisory Boards through tech9 nology, conferences, meetings, and State-to10 State mentoring initiatives; 

11 ‘‘(D) develop and provide to States meth12 ods for developing a comprehensive plan to im13 prove outcomes for youth in the State, particu14 larly disadvantaged youth, with contents similar 

15 to those of the Strategy; or 

16 ‘‘(E) provide other training and technical 

17 assistance required by the Director. 

18 ‘‘(4) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EX19 PENSES.—Members and leadership of State Youth 

20 Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Ad21 visory Boards may be allowed travel or transpor22 tation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of 

23 title 5, United States Code, while away from the 

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1 business for the provision or receipt of training and 

2 technical assistance. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 809. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out this title $50,000,000 for each of fis6 cal years 2010 through 2014, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 ‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 

9 amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for a fis10 cal year— 

11 ‘‘(1) not more than $10,000,000 is authorized 

12 to be appropriated to carry out this title other than 

13 section 808; and 

14 ‘‘(2) not more than $1,000,000 is authorized to 

15 be appropriated to carry out training and technical 

16 assistance under section 808. 

17 ‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that in no case should less than 10 percent of the 

19 total amounts appropriated to carry out this title for a 

20 fiscal year be appropriated to carry out the grant program 

21 under section 808.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

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1 tents in section 1(b) of the Older Americans Act Amend2 ments of 2006 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘TITLE VIII—WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH 

POLICY 

‘‘Sec. 801. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 802. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 803. White House Office of National Youth Policy. 

‘‘Sec. 804. Appointment and duties of the Director. 

‘‘Sec. 805. National Youth Strategy. 

‘‘Sec. 806. Coordination with Federal departments and agencies. 

‘‘Sec. 807. National Youth Advisory Board. 

‘‘Sec. 808. Support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State 

Youth Advisory Boards. 

‘‘Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

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