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SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND 
              TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act.--
        (1) Program participant requirements.--Section 2(a) of the 
    Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 
    U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Program participant requirements.--An alien entering the 
    United States as a participant in the program shall satisfy the 
    following requirements:
            ``(A) The alien shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom or 
        the Republic of Ireland.
            ``(B) The alien shall be between 21 and 35 years of age on 
        the date of departure for the United States.
            ``(C) The alien shall have resided continuously in a 
        designated county for not less than 18 months before such date.
            ``(D) The alien shall have been continuously unemployed for 
        not less than 12 months before such date.
            ``(E) The alien may not have a degree from an institution 
        of higher education.''.
        (2) Extension of program.--Section 2 of the Irish Peace Process 
    Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is 
    amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``the third program 
        year and for the 4 subsequent years,'' and inserting ``each 
        program year,''; and
            (B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Sunset.--
        ``(1) Effective October 1, 2008, the Irish Peace Process 
    Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 is repealed.
        ``(2) Effective October 1, 2008, section 101(a)(15)(Q) of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(Q)) is 
    amended--
            ``(A) by striking `or' at the end of clause (i);
            ``(B) by striking `(i)' after `(Q)'; and
            ``(C) by striking clause (ii).''.
        (3) Cost-sharing.--Section 2 of the Irish Peace Process 
    Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note), as 
    amended by paragraph (2), is further amended--
            (A) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Cost-sharing.--The Secretary of State shall verify that the 
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland continue to pay a reasonable 
share of the costs of the administration of the cultural and training 
programs carried out pursuant to this Act.''.
        (4) Technical amendments.--The Irish Peace Process Cultural and 
    Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (B) by striking ``Immigration and Naturalization Service'' 
        each place such term appears and inserting ``Department of 
        Homeland Security''.
    (b) Immigration and Nationality Act.--
        (1) Requirements for nonimmigrant status.--Section 
    101(a)(15)(Q) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
    1101(a)(15)(Q)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (B) in clause (ii)(I)--
                (i) by striking ``35 years of age or younger having a 
            residence'' and inserting ``citizen of the United Kingdom 
            or the Republic of Ireland, 21 to 35 years of age, 
            unemployed for not less than 12 months, and having a 
            residence for not less than 18 months''; and
                (ii) by striking ``36 months)'' and inserting ``24 
            months)''.
        (2) Foreign residence requirement.--Section 212 of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--
            (A) by redesignating the subsection (p) as added by section 
        1505(f) of Public Law 106-386 (114 Stat. 1526) as subsection 
        (s); and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person admitted 
under section 101(a)(15)(Q)(ii)(I), or acquiring such status after 
admission, shall be eligible to apply for nonimmigrant status, an 
immigrant visa, or permanent residence under this Act until it is 
established that such person has resided and been physically present in 
the person's country of nationality or last residence for an aggregate 
of at least 2 years following departure from the United States.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the requirement 
of such 2-year foreign residence abroad if the Secretary determines 
that--
        ``(A) departure from the United States would impose exceptional 
    hardship upon the alien's spouse or child (if such spouse or child 
    is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for 
    permanent residence); or
        ``(B) the admission of the alien is in the public interest or 
    the national interest of the United States.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (IPPCTPA) and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise the nonimmigrant alien eligibility qualifications for participants in the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program. Sets a minimum age of 21 (retaining the current age 35 maximum) and requires that the individual: (1) be a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland; (2) have been unemployed continuously for at least 12 months; (3) have resided continuously for at least 18 months in Northern Ireland or one of designated border counties of the Republic of Ireland; and (4) not have a degree from an institution of higher education.

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress each program year (currently, the third program year and the four subsequent years) on the number of aliens admitted under the program who have overstayed their visas.

Extends the authority of the IPPCTPA through FY 2008.

Requires the Secretary of State to verify that the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland continue to pay a reasonable share of costs for administration of IPPCTPA programs.

Amends the INA to reduce from 36 to 24 months the temporary period of the visit to the United States for participation in the program.

