training, drug abuse prevention, alcohol edu-
cation, parenting skills activities, camping, envi-
ronmental education, ethnic or cultural enrich-
ment, tutoring, and academic enrichment.
(16) 
YOUTH-SERVING
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘‘youth-serving organization’’ means an organi-
zation with a primary focus on providing youth de-
velopment, health and fitness, education, substance
abuse prevention, child welfare, child protective, psy-
chological, parenting, recreation, teen pregnancy, re-
habilitative, or residential services to youth.
SEC. 5. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act, $890,900,000 for
fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000.
(2) 
VIOLENT
CRIME
REDUCTION
TRUST
FUND.—Notwithstanding section 310001(c) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211(c)), there are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this Act, from amounts
in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for
each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000, the total
amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal
year under title III of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13741 et
seq.) (as in effect on the day before the date of en-
actment of this Act) from such trust fund to carry
out the provisions described in section 15(a).
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From the sums appropriated
under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall reserve—
(1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to
States and allocations to Community Boards, as de-
scribed in sections 6 and 7;
(2) 1.5 percent of the sums for grants to Native
American organizations, as described in section 8(a);
(3) 0.5 percent of the sums for grants to outly-
ing areas, as described in section 8(b); and
(4) 3 percent of the sums for activities by the
Administration for Children and Families, as de-
scribed in this Act.
SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE ALLOTMENTS.
(a) TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT.—From the sums
reserved under section 5(b)(1) (referred to in this section
as the ‘‘total distribution amount’’), the Assistant Sec-
retary shall make allotments under this section to States
to—
(1) assist Community Boards in carrying out
the activities described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and
9(a);
(2) carry out activities required to administer
the youth development programs carried out in the
States; and
(3) for any fiscal year described in section
7(a)(1)(B), assist appropriate entities, on a discre-
tionary basis, in carrying out local youth develop-
ment programs in order to—
(A) respond to emergency situations, as
determined by the States; or
(B) serve areas with a high concentration
of low-income families.
(b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Subject to
subsection (c), for each fiscal year in which funds are ap-
propriated under section 5(a), the Assistant Secretary
shall allot to each State the sum (referred to in this sec-
tion and section 7 as the ‘‘State allotment’’) of—
(1) an amount that bears the same relation to
1⁄3 of the total distribution amount as the number
of youth in the State bears to the number of youth
in all States;
(2) an amount that bears the same relation to
1⁄3 of the total distribution amount as the number
of youth from low-income families in the State bears
to the number of such youth in all States; and
(3) an amount from the remaining 1⁄3 of the
total distribution amount, calculated in accordance
with a formula prescribed by the Assistant Sec-
retary, that takes into account the average incidence
of juvenile crime in the State during the most recent
4-year period for which data are available, relative
to the average incidence of such crime in all States
during such period.
(c) MINIMUM STATE ALLOTMENT.—The Assistant
Secretary shall allot to each State under this section an
amount that is not less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the total
distribution amount.
(d) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—To be el-
igible to receive such State allotment, the State shall pre-
pare, and submit to the Assistant Secretary, an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably re-
quire to assure compliance with this Act. Such application
shall include, at a minimum, an assurance that the State
is prepared to use such amount in compliance with all the
requirements of this Act, and, in the case of any applica-
tion submitted after the first year in which the State re-
ceives funds under this Act, that the State will submit to
the Assistant Secretary an annual program report and the
results of an independent audit conducted by the State
concerning the use of such funds.
SEC. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.
(a) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY BOARDS.—
(1) RESERVATIONS.—
(A) ADMINISTRATION.—A State may re-
serve not more than 4 percent of the State al-
lotment to carry out activities required to ad-
minister the youth development programs car-
ried out in the State.
(B) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING OF LOCAL
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.—For each
fiscal year for which the total sums appro-
priated under section 5(a) are $500,000,000 or
more, a State may reserve not more than 3.5
percent of the State allotment to assist appro-
priate entities, on a discretionary basis, in car-
rying out local youth development programs in
order to—
(i) respond to emergency situations,
as determined by the State; or
(ii) serve areas with a high concentra-
tion of low-income families.
(2) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS
TO
COMMUNITY
BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA-
TIONS ARE $500,000,000 OR MORE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in
paragraph (3), for each fiscal year for which a
State receives a State allotment, the State shall,
after making any reservation under paragraph
(1), allocate and distribute to each Community
Board in the State an amount (referred to in
this section as the ‘‘local allocation’’) represent-
ing an equitable allocation of the remainder of
the State allotment.
(B) CALCULATION.—The local allocations
shall be distributed among Community Boards
representing counties within the State utilizing
the Federal allotment formula specified in sec-
tion 6(b), except that for purposes of the appli-
cation of the formula—
(i) each reference to the total distribu-
tion amount shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the remainder of the State allot-
ment;
(ii) each reference to a State shall be
deemed to be a reference to a county; and
(iii) the reference to all States shall be
deemed to be a reference to all counties in
the State.
