‘‘(ii) In each of the last 3 years of
such 5-year period, 18 percent of the total
grant amount shall be disbursed to the en-
tity.
‘‘(6) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under paragraph (1)(A), an eligible entity
shall submit to the Secretary an application in the
form and manner required by the Secretary (after
consultation with the Advisory Committee), which
shall include—
‘‘(A) a description of the midnight basket-
ball league program to be carried out by the en-
tity, including a description of the employment
counseling, job training, and other educational
services to be provided;
‘‘(B) letters of agreement from service pro-
viders to provide training and counseling serv-
ices required under paragraph (4) and a de-
scription of such service providers;
‘‘(C) letters of agreement providing for fa-
cilities for basketball games and counseling,
training, and educational services required
under paragraph (4) and a description of the
facilities;
‘‘(D) a list of persons and businesses from
the community served by the program who have
expressed interest in sponsoring, or have made
commitments to sponsor, a team in the mid-
night basketball league; and
‘‘(E) evidence that the neighborhood or
community served by the program meets the re-
quirements of paragraph (4)(C).
‘‘(7) SELECTION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Advisory Committee, shall select eligi-
ble entities that have submitted applications under
paragraph (6) to receive grants under paragraph
(1)(A). The Secretary, in consultation with the Advi-
sory Committee, shall establish criteria for selection
of applicants to receive such grants. The criteria
shall include a preference for selection of eligible en-
tities carrying out midnight basketball league pro-
grams in suburban and rural areas.
‘‘(8) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Tech-
nical assistance grants under paragraph (1)(B) shall
be made as follows:
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE
ADVISORY
ENTITIES.—
Technical assistance grants may be made only
to entities that—
‘‘(i) are experienced and have exper-
tise in establishing, operating, or admin-
istering successful and effective programs
for midnight basketball and employment,
job training, and educational services simi-
lar to the programs under paragraph (4);
and
‘‘(ii) have provided technical assist-
ance to other entities regarding establish-
ment and operation of such programs.
‘‘(B) USE.—Amounts received under tech-
nical assistance grants shall be used to establish
centers for providing technical assistance to en-
tities receiving grants under paragraph (1)(A)
of this subsection and subsection (a) regarding
establishment, operation, and administration of
effective and successful midnight basketball
league programs under this subsection and sub-
section (c)(3).
‘‘(C) NUMBER AND AMOUNT.—To the ex-
tent that amounts are provided in appropria-
tions Acts under paragraph (13)(B) in each fis-
cal year, the Secretary shall make technical as-
sistance grants under paragraph (1)(B). In
each fiscal year that such amounts are available
the Secretary shall make 4 such grants, as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) 2 grants shall be made to eligible
advisory entities for development of mid-
night basketball league programs in public
housing projects.
‘‘(ii) 2 grants shall be made to eligible
advisory entities for development of mid-
night basketball league programs in subur-
ban or rural areas.
Each grant shall be in an amount not exceeding
$25,000.
‘‘(9) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall appoint an
Advisory Committee to assist the Secretary in pro-
viding grants under this subsection. The Advisory
Committee shall be composed of not more than 7
members, as follows:
‘‘(A) Not less than 2 individuals who are
involved in managing or administering midnight
basketball programs that the Secretary deter-
mines have been successful and effective. Such
individuals may not be involved in a program
assisted under this subsection or a member or
employee of an eligible advisory entity that re-
ceives a technical assistance grant under para-
graph (1)(B).
‘‘(B) A representative of the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention of the Public
Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services, who is involved in administer-
ing the grant program for prevention, treat-
ment, and rehabilitation model projects for high
risk youth under section 509A of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa–8), who
shall be selected by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
‘‘(C) A representative of the Department
of Education, who shall be selected by the Sec-
retary of Education.
‘‘(D) A representative of the Department
of Health and Human Services, who shall be se-
lected by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services from among officers and employees of
the Department involved in issues relating to
high-risk youth.
‘‘(10) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall require
each eligible entity receiving a grant under para-
graph (1)(A) and each eligible advisory entity receiv-
ing a grant under paragraph (1)(B) to submit to the
‘‘(3) MIDNIGHT
BASKETBALL
LEAGUE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subsection and subsection (d), a grant under
this section may be used to carry out any youth
sports program that meets the requirements of a
midnight basketball league program under sub-
section (l)(4) (not including subparagraph (B) of
such subsection) if the program serves primarily
youths and young adults from the public housing
project in which the program assisted by the grant
is operated.’’.
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