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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants 
to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence 
in eligible urban communities by providing violence-prevention education, 
mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adoles-
cents in such communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. WATSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 
SOLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, 
Ms. CARSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, 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 authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate 
the effects of youth violence in eligible urban commu-
nities by providing violence-prevention education, men-
toring, counseling, and mental health services to children 
and adolescents in such communities. 
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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 ‘‘City Youth Violence 
Recovery Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The mental health of young people is essen-
tial to their overall well-being. Mental health affects 
how young people think, feel, and act; their ability 
to learn and engage in relationships; their self-es-
teem; their ability to evaluate situations and make 
choices; and their ability to handle stress, relate to 
other people, and acquire the skills and training 
needed for adulthood. 
(2) Each year many children and adolescents 
sustain injuries from violence, lose friends or family 
members because of violence, or are adversely af-
fected by witnessing violence. 
(3) Youth violence, perpetrated both by and 
against young people, results in enormous physical, 
emotional, social, and economic consequences. 
(4) The National Institutes of Health has found 
that inner-city children experience the greatest expo-
sure to violence, and youngsters who have been ex-
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posed to community violence are more likely to ex-
hibit aggressive behavior or depression within the 
following year. 
(5) Any event that can cause a person to feel 
fear, helplessness, horror, and a sense that life or 
safety is in danger puts a person, especially children, 
at risk for posttraumatic stress. 
(6) Many cities lack the resources to provide 
the appropriate youth counseling and therapy serv-
ices to minimize the long-term emotional harm of 
community violence. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS 
OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Attorney General of the 
United States, may award grants to eligible entities to pre-
vent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in eligible 
urban communities by providing violence-prevention edu-
cation, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services 
to children and adolescents in such communities. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
agree to use the grant in one or more eligible urban com-
munities that lack the monetary or other resources to ad-
dress youth violence. 
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(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not make a 
grant to an eligible entity under this section unless the 
entity agrees to use not more than 15 percent of the funds 
provided through the grant for violence-prevention edu-
cation. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a partner-
ship between a State mental health authority and 
one or more local public or private providers, such 
as a city agency, State agency, educational institu-
tion, or nonprofit or for-profit organization. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible urban community’’ 
means an urban community with a high or increas-
ing incidence of youth violence. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 
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