(3) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS
TO
COMMUNITY
BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA-
TIONS ARE LESS THAN $500,000,000.—
(A) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for
which the total sums appropriated under sec-
tion 5(a) are less than $500,000,000, and for
which a State receives a State allotment, the
State shall, after making any reservation under
paragraph (1)(A), make grants from the re-
mainder of the State allotment to eligible Com-
munity Boards to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2)(A) and section 9(a).
(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making such
grants, the State shall consider the criteria de-
scribed in the formula specified in section 6(b),
applied as described in paragraph (2)(B). The
State shall ensure an equitable geographic dis-
tribution of such grants (including distribution
to rural, urban, and suburban areas within the
State), and shall ensure that a variety of pro-
gram models and activities receive funding
under this paragraph.
(C) TREATMENT
OF
GRANTS.—For pur-
poses of this Act, a grant awarded to a Commu-
nity Board under this paragraph shall be con-
sidered to be a local allocation.
(b) DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS
TO
COMMUNITY
BOARDS.—
(1) INITIAL PLANNING FUNDS.—For the first
fiscal year for which Community Boards in a State
are eligible to receive funds under this section, the
State shall make available, to each eligible Commu-
nity Board in the State, 5 percent of the local allo-
cation of such Board, to be used for up to 6 months
for an initial planning phase. To be eligible to re-
ceive such amount, the Community Board shall sub-
mit to the State a letter of intent to apply for funds
under this section. Such letter of intent shall include
a list of the members of the Community Board, in-
cluding sufficient information about their affiliations
to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of
subsections (b) through (f) of section 11.
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for
which a State receives a State allotment, the
State shall distribute to each eligible Commu-
nity Board in the State an amount equal to the
remainder of the local allocation of such Board
for the purpose of conducting community-based
youth development programs that—
(i) address the process objectives, and
the outcome objectives, identified in the
community strategic plan described in sec-
tion 12(a)(1);
(ii) incorporate components that pro-
mote competencies in youth;
(iii) recognize the primary role of the
family in positive youth development in
order to strengthen families;
(iv) promote the involvement of youth
(including program participants), parents,
and other community members in the plan-
ning and implementation of the programs;
(v) identify specific protective factors
and risk factors for youth, to be addressed
by the programs;
(vi) coordinate services with other
youth and family services in the commu-
nity and help participants access the serv-
ices;
(vii) build relationships between posi-
tive adult role models and youth in pro-
gram settings;
(viii) encourage youth leadership and
civic involvement;
(ix) seek to establish a long-term rela-
tionship with participating youth;
(x) employ strong outreach efforts to
youth from low-income families and to the
families;
(xi) provide age-appropriate activities;
(xii) provide activities that—
(I) are open to all youth, regard-
less of such factors as race, color, reli-
gion, sex, national origin, disability, or
social or economic background; or
(II) target a population on the
basis of 1 or more of such factors, if
such targeting is designed to meet the
special needs of such population; and
(xiii) use not more than 10 percent of
the amount to provide preservice and in-
service training and educational materials
and services for program staff.
(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive an amount referred to in subparagraph
(A), the Community Board shall prepare and
submit to the State an application, at such
time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the State may reasonably require
to assure compliance with this Act. Such appli-
cation shall include, at a minimum, a commu-
nity 
strategic 
plan 
described 
in 
section
12(a)(1), a description of the types of activities
and services for which the amount will be pro-
vided, information indicating the extent to
which the activities and services achieve the
purposes of this Act and the purpose described
in subparagraph (A), and a description of the
processes used to select members of the Com-
munity Board.
(C) PROHIBITION.—No Community Board
may use funds appropriated under section 5(a)
to carry out a youth employment program pro-
viding subsidized employment opportunities, job
training activities, or school-to-work activities
for participants.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER ENTITIES.
(a) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums reserved
under section 5(b)(2), the Assistant Secretary shall
make grants to eligible Native American organiza-
tions to assist the organizations in carrying out the
activities described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a).
(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under paragraph (1), a Native American orga-
nization shall submit an application to the Assistant
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Assistant Secretary
may reasonably require to assure compliance with
this Act, including any information that a Commu-
nity Board is required to submit in an application
described in section 7(b)(2)(B).
(3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi-
sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to Native
American organizations receiving funds through
grants made under this subsection. For purposes of
the application of such provisions to a Native Amer-
ican organization, references to a county shall be
deemed to be references to the area served by the or-
ganization, and references to a State shall be
deemed to be references to the Assistant Secretary.
(4) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection:
(A) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 4(d) of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)).
