‘‘(B) assist the Director in the develop-
ment, coordination, implementation, evaluation, 
and promulgation of the Strategy; 
‘‘(C) assist the Director in soliciting and 
documenting ongoing input and recommenda-
tions with respect to youth services and youth 
outcomes, particularly disadvantaged youth out-
comes, from State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, 
particularly disadvantaged youth; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that members of the Council 
oversee the implementation of those sections of 
the Strategy for which each such member’s de-
partment or agency is responsible, as deter-
mined by the Director, and to report to the Di-
rector on such implementation and the results 
thereof. 
‘‘(7) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL AND TRANS-
PORTATION EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE ON 
COUNCIL.—Each member of the Council who is 
not an officer or employee of the United States 
shall not receive pay by reason of the member’s 
service on the Council, and shall not be consid-
ered an officer or employee of the United States 
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by reason of such service. Each member of the 
Council who is an officer or employee of the 
United States shall serve without compensation 
in addition to that received for the member’s 
service as an officer or employee of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EX-
PENSES.—Each member of the Council may be 
allowed travel or transportation expenses in ac-
cordance with section 5703 of title 5, United 
States Code, while away from the member’s 
home or regular place of business in perform-
ance of services for the Council. 
‘‘SEC. 807. NATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office the National Youth Advisory Board (hereinafter 
referred to in this title as the ‘Board’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERS AND TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The membership of the 
Board shall be composed of an even number of 
youth, the minimum number of whom shall be 12. 
Except as provided in paragraph (3), each member 
shall serve a two-year term. No member shall serve 
more than three terms. 
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‘‘(2) SELECTION
PROCESS
FOR
THE
INITIAL 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD.—The Director shall 
design an application and selection process to fill the 
initial membership of the Board. Political affiliation 
or views may not be taken into account in such ap-
plication and selection process and relatives of elect-
ed officials shall not be eligible for membership. 
When making selections for membership, the Direc-
tor shall give priority to the following: 
‘‘(A) Individuals who are 14 to 24 years of 
age with current or previous service in a State 
or local entity with duties similar to the Board. 
‘‘(B) Disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(C) Youth whose selection enables the 
Board to reflect the diversity of the country. 
‘‘(3) SELECTION PROCESS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF 
THE
BOARD
FOLLOWING
THE
INITIAL
MEMBER-
SHIP.—The initial membership of the Board shall 
design an application and selection process to fill the 
membership of the Board for those terms following 
the term of the initial membership. Such application 
and selection process shall ensure that Board mem-
bers select the membership that will follow that 
Board membership’s term and, notwithstanding the 
two-year term requirement in paragraph (1), such 
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application process shall ensure that not more than 
half of the terms of Board members expire in a 
given year. 
‘‘(4) CHAIRPERSON.—The initial membership of 
the Board shall elect two members as co-chairs of 
the Board. Co-chairs shall serve a term of one year 
and the Board shall elect new co-chairs as vacancies 
arise. 
‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet in person 
not fewer than four times each year. The Director shall 
request senior Federal Government officials to attend each 
of the four meetings, including requesting that the Council 
attend one of the four meetings. The co-chairs of the 
Board may call additional meetings online and by tele-
phone as determined necessary by the co-chairs. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 
‘‘(1) advise the President, the heads of Federal 
departments and agencies providing youth services, 
and other senior Federal Government officials on 
proposed and pending legislation, budget expendi-
tures, and other policy matters with respect to 
youth, particularly disadvantaged youth; 
‘‘(2) work in partnership with State Youth Ad-
visory Boards and similar local organizations to so-
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licit the views and perspectives of youth, particularly 
disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services; 
‘‘(3) prepare a section of the Strategy outlining 
the views and perspectives of youth, particularly dis-
advantaged youth, with respect to youth services; 
and 
‘‘(4) provide the Director evaluations of the 
staff support and training and technical assistance 
the Board has received. 
‘‘(e) PROCEDURES.—The membership of the Board 
shall, in consultation with the Director, determine the pro-
cedures of the Board. 
‘‘(f) STAFF SUPPORT AND TRAINING AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall make 
available, directly or through the funding of eligible 
organizations, the staff support and training and 
technical assistance necessary for the Board to fulfill 
the duties of the Board under this title. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATION
DESCRIBED.— 
An eligible organization under this subsection is a 
nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as de-
termined by the Director, special expertise and 
broad national experience in supporting State Youth 
Advisory Boards and other similar organizations. 
