in the same manner as the original appointment was
made.
(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The President shall designate a
Chairperson for the Council from among the members ap-
pointed to the Council.
(f) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at the call
of the Chairperson at least twice a year.
(g) DUTIES.—The Council shall—
(1) advise and assist the President on matters
regarding the core resources youth need and the ca-
pacity of youth to contribute to the Nation and their
communities;
(2) directly advise the Director and the Asso-
ciate Commissioner on matters affecting the youth
development needs of youth for services and assist-
ance under this Act;
(3) make recommendations to the President, to
the Director, to the Secretary, to the Associate Com-
missioner, and to Congress with respect to Federal
policies regarding youth; and
(4) provide public forums for discussion, pub-
licize the core resources youth need, and obtain in-
formation relating to assuring all youth access to the
full array of core resources described in section 102,
by conducting public hearings, and by conducting or
sponsoring conferences, workshops, and other such
meetings.
(h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Council
shall not receive compensation for the performance of
services for the Council, but shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away
from their homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Council. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director
may accept the voluntary and uncompensated services of
members of the Council.
(i) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 2002 and
each subsequent year, the Council shall prepare and sub-
mit to the President an annual report of the findings and
recommendations of the Council. The President shall
transmit each such report to Congress together with com-
ments and recommendations.
(j) PERMANENT COMMITTEE.—Section 14 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Council.
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$250,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
TITLE III—GRANTS FOR STATE
AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 301. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to encourage and assist
State agencies, community boards, and area agencies on
youth to mobilize and support communities in planning,
implementing, and being accountable for strategies that
link community-based organizations, local government,
volunteer centers, schools, faith-based organizations, busi-
ness, and other segments of the community in assuring
that all youth have access to the full array of core re-
sources consisting of—
(1) ongoing relationships with caring adults;
(2) safe places with structured activities;
(3) access to services that promote healthy life-
styles, including those designed to improve physical
and mental health;
(4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills
and competencies; and
(5) opportunities for community service and
civic participation.
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $750,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,
$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $2,000,000,000
for fiscal year 2005.
SEC. 303. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
(a) RESERVATIONS.—From sums appropriated under
section 302 for each fiscal year, the Associate Commis-
sioner shall reserve—
(1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to
States to enable the States to make allocations to
area agencies on youth;
(2) 1 percent of the sums for grants to Native
American organizations to carry out activities con-
sistent with the objectives of this title;
(3) 1 percent of the sums for grants to outlying
areas to carry out activities consistent with the ob-
jectives of this title; and
(4) 3 percent of the sums for Federal discre-
tionary programs aimed at demonstrating ways to
respond to the special developmental needs of
youth—
(A) in correctional facilities and other out-
of-home residential settings;
(B) in areas with high concentrations of
poverty;
(C) in rural areas; and
(D) in situations where youth are at higher
risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection from
family, disconnection from school, or another
community risk factor.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—For each fiscal year for which
a State receives a State allotment, the State shall ensure
that funds shall be used for the purpose of conducting
community-based youth development programs that—
(1) recognize the primary role of the family in
positive youth development in order to strengthen
families;
(2) promote the involvement of youth (including
program participants), parents, and other commu-
nity members in the planning and implementation of
the programs, activities, and services;
(3) coordinate services with other youth and
family services in the community;
(4) eliminate barriers, such as transportation,
cost, and service delivery location to the access of
core youth development services;
(5) provide, directly or through written con-
tract, a broad variety of accessible programs, activi-
ties, and services for youth that are designed to as-
sist youth in acquiring skills and competencies nec-
essary to make a successful transition from child-
hood to adulthood;
(6) incorporate activities that foster relation-
ships between positive adult role models and youth,
provide age-appropriate activities, engage youth in,
and promote, positive youth development, including
activities such as—
(A) youth clubs, character development ac-
tivities, mentoring, community service, leader-
ship development, recreation, literacy and edu-
cational tutoring;
(B) sports, workforce readiness, peer coun-
seling, fine and performing arts; and
(C) camping and environmental education,
cultural enrichment, risk avoidance programs,
academic enrichment, and participant-defined
special interest groups, courses, or club; and
(7) employ strong outreach efforts to engage
the participation of a wide range of youth, families,
and service providers.
(c) ALLOTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), from sums reserved under subsection
(a)(1), the Associate Commissioner shall allot to
each State the sum (referred to in this title as the
‘‘State allotment’’) of—
(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to 1⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number
of individuals who are not younger than age 10
and not older than age 19 in the State bears
to the number of such individuals in all the
States; and
(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to 1⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number
of youth who are receiving free or reduced price
lunches under the school lunch program estab-
lished under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) in
the State bears to the number of such youth in
all the States.
(2) STATE MINIMUM.—No State shall be allot-
ted less than 0.40 percent of the reserved sums for
a fiscal year.