(B) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—
The term ‘‘Native American organization’’
means—
(i) a tribal organization, as defined in
section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b(l));
(ii) a Native Hawaiian Organization,
as defined in section 4009(4) of the Au-
gustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Ele-
mentary and Secondary School Improve-
ment Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C.
4909(4)); and
(iii) a private nonprofit organization
established for the purpose of serving
youth who are Indians or Native Hawai-
ians.
(C) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native
Hawaiian’’ has the meaning given the term in
section 4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-
Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary
School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20
U.S.C. 4909(1)).
(b) OUTLYING AREAS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums reserved
under section 5(b)(3), the Assistant Secretary shall
make grants to eligible outlying areas to assist the
areas in—
(A) carrying out the activities described in
sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a); or
(B) providing assistance to geographic or
political subdivisions of the areas to carry out
the activities.
(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under paragraph (1), the outlying area shall
submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably
require to assure compliance with this Act, including
any information that a State is required to submit
in an application described in section 6(d).
(3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi-
sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to outlying
areas receiving funds through grants made under
this subsection. For purposes of the application of
such provisions to an outlying area, references to a
county shall be deemed to be references to a geo-
graphic or political subdivision within the outlying
area, or to the outlying area, as appropriate, and
references to a State shall be deemed to be ref-
erences to the Assistant Secretary.
SEC. 9. DISTRIBUTION TO GRANT RECIPIENTS.
(a) GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A Community Board shall
award grants in accordance with this subsection to
pay for the Federal share of carrying out youth de-
velopment programs addressing the process objec-
tives, and the outcome objectives, established in the
community strategic plan described in section
12(a)(1) and the program components described in
section 7(b)(2)(A).
(2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—The Commu-
nity Board shall issue a request for proposals to
apply for a grant under paragraph (1). Such request
shall specify the process objectives and outcome ob-
jectives to be addressed by the applicants submitting
the proposals.
(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In awarding grants
under paragraph (1) for programs, the Commu-
nity Board shall take into account the extent to
which a program meets the objectives and goals
of the community strategic plan described in
section 12(a)(1). In the second and subsequent
years for which such grants are awarded, the
Community Board shall take into account the
extent to which the programs receiving funding
through such grants were successful in meeting
the community process objectives and outcome
objectives for youth development programs, in-
cluding changes in protective factor and risk
factor levels.
(B) FOR-PROFIT
ENTITIES.—A for-profit
entity that receives funds through a grant made
under paragraph (1) shall use the funds in a
manner consistent with such fiscal requirements
as the Assistant Secretary may by regulation
specify.
(C) RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to prohibit a religious or charitable orga-
nization from receiving a grant under this sub-
section, or from carrying out a youth develop-
ment program with such grant, on the same
basis as any other entity, without impairing or
diminishing the religious character or freedom
of such organization.
(4) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to
receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall
submit an application to the Community Board at
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Community Board may reasonably
require.
(5) FUNDING PERIOD.—The Community Board
may award such a grant for a period of up to 3
years. The Community Board may terminate the
funding made available through such grant during
such grant period for a program if the program fails
to comply with the requirements of this Act or if in-
sufficient Federal funds are appropriated under sec-
tion 5(a) to permit the continuation of funding for
the full grant period of all such grants awarded by
the Community Board.
(6) RENEWALS OF GRANTS.—The Community
Board may renew grants made under paragraph (1).
After the initial grant period, in determining wheth-
er to renew a grant to an entity to carry out activi-
ties, the Community Board shall give substantial
weight to the effectiveness of the activities in achiev-
ing process objectives and outcome objectives speci-
fied in the community strategic plan described in
section 12(a)(1).
(7) FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.—
(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share
of the cost of carrying out a youth development
program described in paragraph (1) shall be—
(i) 80 percent for the first year for
which the program receives funding under
this subsection;
(ii) 70 percent for the second such
year;
(iii) 60 percent for the third such
year; and
(iv) 50 percent for the fourth and any
subsequent year.
(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing
for the remaining share of the cost of carrying
out such a program, each grant recipient under
this subsection—
(i) shall provide for such share
through non-Federal sources;
(ii) may provide for such share
through a payment in cash (which may in-
clude State or local public funds expended
to meet the requirements of section 10(e));
and
(iii) may provide for not more than 50
percent of such share through a payment
in kind, fairly evaluated, including facili-
ties, equipment, or services.
(8) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS.—The Com-
munity Board may award a grant under this sub-
section for the continuation of any program carried
out prior to the date of enactment of this Act under
any provision of law referred to in section 15.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS TO COMMUNITY BOARD.—In
carrying out a program under this Act, each grant recipi-
ent under subsection (a) shall, not later than 45 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Community Board, pre-
pare and submit to the Community Board an annual re-
port on the program during the fiscal year, in such man-
ner and containing such information as the Assistant Sec-
retary may reasonably require to determine compliance
with this Act.