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‘‘(g) MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES.—Prior to the 
first meeting of the Board and biennially thereafter, the 
Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate shall each name one Member of Congress, from 
among those who have volunteered, to be available as a 
mentor for the Board and such Member of Congress shall 
be available to the Board as a mentor for a term of two 
years. 
‘‘(h) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.— 
Each member of the Board and, if the Director determines 
it is appropriate in consideration of the member’s age or 
other circumstances, a parent, legal guardian, or care 
giver of that member may be allowed travel or transpor-
tation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from the member’s 
home or regular place of business in performance of serv-
ices for the Board. 
‘‘SEC. 808. SUPPORT OF STATE YOUTH SERVICES COORDI-
NATING ENTITIES AND STATE YOUTH ADVI-
SORY BOARDS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations for such purposes, the Director 
shall make grants on a competitive basis to States 
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Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the ex-
isting or proposed State Youth Advisory Board. 
‘‘(C) The inclusion of nongovernmental en-
tities in the work of the existing or proposed 
State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory 
Board. 
‘‘(D) The inclusion of youth, particularly 
disadvantaged youth, in the work of the existing 
or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating 
Entity and the existing or proposed State 
Youth Advisory Board. 
‘‘(E) Dedicated staff support for the exist-
ing or proposed State Youth Services Coordi-
nating Entity and the existing or proposed 
State Youth Advisory Board. 
‘‘(F) The existing or proposed State Youth 
Services Coordinating Entity and the existing 
or proposed State Youth Advisory Board work 
in partnership. 
‘‘(G) A plan to work with localities to sup-
port local youth services coordinating entities 
and local youth advisory boards. 
‘‘(b) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations for such purposes, the Director 
shall make available, directly or through the funding 
of eligible organizations, training and technical as-
sistance to States for the support of State Youth 
Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Ad-
visory Boards. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATION
DESCRIBED.— 
An eligible organization under this subsection is a 
nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as de-
termined by the Director, special expertise and 
broad national experience in supporting State Youth 
Services Coordinating Entities or State Youth Advi-
sory Boards. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS BY AN ELIGIBLE ORGANI-
ZATION.—An eligible organization receiving funding 
under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) develop and provide to States meth-
ods for fostering innovation in the coordination 
of youth services in such States; 
‘‘(B) develop and provide to States meth-
ods to ensure the inclusion of the views and 
perspectives of youth, particularly disadvan-
taged youth, in the making of policy; 
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‘‘(C) facilitate opportunities for existing 
State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 
State Youth Advisory Boards to share prom-
ising practices with other State Youth Services 
Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory 
Boards and with States wishing to establish 
State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 
State Youth Advisory Boards through tech-
nology, conferences, meetings, and State-to- 
State mentoring initiatives; 
‘‘(D) develop and provide to States meth-
ods for developing a comprehensive plan to im-
prove outcomes for youth in the State, particu-
larly disadvantaged youth, with contents similar 
to those of the Strategy; or 
‘‘(E) provide other training and technical 
assistance required by the Director. 
‘‘(4) 
TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPORTATION
EX-
PENSES.—Members and leadership of State Youth 
Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Ad-
visory Boards may be allowed travel or transpor-
tation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code, while away from the 
members or leadership’s home or regular place of 
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business for the provision or receipt of training and 
technical assistance. 
‘‘SEC. 809. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title $50,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2009 through 2013, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(b) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for a fis-
cal year— 
‘‘(1) not more than $10,000,000 is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this title other than 
section 808; and 
‘‘(2) not more than $1,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out training and technical 
assistance under section 808. 
‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in no case should less than 10 percent of the 
total amounts appropriated to carry out this title for a 
fiscal year be appropriated to carry out the grant program 
under section 808.’’. 
SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 
The item relating to title VIII, including the subitems 
relating to the sections of such title, in the table of con-
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tents in section 1(b) of the Older Americans Act Amend-
ments of 2006 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE VIII—WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH 
POLICY 
‘‘Sec. 801. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 802. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 803. White House Office of National Youth Policy. 
‘‘Sec. 804. Appointment and duties of the Director. 
‘‘Sec. 805. National Youth Strategy. 
‘‘Sec. 806. Coordination with Federal departments and agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 807. National Youth Advisory Board. 
‘‘Sec. 808. Support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State 
Youth Advisory Boards. 
‘‘Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
Æ 
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