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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1337 
To support certain national youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts 
of America, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2005 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
HAYES, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. HERGER, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
BONILLA, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. KUHL of New 
York, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, 
Mr. ISSA, Mr. WICKER, Mr. CASE, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BARTLETT of Mary-
land, Mr. CANNON, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. GUT-
KNECHT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. FORBES, and 
Mr. BOYD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To support certain national youth organizations, including 
the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Support our Scouts 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means each de-
partment, agency, instrumentality, or other entity of 
the United States Government; and 
(2) the term ‘‘youth organization’’ means any 
organization described under part B of subtitle II of 
title 36, United States Code, that is intended to 
serve individuals under the age of 21 years. 
(b) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.—No 
Federal law (including any rule, regulation, direc-
tive, instruction, or order) shall be construed to limit 
any Federal agency from providing any form of sup-
port for a youth organization (including the Boy 
Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated 
with the Boy Scouts of America) that would result 
in that Federal agency providing less support to that 
youth organization (or any similar organization 
chartered under the chapter of title 36, United 
States Code, relating to that youth organization) 
than was provided during each of the preceding 4 
fiscal years.
(2) TYPES
OF
SUPPORT.—Support described 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) holding meetings, camping events, or 
other activities on Federal property; and 
(B) hosting any official event of such orga-
nization. 
SEC. 3. EQUAL ACCESS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 109 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5309) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by in-
serting ‘‘or (e)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) EQUAL ACCESS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—The term ‘youth organiza-
tion’ means any organization described under part B 
of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, that 
is intended to serve individuals under the age of 21 
years. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—No State or unit of general 
local government that has a designated open forum, 
limited public forum, or nonpublic forum and that is 
a recipient of assistance under this chapter shall 
deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, 
or discriminate against, any youth organization, in-
cluding the Boy Scouts of America or any group of-
ficially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, 
that wishes to conduct a meeting or otherwise par-
ticipate in that designated open forum, limited pub-
lic forum, or nonpublic forum.’’. 
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