(c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,
AND EVALUATION.—A grant recipient under subsection
(a) may use up to 10 percent of the funds received under
the grant for planning, administration, and coordination,
and may use up to an additional 5 percent of such funds
for evaluation expenses.
SEC. 10. REALLOTMENT AND REALLOCATION.
(a) AUTHORITY TO ASSIST COMMUNITY BOARDS IN
NONPARTICIPATING STATES/REALLOTMENT
OF STATE
FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for
which a State does not submit an application for an
allotment under section 6, the Assistant Secretary
may use the allotment of such State to make direct
grants to eligible Community Boards in the
nonparticipating State.
(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
direct grant under paragraph (1), a Community
Board shall submit an application to the Assistant
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Assistant Secretary
may reasonably require to assure compliance with
this Act, including any information that a Commu-
nity Board is required to submit in an application
described in section 7(b)(2)(B).
(3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi-
sions of sections 9, 11, and 12 shall apply to Com-
munity Boards receiving funds through grants made
under this subsection. For purposes of the applica-
tion of such provisions, references to the State shall
be deemed to be references to the Assistant Sec-
retary.
(b) STATE REALLOTMENT.—For any fiscal year for
which a State does not submit an application for an allot-
ment under section 6, and the Assistant Secretary does
not use the allotment as described in subsection (a), the
Assistant Secretary shall make the allotment of such State
available to such other States as the Assistant Secretary
may determine to be appropriate.
(c) COUNTY REALLOCATION.—For any fiscal year for
which a Community Board in a State does not submit an
application for an allocation under section 7, the State
shall make available the allocation of such county to such
other counties in the State as the State may determine
to be appropriate.
(d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—
(1) STATE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Any State
that receives funds from the Assistant Secretary
under this Act shall obligate the funds (other than
any amount reserved under section 7(a)(1)) not later
than 6 months after the date of such receipt or re-
turn the funds to the Assistant Secretary for reallot-
ment in accordance with subsection (b).
(2) NATIVE
AMERICAN
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
OUTLYING AREAS.—Any Native American organiza-
tion or outlying area that receives funds from the
Assistant Secretary under this Act shall obligate the
funds not later than 6 months after the date of such
receipt or return the funds to the Assistant Sec-
retary for reallotment in accordance with subsection
(b).
(3) 
COMMUNITY
BOARD
OBLIGATION
OF
FUNDS.—Any Community Board that receives funds
from a State or the Assistant Secretary under this
Act shall obligate the funds not later than 6 months
after the date of such receipt or return the funds to
the State for reallocation in accordance with sub-
section (c), or to the Assistant Secretary for reallot-
ment in accordance with subsection (b), respectively.
(4) 
GRANT
RECIPIENT
EXPENDITURE
OF
FUNDS.—Any grant recipient under section 9(a)
shall expend the funds made available through the
grant not later than 3 years after the date of such
receipt or return the funds to the State for
reallocation in accordance with subsection (c).
(e) SUPPLEMENT
NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro-
priated under this Act shall be used to supplement and
not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds
expended to provide youth development programs for eligi-
ble individuals.
SEC. 11. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
(a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘appointing authority’’ means—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2) and
subsection (d)(1)(B), the Chief Executive Officer
and the representatives described in subsection
(b)(1)(A); and
(2) except as provided in subsection (d)(1)(B),
in a State referred to in subsection (b)(2), the local
government official and the representatives described
in subsection (b)(2)(B).
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION.—
(A) MEMBERSHIP
OF
APPOINTING
AU-
THORITY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided
in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (4), in
order for entities within a county to be eli-
gible to receive assistance under this Act—
(I) the Chief Executive Officer of
the county;
(II) a representative (who may be
a teacher, an administrator, a coun-
selor, or another person with experi-
ence with education activities, or other
activities 
described 
in 
section
7(b)(2)(A) or 9(a)), selected by the
educational community serving the
county;
(III) a representative of the com-
munity-based youth development orga-
nizations serving the county, selected
by the youth development organiza-
tions; and
(IV) except as provided in clause
(ii), a representative (who may be a
teacher, an administrator, a coun-
selor, or another person with experi-
ence with substance abuse prevention
activities), selected by the substance
abuse prevention agencies and sub-
stance abuse prevention providers
serving the county;
shall jointly facilitate the establishment of
a local entity, or designate an existing (as
of the date of such designation) local en-
tity, that meets the requirements of this
section, to serve as the Community Youth
Development Board for the county.
(ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP-
RESENTATIVE
WITH
EXPERIENCE
WITH
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
PREVENTION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The agencies and providers de-
scribed in clause (i)(IV) shall select a rep-
resentative under such clause only if the
agencies and providers determine that nei-
ther of the representatives selected under
subclause (II) or (III) of clause (i) has the
experience described in clause (i)(IV).
