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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4178
To establish a crime prevention and computer education initiative.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2000
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce, 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 establish a crime prevention and computer education
initiative.
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 ‘‘Kids 2000 Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There is an increasing epidemic of juvenile
crime throughout the United States.
(2) It is well documented that the majority of
juvenile crimes take place during after-school hours.
(3) Knowledge of technology is becoming in-
creasingly necessary for children in school and out
of school.
(4) The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have
2,300 clubs throughout all 50 States, serving over
3,000,000 boys and girls primarily from at-risk com-
munities.
(5) The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have
the physical structures in place for immediate imple-
mentation of an after-school technology program.
(6) Building technology centers and providing
integrated content and full-time staffing at those
centers in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America na-
tionwide will help foster education, job training, and
an alternative to crime for at-risk youth.
(7) Partnerships between the public sector and
the private sector are an effective way of providing
after-school technology programs in the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America.
(8) PowerUp: Bridging the Digital Divide is an
entity comprised of more than a dozen nonprofit or-
ganizations, major corporations, and Federal agen-
cies that have joined together to launch a major new
initiative to help ensure that America’s underserved
young people acquire the skills, experiences, and re-
sources they need to succeed in the digital age.
(9) Bringing PowerUp into the Boys and Girls
Clubs of America will be an effective way to ensure
that our youth have a safe, crime-free environment
in which to learn the technological skills they need
to close the divide between young people who have
access to computer-based information and tech-
nology-related skills and those who do not.
SEC. 3. AFTER-SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY GRANTS TO THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA.
(a) PURPOSES.—The Attorney General shall make
grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the
purpose of funding effective after-school technology pro-
grams, such as PowerUp, in order to provide—
(1) constructive technology-focussed activities
that are part of a comprehensive program to provide
access to technology and technology training to
youth during after-school hours, weekends, and
school vacations;
(2) supervised activities in safe environments
for youth; and
(3) full-time staffing with teachers, tutors, and
other qualified personnel.
(b) SUBAWARDS.—The Boys and Girls Clubs of
America shall make subawards to local boys and girls
clubs authorizing expenditures associated with providing
technology programs such as PowerUp, including the hir-
ing of teachers and other personnel, procurement of goods
and services, including computer equipment, or such other
purposes as are approved by the Attorney General.
SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive
a grant under this Act, an applicant for a subaward (speci-
fied in section 3(b)) shall submit an application to the
Boys and Girls Clubs of America, in such form and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may rea-
sonably require.
(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applica-
tion submitted in accordance with subsection (a) shall
include—
(1) a request for a subgrant to be used for the
purposes of this Act;
(2) a description of the communities to be
served by the grant, including the nature of juvenile
crime, violence, and drug use in the communities;
(3) written assurances that Federal funds re-
ceived under this Act will be used to supplement and
not supplant, non-Federal funds that would other-
wise be available for activities funded under this Act;
(4) written assurances that all activities funded
under this Act will be supervised by qualified adults;
(5) a plan for assuring that program activities
will take place in a secure environment that is free
of crime and drugs;
(6) a plan outlining the utilization of content-
based programs such as PowerUp, and the provision
of trained adult personnel to supervise the after-
school technology training; and
(7) any additional statistical or financial infor-
mation that the Boys and Girls Clubs of America
may reasonably require.
SEC. 5. GRANT AWARDS.
In awarding subgrants under this Act, the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America shall consider—
(1) the ability of the applicant to provide the
intended services;
(2) the history and establishment of the appli-
cant in providing youth activities; and
(3) the extent to which services will be provided
in crime-prone areas and technologically underserved
populations, and efforts to achieve an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of the grant awards.