I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3030
To amend the Community Service Block Grant Act to provide for quality 
improvements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Community Service Block Grant Act to 
provide for quality improvements.
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 ‘‘Improving the Commu-
nity Services Block Grant Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT ACT AMEND-
MENTS. 
The Community Service Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9901 note) is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 672—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘neighborhood-based’’ 
and inserting ‘‘community-based’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘the support of 
strong and healthy families’’ after ‘‘low-in-
come communities,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end ‘‘in order to pro-
mote self-sufficiency’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(E)(i) by striking 
‘‘neighborhood’’ and inserting ‘‘community’’. 
(2) Section 673(1)(A)(i) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) that meets the criteria of section 
210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964, or under the provisions described in 
section 676A (including an organization 
serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers 
that is so described or designated); and’’. 
(3) In section 674(a) by striking ‘‘1999 through 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2009’’. 
(4) In section 675C—
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
‘‘Beginning on October 1, 2000, a’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(F), by striking 
‘‘neighborhood-based’’ and inserting ‘‘commu-
nity-based’’. 
(5) In section 676(b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 
2000, to’’ and inserting ‘‘To’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by adding the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) initiatives to improve economic condi-
tions and mobilize new resources in rural areas 
to eliminate obstacles to the self-sufficiency of 
families and individuals in rural communities;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘youth development programs that support’’ 
and inserting ‘‘youth development programs, 
which may include mentoring programs that 
support’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘commu-
nity and neighborhood-based’’ and inserting 
‘‘community-based’’; 
(E) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) an assurance that, beginning in fiscal year 
2005, the State will give priority to an entity that 
received funding on the date of enactment of this
Act that fulfills the grantee determined goals in sec-
tion 678E(b). If no entity in a community is entitled 
to such a priority then the State may designate an 
entity from among qualified applicants in such a 
community;’’; 
(F) by adding the following new paragraph 
(and redesignating the subsequent paragraphs 
accordingly): 
‘‘(9) an assurance that the lowest performing of 
existing grantees, as determined by the State, will be 
replaced with other eligible entities;’’; 
(G) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated 
by this Act) by striking ‘‘and community orga-
nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘and community-based 
organizations’’; and 
(H) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated 
by this Act) by striking ‘‘community organiza-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based organi-
zation’’. 
(6) In section 676(c)(2) by striking ‘‘plan, or’’ 
and all that follows through the final period and in-
serting ‘‘plan, to meet a State requirement, as de-
scribed in section 678C(a), or to meet the grantee 
determined goals as described in 678E(b).’’.