(B) EXISTING ENTITY OR SUBDIVISION.—
The appointing authority shall consider permit-
ting an existing (as of the date of the consider-
ation) community-based coalition that focuses
on risk and protective factor needs assessments
and program planning, an existing (as of such
date) community-based youth-focused entity, or
a subdivision of such coalition or entity to serve
as the Community Board.
(2) CERTAIN STATES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
paragraph (4), in a State referred to in section
4(4), in order for entities within a general pur-
pose political subdivision to be eligible to receive
assistance under this Act, the persons described
in subparagraph (B) shall provide for the facili-
tation or designation described in paragraph
(1).
(B) APPOINTING AUTHORITY.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The persons re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) are—
(I) a local government official
from the general purpose political
subdivision, who shall be selected by
the State to serve on the appointing
authority, in lieu of a Chief Executive
Officer of a county;
(II) a representative described in
paragraph (1)(A)(i)(II), selected by
the educational community serving the
subdivision;
(III) a representative of the com-
munity-based youth development orga-
nizations serving the subdivision, se-
lected by the youth development orga-
nizations; and
(IV) except as provided in clause
(ii), a representative described in
paragraph (1)(A)(i)(IV), selected by
the substance abuse prevention agen-
cies and substance abuse prevention
providers serving the subdivision.
(ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP-
RESENTATIVE
WITH
EXPERIENCE
WITH
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
PREVENTION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The agencies and providers de-
scribed in clause (i)(IV) shall select a rep-
resentative under such clause only if the
agencies and providers determine that nei-
ther of the representatives selected under
subclause (II) or (III) of clause (i) has the
experience 
described 
in 
paragraph
(1)(A)(i)(IV).
(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTICOUNTY COMMU-
NITY BOARD.—The appointing authorities of 2 or
more counties may agree to facilitate the establish-
ment of a local entity, or designate an existing (as
of the date of the designation) entity, that meets the
requirements of this section, to serve as a
multicounty Community Board. Such a multicounty
Community Board shall carry out the duties de-
scribed in sections 9(a) and 12 with respect to the
counties involved. If such a multicounty Community
Board is established, all duties required by this sec-
tion to be carried out by an appointing authority
shall be carried out jointly by the appointing au-
thorities of each participating county.
(4) LESS POPULATED COUNTIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a county
with a population of 25,000 or less, paragraphs
(1) through (3) and subsections (c) through (f)
shall not apply, and the Chief Executive Officer
of the county may serve as the Community
Board for the county.
(B) CONSULTATION.—A Chief Executive
Officer who serves as a Community Board
under this paragraph shall consult with schools,
local educational agencies, youth-serving organi-
zations, and youth development organizations.
(C) TREATMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF-
FICER.—For purposes of this Act, a Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer serving as a Community Board
under this paragraph shall be considered to be
a Community Board.
(c) NUMBER
OF MEMBERS
ON
THE COMMUNITY
BOARD.—The appointing authority for a county shall de-
termine the total number of members on the Community
Board, which shall be not less than 5 nor more than 11
members.
(d) COMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The appointing author-
ity shall appoint for the county the members of
a Community Board that is established, rather
than designated, under this Act.
(B) COUNTIES WITH DOMINANT SUBDIVI-
SIONS.—If any political subdivision of a State is
located totally or partially within a county, and
the population of the subdivision is more than
30 percent of the total population of the county,
the Chief Executive Officer of such subdivision
shall be included in the appointing authority for
the county.
(2) INTERESTS.—The Community Board shall,
to the extent practicable, be comprised of members
whose interests and involvement in youth and youth
development reflect the various segments of the com-
munity.
(3) ORGANIZATIONS.—In facilitating the estab-
lishment of, or designating, the Community Board,
the appointing authority shall consider the inclusion
of representatives of community-based youth devel-
opment organizations, community-based youth-serv-
ing organizations (including substance abuse preven-
tion agencies and substance abuse prevention provid-
ers), community-based family-serving organizations
(including family or domestic violence organiza-
tions), local government (including parks and recre-
ation agencies), law enforcement, juvenile and family
courts, local schools and local educational agencies,
local businesses (including small businesses, busi-
nesses that produce or sell products that may be
abused, and large industries), philanthropic organi-
zations (including community foundations), the reli-
gious community, and families (including youth par-
ticipants in local youth development programs and
their parents).
(4) EXPERTISE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—
(i) 
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
SERV-
ICES.—At least 1 member of the Commu-
nity Board shall have demonstrated exper-
tise in the design and delivery of youth de-
velopment programs (provided through a
community-based youth development orga-
nization, where feasible).
(ii) YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PRE-
VENTION.—At least 1 member of the Com-
munity Board (who may be the same indi-
vidual as the member described in clause
(i)) shall have demonstrated expertise in
youth substance abuse prevention.