(3) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this
subsection, the number of individuals in the State
who are not younger than age 10 and not older than
age 19 in any State and in all the States, and the
number of youth who are receiving free or reduced
price lunches under the school lunch program estab-
lished under the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act in any State and in all the States, shall
be determined by the Associate Commissioner on the
basis of the most recent data available from the Bu-
reau of the Census, and other reliable demographic
data satisfactory to the Associate Commissioner.
(d) REALLOTMENTS.—Whenever the Associate Com-
missioner determines that any amount allotted to a State
for a fiscal year under this section will not be used by
such State for carrying out the purpose for which the al-
lotment was made, the Associate Commissioner shall make
such amount available for carrying out such purpose to
1 or more other States to the extent the Associate Com-
missioner determines that such other States will be able
to use such amount for carrying out such purpose.
(e) WITHHOLDING.—If the Associate Commissioner
finds that any State has failed to meet the State plan re-
quirements of section 305 or the Associate Commissioner
does not approve the in-State funding formula required
under section 306(b), the Associate Commissioner shall
withhold the State allotment from such State. The Asso-
ciate Commissioner shall disburse the funds withheld di-
rectly to any entity that is a public or private institution,
organization, or agency, or unit of general local govern-
ment of such State that submits an approved plan de-
scribed in section 308, if the plan includes an agreement
that the entity will make available (directly or through do-
nations from public or private entities) non-Federal con-
tributions, in cash or in kind, in an amount equal to a
percentage determined for the State of the funds.
SEC. 304. STATE AGENCIES AND PLANNING AND MOBILIZA-
TION AREAS.
(a) STATE AGENCIES.—In order for a State to be eli-
gible to receive a State allotment under this title—
(1) the State shall, in accordance with regula-
tions issued by the Associate Commissioner, des-
ignate a State agency as the sole State agency to—
(A) develop a State plan to be submitted
to the Associate Commissioner for approval
pursuant to section 305;
(B) administer the plan in the State;
(C) be primarily responsible for the plan-
ning, policy development, administration, co-
ordination, priority setting, and evaluation of
all State activities related to the objectives of
this Act;
(D) serve as an effective and visible advo-
cate for youth by reviewing and commenting on
all State plans, budgets, and policies that affect
youth; and
(E) divide the State into distinct planning
and mobilization areas, after considering the
views offered by units of general purpose local
government and appropriate public or private
agencies and organizations in the State, in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the Asso-
ciate Commissioner; and
(2) the State agency shall—
(A) designate for each such area, after
consideration of the views offered by the units
of general local government and by agencies
and organizations in such areas, a public or pri-
vate nonprofit agency or organization to serve
as the area agency on youth for such area;
(B) provide assurances that the State
agency will solicit and take into account, with
regard to general policy related to the develop-
ment and the administration of the State plan
for any fiscal year, the views of youth who are
the recipients of services provided for in the
plan;
(C) in accordance with guidelines issued by
the Associate Commissioner, make allocations
to designated area agencies on youth with mobi-
lization and planning areas pursuant to section
306(b);
(D) provide reasonable assurances that
Federal funds made available under this title
for the State for any period will be used to sup-
plement, and not supplant, the State, local, and
other funds that would in the absence of such
Federal funds be made available for the pro-
grams, services, and activities described in this
title;
(E) coordinate the activities of the State
agency with other State agencies and offices,
including—
(i) State Commissions on National
and Community Service established under
section 178 of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12638);
(ii) entities carrying out programs
under the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and other
programs under the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);
(iii) entities carrying out independent
living programs;
(iv) entities carrying out foster care
programs;
(v) youth councils established under
section 117(h) of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(h));
and
(vi) entities carrying out 21st Century
Community Learning Centers under part I
of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8241 et
seq.); and
(F) compile reports from area agencies on
youth, including outcome data and evaluation
information regarding programs funded under
this title, and provide an annual report to the
Associate Commissioner, and provide a copy of
such report to the Director.
(b) PLANNING AND MOBILIZATION AREAS.—
(1) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—
(A) CRITERIA.—In carrying out subsection
(a)(1), the State agency may designate as a
planning and mobilization area any unit of gen-
eral purpose local government that has a popu-
lation of 100,000 or more. In particular, the
State agency may designate such a unit as a
planning and mobilization area if the unit has
been engaged in youth development program
planning and mobilization, such as a ‘‘commu-
nity of promise’’ coordinated by America’s
Promise: the Alliance for Youth.
(B) HEARING.—In any case in which a
unit of general local government applies to the
State agency to be designated as a planning
and mobilization area under this paragraph, the
State agency shall, upon request, provide an op-
portunity for a hearing to such unit of general
purpose local government.
(2) REGION.—The State agency may designate
as a planning and mobilization area under sub-
section (a)(1) any region in the State that includes
1 or more units of general purpose local government
if the State agency determines that the designation
of such a regional planning and mobilization area is
necessary for, and will enhance, the effective admin-
istration of the programs authorized by this title.
(3) ADDITIONAL
AREAS.—The State agency
may include in any planning and mobilization area