SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Midnight Basketball
League Training and Partnership Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE
TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.
Section 520 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 11903a) is amended—
(1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘AND
ASSISTED’’ after ‘‘PUBLIC’’;
(2) in the subsection heading for subsection (a),
by inserting ‘‘PUBLIC HOUSING’’ before ‘‘YOUTH’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(l) MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TRAINING
AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall make grants, to the
extent that amounts are approved in appropriations
Acts under paragraph (13), to—
‘‘(A) eligible entities to assist such entities
in carrying out midnight basketball league pro-
grams meeting the requirements of paragraph
(4); and
‘‘(B) eligible advisory entities to provide
technical assistance to eligible entities in estab-
lishing and operating such midnight basketball
league programs.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), grants under paragraph (1)(A) may
be made only to the following eligible entities:
‘‘(i) Entities eligible under subsection
(b) for a grant under subsection (a).
‘‘(ii) Nonprofit organizations provid-
ing employment counseling, job training, or
other educational services.
‘‘(iii) Nonprofit organizations provid-
ing federally assisted low-income housing.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON SECOND GRANTS.—
A grant under paragraph (1)(A) may not be
made to an eligible entity if the entity has pre-
viously received a grant under such paragraph,
except that the Secretary may exempt an eligi-
ble advisory entity from the prohibition under
this 
subparagraph 
in 
extraordinary 
cir-
cumstances.
‘‘(3) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Any eligible
entity that receives a grant under paragraph (1)(A)
may use such amounts only—
‘‘(A) to establish or carry out a midnight
basketball league program under paragraph (4);
‘‘(B) for salaries for administrators and
staff of the program;
‘‘(C) for other administrative costs of the
program, except that not more than 5 percent
of the grant amount may be used for such ad-
ministrative costs; and
‘‘(D) for costs of training and assistance
provided under paragraph (4)(I).
‘‘(4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible
entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1)(A)
shall establish a midnight basketball league program
as follows:
‘‘(A) The program shall establish a basket-
ball league of not less than 8 teams having 10
players each.
‘‘(B) Not less than 50 percent of the play-
ers in the basketball league shall be residents of
federally assisted low-income housing or mem-
bers of low-income families (as such term is de-
fined in section 3(b) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937).
‘‘(C) The program shall be designed to
serve primarily youths and young adults from a
neighborhood or community whose population
has not less than 2 of the following characteris-
tics (in comparison with national averages):
‘‘(i) A substantial problem regarding
use or sale of illegal drugs.
‘‘(ii) A high incidence of crimes com-
mitted by youths or young adults.
‘‘(iii) A high incidence of persons in-
fected with the human immunodeficiency
virus or sexually transmitted diseases.
‘‘(iv) A high incidence of pregnancy or
a high birth rate, among adolescents.
‘‘(v) A high unemployment rate for
youths and young adults.
‘‘(vi) A high rate of high school drop-
outs.
‘‘(D) The program shall require each play-
er in the league to attend employment counsel-
ing, job training, and other educational classes
provided under the program, which shall be
held immediately following the conclusion of
league basketball games at or near the site of
the games and at other specified times.
‘‘(E) The program shall serve only youths
and young adults who demonstrate a need for
such counseling, training, and education pro-
vided by the program, in accordance with cri-
teria for demonstrating need, which shall be es-
tablished by the Secretary, in consultation with
the Advisory Committee.
‘‘(F) The majority of the basketball games
of the league shall be held between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. at a location in the
neighborhood or community served by the pro-
gram.
‘‘(G) The program shall obtain sponsors
for each team in the basketball league. Spon-
sors shall be private individuals or businesses in
the neighborhood or community served by the
program who make financial contributions to
the program and participate in or supplement
the employment, job training, and educational
services provided to the players under the pro-
gram with additional training or educational op-
portunities.
‘‘(H) The program shall comply with any
criteria established by the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Advisory Committee estab-
lished under paragraph (9).
‘‘(I) Administrators or organizers of the
program shall receive training and technical as-
sistance provided by eligible advisory entities re-
ceiving grants under paragraph (8).
‘‘(5) GRANT AMOUNT LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may not make a grant under paragraph
(1)(A) to an eligible entity that applies for a
grant under paragraph (6) unless the applicant
entity certifies to the Secretary that the entity
will supplement the grant amounts with
amounts of funds from non-Federal sources, as
follows:
‘‘(i) In each of the first 2 years that
amounts from the grant are disbursed
(under subparagraph (E)), an amount suf-
ficient to provide not less than 35 percent
of the cost of carrying out the midnight
basketball league program.
‘‘(ii) In each of the last 3 years that
amounts from the grant are disbursed, an
amount sufficient to provide not less than
50 percent of the cost of carrying out the
midnight basketball league program.