(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESS POPULATED
COUNTIES.—In the case of a county with a pop-
ulation of 100,000 or less, if the Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the county determines that, be-
cause of the absence of youth development or-
ganizations, the county cannot establish an ap-
pointing authority meeting the requirements of
paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sub-
section (b) or a Community Board meeting the
requirements of subparagraph (A), a represent-
ative of a community-based youth-serving orga-
nization with the expertise required under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) may be selected to serve, and
participate, on the appointing authority or
Community Board, as appropriate, on the same
basis as a representative of a community-based
youth development organization.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) TERMS; OFFICERS; VACANCIES.—The Com-
munity Board shall adopt, and shall include in the
application described in section 7(b)(2)(B), bylaws
that include provisions regarding the terms of office
of members, the election of officers, and the selec-
tion of members to fill vacancies, of the Community
Board.
(2) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The bylaws of
the Community Board shall contain a conflict of in-
terest provision that requires any member of the
Community Board who has a conflict of interest re-
garding any matter before the Board to declare the
conflict and refrain from voting on the matter.
(f) FISCAL AGENT.—
(1) APPOINTMENT OF FISCAL AGENT.—The ap-
pointing authority shall appoint a fiscal agent for
the Board.
(2) DUTIES.—The fiscal agent shall carry out
such duties as the Community Board may determine
to be appropriate.
SEC. 12. DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARDS.
(a) DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—
(1) COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Community Board
shall prepare and submit to the State (to en-
sure that the plan meets the requirements of
this Act), as part of the application described in
section 7(b)(2)(B), a community strategic plan
for youth development in the county involved,
including—
(i) the results of a current (as of the
date of the submission) assessment of com-
munity needs and resources;
(ii) the results of a current (as of the
date of the submission) assessment of sub-
stance abuse in the county;
(iii) specific process objectives and
outcome objectives for youth development
programs; and
(iv) measures of program effectiveness
that shall be used to evaluate the progress
of grant recipients under section 9(a) in
achieving the objectives described in clause
(iii).
(B) REVIEW AND COMMENT.—The Com-
munity Board shall provide the members of the
appointing authority (as defined in section
11(a)) for the county with an opportunity to re-
view and comment on the community strategic
plan prior to the submission of the plan to the
State.
(2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND
TECH-
NICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Community Board shall
be responsible for establishing monitoring and eval-
uation procedures, consistent with such requirements
as may be established by the Assistant Secretary, to
assess the progress of grant recipients under section
9(a) in achieving the process objectives and outcome
objectives identified in the community strategic plan.
Community Boards shall also provide technical as-
sistance to applicants and grant recipients under
section 9(a).
(3) APPEAL.—A State may deny approval of
the community strategic plan only on the basis that
the plan does not meet the requirements of this Act.
In the event that the State denies approval of the
community strategic plan, the Community Board
submitting the plan may appeal the denial in accord-
ance with such appeals process as the Assistant Sec-
retary shall specify by regulation.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT TO STATE.—Each Community
Board shall, not later than 75 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and submit
to the State an annual report in such manner and contain-
ing such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea-
sonably require to determine compliance with this Act.
Such report shall contain, at a minimum, information on
the programs and activities funded by the Community
Board during the fiscal year under section 9(a), the extent
to which private funds are leveraged for such programs
and activities carried out in the county served by the Com-
munity Board during such year, and the extent to which
the entity carrying out the programs and activities
achieved the process objectives and outcome objectives
specified in the community strategic plan described in sub-
section (a)(1).
(c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,
EVALUATION, AND FISCAL AGENT EXPENSES.—In addi-
tion to any initial planning funds provided under section
7(b)(1), the Community Board may use up to 5 percent
of the funds received under section 7(b)(2) for planning,
administration, coordination, and evaluation expenses, and
expenses of the fiscal agent of the Community Board.
SEC. 13. DUTIES OF THE STATES.
(a) DESIGNATION OF STATE ENTITY.—In order for
entities within a State to be eligible to receive assistance
under this Act, the Governor of the State shall establish
an entity, or designate an existing entity, to administer
and conduct the State activities described under this Act.
(b) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INPUT.—The Governor
shall establish and implement a mechanism to receive reg-
ularly advice and input from a representative mix of the
individuals and organizations described in section 11(d)(3)
to improve the effectiveness and increase coordination of
youth development programs funded under this Act in the
State.
(c) REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 30 days of the sub-
mission by a Community Board of an application
under section 7(b)(2)(B), the State shall either ap-
prove the application and distribute to the Commu-
nity Board its local allocation under section 7, or no-
tify the Community Board of the additional steps
that the Community Board shall take to bring the
plan into compliance with this Act.
