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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 635 
To establish a grant program to preserve the legacy and ideals of Muhammad 
Ali and promote global respect, understanding, and communication, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. RUSH, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to preserve the legacy and 
ideals of Muhammad Ali and promote global respect, 
understanding, and communication, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Muhammad Ali Legacy 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
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(1) to preserve the legacy and ideals of Muham-
mad Ali, who dedicated his life to fostering inter-
national friendship and to service to those in need, 
both in the United States and around the world; 
(2) to promote global respect, understanding, 
and communication; and 
(3) to foster the next generation of world lead-
ers who will work toward these goals. 
SEC. 3. MUHAMMAD ALI LEGACY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
award grants, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may determine, to one or more eligible organiza-
tions that— 
(1) are established to promote global respect, 
understanding, and communication and to encourage 
character and leadership development worldwide; 
and 
(2) demonstrate a commitment to preserving 
the legacy of Muhammad Ali. 
(b) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Each organization award-
ed a grant under this section shall enter into an agreement 
with the Secretary of State. Each such agreement shall 
require the organization— 
(1) to develop and provide educational program-
ming to prepare prospective leaders in foreign coun-
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tries to make a profound contribution to global soci-
ety, including programming that includes peace 
building, conflict resolution, violence prevention, 
character education, and education about world cul-
tures, religions, and languages; 
(2) to act as a global gathering place—both on-
line and in person—for negotiation and mediation; 
(3) to utilize technology and the Internet to em-
power people in foreign countries, including adults, 
young people, educators, and civic, community, reli-
gious, and corporate leaders, to dialogue on common 
interests and concerns, share information, and en-
gage in cross-cultural learning, including by utilizing 
diverse and multi-layered connections such as 
videoconferencing, web-based forums, and other 
modes of communication; 
(4) to partner with and build a network of or-
ganizations and schools already working with adults, 
young people, educators, and civic, community, reli-
gious, and corporate leaders, as well as the Depart-
ment of State, to reach many people worldwide as 
quickly as possible; 
(5) to place a special emphasis on providing a 
positive, productive path for young people to combat 
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the pull of radicalism, terrorist networks, and orga-
nized crime; 
(6) to support a website providing resources, in 
a variety of languages, to further the programs and 
activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5) by 
making such programs and activities accessible to 
the general public and able to be utilized by edu-
cators to integrate into the classroom; and 
(7) to submit for each fiscal year for which the 
organization receives funds from a grant awarded 
under this section, a report to the Secretary of State 
that contains— 
(A) a description of the programs and ac-
tivities supported by the funding; 
(B) the audited financial statement of the 
organization for the preceding fiscal year; 
(C) a plan for the programs and activities 
to be supported by the funding as the Secretary 
may require; and 
(D) an evaluation of the programs and ac-
tivities supported by the funding as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible organization’’ means an organiza-
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tion that is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 
2022. 
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