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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4185
To establish a Federal Coordinating Council on Community Safety and
Empowerment to make grants for projects to improve the health, edu-
cation, and safety of the residents of economically distressed commu-
nities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1994
Miss COLLINS of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To establish a Federal Coordinating Council on Community
Safety and Empowerment to make grants for projects
to improve the health, education, and safety of the resi-
dents of economically distressed communities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Safety and
Empowerment Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the ex-
ecutive office of the President a Federal Coordinating
Council on Community Safety and Empowerment (herein-
after in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Federal Coordinating
Council’’) in the Executive Office of the President com-
posed of the following members:
(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
(2) The Secretary of Education.
(3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment.
(4) The Secretary of Labor.
(5) The Attorney General of the United States.
The President shall appoint the chairman of the Federal
Coordinating Council.
(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall—
(1) promulgate rules establishing standards and
procedures for receiving grants under section 3;
(2) make grants under section 3; and
(3) conduct annual reviews under section 6.
(c) STAFF.—The Council shall hire sufficient staff in
accordance with title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
(a) PURPOSES.—The Federal Coordinating Council
shall make grants to public and nonprofit private entities
to carry out 1 or more of the following projects to improve
the health, education, and safety of the residents of eco-
nomically distressed communities:
(1) Projects to prevent gangs and to combat the
influence gangs have on the youth in the community.
(2) Projects to assist first-time juvenile offend-
ers to avoid future offenses.
(3) Projects to prevent other forms of juvenile
delinquency.
(4) Projects to prevent the abuse of alcohol and
other drugs.
(5) Projects to provide child care for the chil-
dren of parents who are attending school, or would
like to attend school.
(6) Physical fitness, exercise, sports, and pre-
ventative health care projects for youth.
(7) Projects to promote community service,
community action, and problem solving, and a sense
of civic responsibility among youth.
(8) Projects to provide parents with information
about the social, psychological, and physical develop-
ment of their children and with non-financial sup-
port for their roles in promoting the positive devel-
opment of their children.
(9) Projects to help youth enjoy and appreciate
learning, particularly projects that emphasize writ-
ing, reading, mathematics, science, and humanities.
(10) Projects that prepare at-risk youth for
adulthood, including continuing education, complet-
ing high school, employment, parenthood, and civic
participation.
(11) Projects to prevent or remedy neglect,
abuse, or exploitation of youth and adults unable to
protect their own interests.
(12) Projects to preserve, rehabilitate, or re-
unite families, particularly projects that emphasize
fatherhood and reunite fathers with children.
(13) Projects to assist residents in achieving or
maintaining 
economic 
self-sufficiency, 
including
entrepreneurism.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT.—A grant made under
this section shall be distributed to a grantee in 1 or more
annual installments of not less than $25,000 each during
a period not to exceed 3 years.
SEC. 4. NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) AGREEMENT.—The Federal Coordinating Council
may make a grant under section 3 only if the applicant
involved agrees to make available (either directly or
through donations from public or private entities) non-
Federal contributions toward the cost of the project for
which the grant is requested. The amount of the non-Fed-
eral contributions shall be not less than—
(1) 25 percent of the cost of the project for the
1st year in which all or part of the grant is distrib-
uted; and
(2) 50 percent of the cost of the project in any
subsequent year in which any part of the grant is
distributed.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The Federal Coordinating Council
may waive the matching requirements for applicants who
meet certain criteria established by the Council.
(c) TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Federal
contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash
or in kind, fairly evaluated, including buildings, equip-
ment, or services, except that services assisted or sub-
sidized to any significant extent by the Federal Govern-
ment may not be included in determining the amount of
non-Federal contributions.
SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS.
To be eligible to receive a grant under section 3, a
public entity or a nonprofit private entity shall submit to
the Federal Coordinating Council an application that con-
tains—
(1) information demonstrating that the appli-
cant has used the resources in the community in
planning the project for which the grant is re-
quested;
(2) information demonstrating that the project
is supported by individuals or organizations in the
community that are not directly involved with the
project, which may include universities, medical fa-
cilities, and other private and public entities;
(3) an assurance that the applicant will use
other resources in the community in carrying out the
project, which may include local businesses, univer-
sities, medical facilities, and other private and public
entities; and
(4) such other information and assurances as
the Federal Coordinating Council may require by
rule.
SEC. 6. ANNUAL REVIEW.
(a) CONTENT.—After each year in which any part of
a grant made under section 3 is distributed, the Federal
Coordinating Council may conduct a review of the project
for which the grant is made. The review shall include an
assessment of whether the grantee is complying with the
assurances contained in the application for the grant.
(b) CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If
the Federal Coordinating Council finds that a grantee is
not complying with the assurances contained in the appli-
cation for the grant, the Federal Coordinating Council
shall suspend distribution of the grant until the grantee
provides sufficient documentation to satisfy the Federal
Coordinating Council that it will comply with the assur-
ances contained in the application. The grant shall be ter-
minated if the grantee does not provide the documentation
within 1 year after the grant is suspended.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) 
ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘economically distressed commu-
nity’’ means a community—
(A) in which a high percentage of residents
are members of low-income families with chil-
dren; and
(B) in which there is pervasive poverty, un-
employment, and general economic distress.
(2) COUNCIL.—The term the ‘‘Council’’ means
the Federal Coordinating Council on Community
Safety and Empowerment.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000
for each of 3 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1994
to carry out this Act.
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