(2) MONITORING OPERATIONS OF COMMUNITY
BOARDS.—The State shall have primary responsibil-
ity for ensuring that the Community Boards in the
State operate in compliance with this Act.
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
TO
COMMUNITY
BOARDS.—The State shall provide technical assist-
ance related to the development and implementation
of community strategic plans described in section
12(a)(1) to Community Boards that are applicants
for, or recipients of, local allocations under section
7.
(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the State determines,
based on a review of the community strategic plans,
annual reports, audits, or other documentation re-
quired by this Act, that a Community Board or an
entity carrying out a program or activity funded by
a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to com-
ply with the requirements of this Act, the State
shall—
(A) inform the Community Board or entity
of the deficiencies that need correction;
(B) provide appropriate training and tech-
nical assistance designed to correct the defi-
ciencies and ensure compliance with the re-
quirements; and
(C) initiate actions to terminate funding to
the Community Board or entity under this Act
if, after 1 year of providing training and tech-
nical assistance, the Community Board or en-
tity has not made substantial efforts to correct
the deficiencies and comply with the require-
ments.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT.—Each State shall,
not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
of the State, prepare and submit to the Assistant Sec-
retary an annual report, in such manner and containing
such information as the Assistant Secretary may reason-
ably require to determine compliance with this Act. Such
report shall contain, at a minimum, information on the
programs and activities funded in the State during the fis-
cal year under this Act, the extent to which private funds
are leveraged for such programs and activities carried out
in the State during such year, and the extent to which
the Community Boards in the State achieved the process
objectives and outcome objectives specified in the commu-
nity strategic plan described in section 12(a)(1). The State
shall submit to the Assistant Secretary with the report the
findings of an independent audit conducted in accordance
with chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, concern-
ing such programs and activities.
SEC. 14. DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
(a) INPUT FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND RE-
LATED ORGANIZATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall
establish and implement a mechanism to receive regularly
advice and input from a representative mix of individuals
and organizations described in section 11(d)(3) (except
that the individuals and organizations may operate at a
State or local level) to improve the effectiveness and in-
crease coordination of youth development programs fund-
ed under this Act, including the administration of this Act
and regulations issued under this Act.
(b) NATIONAL
POLICY
GOALS
AND
STRATEGIC
PLANS.—
(1) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS.—After a review
of annual reports and audit findings developed under
section 13(d), and input from Community Boards,
representatives of youth development organizations
and youth-serving organizations, and other inter-
ested parties, the Assistant Secretary shall develop
and issue national policy goals that reflect the proc-
ess objectives and outcome objectives specified in the
community strategic plans described in section
12(a)(1).
(2) NATIONAL
STRATEGIC
PLAN
FOR
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT.—Based on the national policy goals,
the Assistant Secretary, in cooperation with the Ad-
ministrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention, the Secretary of Education,
and other Federal officers carrying out Federal
youth development programs, shall develop a na-
tional strategic plan for youth development, includ-
ing specific process objectives and outcome objec-
tives, designed to achieve the national policy goals.
(c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Assistant
Secretary shall develop and establish a system for mon-
itoring and evaluating the effectiveness of activities funded
under this Act.
(d) COORDINATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall
consult with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies,
including the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention, the Secretary of Edu-
cation, and other Federal officers carrying out Federal
youth development programs, to ensure effective coordina-
tion of programs funded under this Act with other Federal
programs serving youth and families.
(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The
Assistant Secretary shall develop and establish a system
for providing training and technical assistance to States
and local communities to increase their capacity to provide
quality youth development programs.
(f) DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAMS.—The Assistant
Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and
the Secretary of Education, may provide financial assist-
ance to appropriate entities to carry out time-limited, re-
search-based youth development demonstration programs
designed to improve the knowledge base of the youth de-
velopment and youth prevention fields.
(g) REPORT.—Every 2 years, the Assistant Secretary
shall prepare and submit to the President and Congress
a report describing the activities funded under this Act,
and an assessment of the effectiveness of the activities in
meeting the process objectives and outcome objectives de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2).
(h) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Assistant Secretary de-
termines, based on a review of the community strategic
plans, annual reports, audits, or other documentation re-
quired by this Act, that a State, a Community Board, or
an entity carrying out a program or activity funded by
a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to comply
with the requirements of this Act, the Assistant Secretary
shall—
(1) inform the State, Community Board, or en-
tity of the deficiencies that need correction;
(2) provide appropriate training and technical
assistance designed to correct the deficiencies and
ensure compliance with the requirements; and
(3) initiate actions to terminate funding to the
State, Community Board, or entity under this Act if,
after 1 year of providing training and technical as-
sistance, the State, Community Board, or entity has
not made substantial efforts to correct the defi-
ciencies and comply with the requirements.
SEC. 15. REPEALS.
(a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACT OF 1994.—The following provisions of law are
repealed:
(1) Subtitles A, B, D, J, and O of title III of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (relating to crime prevention programs)
(42 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.).
(2) Chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code
(relating to the Local Partnership Act).
(3) The amendments made by subtitle O of title
III of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (relating to urban recreation and
at-risk youth).
(b) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The
following provisions of law are repealed:
(1) Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (relating to drug free schools
and communities) (as amended by Public Law 103–
382).
(2) Part C of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (relating to assist-
ance to address school dropout problems) (as
amended by Public Law 103–382).
(c) OTHER PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of
law are repealed:
(1) Section 517 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–23) (relating to grants for
the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among
high-risk youth).
(2) Part D of title II of the Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5667 et seq.) (relating to gang-free schools and com-
munities).
(3) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5667e et seq.) (relating to mentoring).
(4) Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et
seq.) (relating to local delinquency programs).
(5) Section 408 of the Human Services Reau-
thorization Act of 1986 (relating to demonstration
partnership agreements) (42 U.S.C. 9910b).
(6) Section 682 of the Community Services
Block Grant Act (relating to the National Youth
Sports Program) (42 U.S.C. 9910c).
(7) Chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle B of title III
of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.
11801 et seq.) (relating to drug abuse prevention re-
lating to youth gangs and runaway and homeless
youth).
SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACT OF 1994.—The Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended—
(1) in section 31121(c)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C.
13841(c)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘and that conform to
those projects and activities permitted under subtitle
A’’; and
(2) in section 310004(d) (42 U.S.C. 14214), in
the matter relating to the definition of the term
‘‘prevention program’’—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (5),
(7), and (9); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (6),
(8), and (10) through (32) as paragraphs (2),
(3), (4), and (5) through (27), respectively.
(b) DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.—
(1) Section 441(a) of the General Education
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232d(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘(subject to the provisions of part C of title
V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965)’’.
(2) Section 704(a)(8) of the Goals 2000: Edu-
cate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5964(a)(8)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘activities carried out’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘other drug and violence pre-
vention activities carried out by the grantee;’’.
(3) The Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 103–382)
is amended—
(A) in section 2209(b)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C.
6649(b)(1)(C))—
(i) by striking clause (ii); and
(ii) by redesignating clauses (iii)
through (vii) as clauses (ii) through (vi),
respectively;
(B) in section 14101(10) (20 U.S.C.
8801(10))—
(i) in subparagraph (D), by adding
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph
(F) as subparagraph (E);
(C) in section 14201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C.
8821(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C),
(D), (E), and (F) of section 14101(10)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of
section 14101(10)’’;
(D) in section 14307 (20 U.S.C. 8857)—
(i) in subsection (a)(1)—
(I) by striking subparagraph (E);
and
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs
(E) and (F), respectively; and
(ii) in subsection (b)(1)—
(I) by striking subparagraph (C);
and
(II) by striking subparagraphs
(D) through (G) as subparagraphs
(C) through (F), respectively; and
(E) in section 14503(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
8893(b)(1))—
(i) in subparagraph (C), by adding
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (E).
(4) Subparagraph (A) of section 3521(d)(8) of
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.
11841(d)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘consistent
with title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965’’.
(c) NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.—Section
13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘public or
private nonprofit higher education institutions par-
ticipating in the National Youth Sports Program,,’’;
and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(c) Pay-
ments’’.
SEC. 17. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
(a) TRANSFER.—The total of the amounts described
in subsection (b) shall be transferred to the budget ac-
count for this Act and made available to carry out this
Act for fiscal year 1996.
(b) TOTAL.—The total referred to in subsection (a)
is the total of—
(1) 
the 
amounts 
(but 
not 
more 
than
$500,000,000) that have been made available for fis-
cal year 1996 to carry out a provision of Federal law
repealed by section 15(a), and that have not been
obligated by the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) the amounts that have been made available
for fiscal year 1996 to carry out a provision of Fed-
eral law repealed by subsection (b) or (c) of section
15 and that have not been obligated by the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act.
(b) TRANSITION PROVISION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a recipient of funds under any pro-
gram carried out on the day before the date of enactment
of this Act under any provision referred to in section 15
may use the funds to carry out reasonable and necessary
transition activities to ensure efficient implementation of
programs authorized under this Act, during the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending
6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education, Attorney General, and Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall take
such actions as may be necessary, including reduc-
tion in force actions, consistent with sections 3502
and 3595 of title 5, United States Code, to ensure
that the positions of personnel in the Department of
Education, Department of Justice, and Department
of Health and Human Services, respectively, who
carried out (on the day before the date of enactment
of this Act) functions under a provision repealed by
section 15, are separated from service.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare
and submit to the President and Congress a report
verifying that the actions required by paragraph (1)
have been taken.
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