Denies any such person eligibility to apply for nonimmigrant status, an immigrant visa, or permanent residence until he or she has resided and been physically present in the country of nationality or last residence for an aggregate of a least two years following departure from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive this requirement if: (1) departure from the United States would impose exceptional hardship upon the alien's spouse or child (if such spouse or child is a U.S. citizen or a lawfully resident alien); or (2) the admission of the alien is in the U.S. public or national interest.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient 
Removal Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) nutrient pollution from point sources and nonpoint 
        sources continues to be the most significant water quality 
        problem in the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
            (2) a key commitment of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, an 
        interstate agreement among the Administrator, the Chesapeake 
        Bay Commission, the District of Columbia, and the States of 
        Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, is to achieve the goal of 
        correcting the nutrient-related problems in the Chesapeake Bay 
        by 2010;
            (3) by correcting those problems, the Chesapeake Bay and 
        its tidal tributaries may be removed from the list of impaired 
        bodies of water designated by the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency under section 303(d) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d));
            (4) more than 300 major sewage treatment plants located in 
        the Chesapeake Bay watershed annually discharge approximately 
        60,000,000 pounds of nitrogen, or the equivalent of 20 percent 
        of the total nitrogen load, into the Chesapeake Bay; and
            (5) nutrient removal technology is 1 of the most reliable, 
        cost-effective, and direct methods for reducing the flow of 
        nitrogen from point sources into the Chesapeake Bay.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to States and 
        municipalities for use in upgrading publicly-owned wastewater 
        treatment plants in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient 
        removal technologies; and
            (2) to further the goal of restoring the water quality of 
        the Chesapeake Bay to conditions that are protective of human 
        health and aquatic living resources.

SEC. 3. SEWAGE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

                       ``TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

``SEC. 701. SEWAGE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Facility.--In this section, the term 
`eligible facility' means a municipal wastewater treatment plant that--
            ``(1) as of the date of enactment of this title, has a 
        permitted design capacity to treat an annual average of at 
        least 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day; and
            ``(2) is located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed in any 
        of the States of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, 
        Virginia, or West Virginia or in the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall establish a 
        program within the Environmental Protection Agency to provide 
        grants to States and municipalities to upgrade eligible 
        facilities with nutrient removal technologies.
            ``(2) Priority.--In providing a grant under paragraph (1), 
        the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) consult with the Chesapeake Bay Program 
                Office;
                    ``(B) give priority to eligible facilities at which 
                nutrient removal upgrades would--
                            ``(i) produce the greatest nutrient load 
                        reductions at points of discharge; or
                            ``(ii) result in the greatest environmental 
                        benefits to local bodies of water surrounding, 
                        and the main stem of, the Chesapeake Bay; and
                            ``(iii) take into consideration the 
                        geographic distribution of the grants.
            ``(3) Application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On receipt of an application 
                from a State or municipality for a grant under this 
                section, if the Administrator approves the request, the 
                Administrator shall transfer to the State or 
                municipality the amount of assistance requested.
                    ``(B) Form.--An application submitted by a State or 
                municipality under subparagraph (A) shall be in such 
                form and shall include such information as the 
                Administrator may prescribe.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--A State or municipality that receives 
        a grant under this section shall use the grant to upgrade 
        eligible facilities with nutrient removal technologies that are 
        designed to reduce total nitrogen in discharged wastewater to 
        an average annual concentration of 3 milligrams per liter.
            ``(5) Cost sharing.--
                    ``(A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                of upgrading any eligible facility as described in 
                paragraph (1) using funds provided under this section 
                shall not exceed 55 percent.
                    ``(B) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
                the costs of upgrading any eligible facility as 
                described in paragraph (1) using funds provided under 
                this section may be provided in the form of funds made 
                available to a State or municipality under--
                            ``(i) any provision of this Act other than 
                        this section (including funds made available 
                        from a State revolving fund established under 
                        title VI); or
                            ``(ii) any other Federal or State law.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $132,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2006 through 2010, to remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Administrative costs.--The Administrator may use not 
        to exceed 4 percent of any amount made available under 
        paragraph (1) to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying 
        out this section.''.
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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to states and municipalities to upgrade municipal wastewater treatment plants of a specified capacity and located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient removal technologies.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Olympic Committee 
Paralympic Program Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In 1998, Congress enacted the Olympic and Amateur 
        Sports Act Amendments of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 101 note), which 
        amended chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, and 
        included a statement that the purpose of the Act was ``to 
        encourage and provide assistance to amateur athletic programs 
        and competition for amateur athletes with disabilities, 
        including, where feasible, the expansion of opportunities for 
        meaningful participation by such amateur athletes in programs 
        of athletic competition for able-bodied amateur athletes''.
            (2) The United States Olympic Committee manages and 
        administers the Paralympic Program for physically disabled 
        athletes.
            (3) In 2005, the United States Olympic Committee entered 
        into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs to expand the Paralympic Program to provide 
        special training and rehabilitation to disabled veterans and 
        disabled members of the Armed Forces as part of their 
        rehabilitation and return to an active lifestyle.
            (4) The Paralympic Program has a significant positive 
        effect on the quality of life of such veterans and 
        servicemembers, including helping to improve the mobility, 
        vitality, and physical, psychological, and social well-being of 
        disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces who 
        participate in the program and reducing the incidence of 
        secondary medical conditions in those participants.
            (5) Because of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
        Enduring Freedom, the number of disabled veterans and disabled 
        members of the Armed Forces has increased substantially and it 
        is therefore necessary to expand the scope and size of the 
        Paralympic Program to provide rehabilitative services through 
        sports to disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces.
    (b) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To promote the lifelong health of disabled veterans and 
        disabled members of the Armed Forces through regular 
        participation in physical activity and sports.
            (2) To develop a system that promotes disabled sports from 
        the local level through elite levels by creating partnerships 
        among organizations specializing in supporting, training, and 
        promoting programs for disabled athletes.
            (3) To provide training and support to local organizations 
        to provide Paralympic sports training to disabled veterans and 
        disabled members of the Armed Forces in their own communities.
            (4) To provide support to the United States Olympic 
        Committee for the Paralympic Program to increase the 
        participation of disabled veterans and disabled members of the 
        Armed Forces in sports as part of their rehabilitation.

SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO 
              UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PARALYMPIC PROGRAM.

    (a) Provision of Assistance Authorized.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
521 the following:
``Sec. 521A. Assistance for United States Olympic Committees Paralympic 
              Program
    ``(a) Authorization To Provide Assistance.--The Secretary may make 
grants to the United States Olympic Committee to plan, develop, manage, 
and implement the Paralympic Program for disabled veterans and disabled 
members of the Armed Forces.
    ``(b) Oversight by Secretary.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
under this section, the United States Olympic Committee shall permit 
the Secretary to conduct such oversight of the use of grant funds as 
the Secretary determines is appropriate.
    ``(c) Application Requirement.--(1) Before the Secretary may make a 
grant to the United States Olympic Committee under this section, the 
Committee shall submit to the Secretary an application that describes 
the activities to be carried out with the grant, including information 
on specific measurable goals and objectives to be achieved using grant 
funds. The application shall include a detailed description of all 
partnerships referred to in paragraph (2) at the national and local 
levels that will be participating in such activities and the amount of 
grant funds that will be made available for each of such partnerships.
    ``(2) Partnerships.--Partnerships referred to in this paragraph are 
agreements between the United States Olympic Committee and national 
organizations with significant experience in the training and support 
of disabled athletes and the promotion of disabled sports at the local 
and national levels. Such organizations include Disabled Sports USA, 
Blaze Sports, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Disabled American 
Veterans. The agreements shall detail the scope of activities and 
funding provided by the United States Olympic Committee to the partner.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--(1) The United States Olympic Committee, with 
the assistance and cooperation of the Secretary and the heads of other 
appropriate Federal and State departments and agencies and partnerships 
referred to in subsection (c)(2), shall use a grant under this section 
to recruit, support, encourage, schedule, facilitate, supervise, and 
implement the activities described in paragraph (3) for disabled 
veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces either directly or by 
supporting a program described in paragraph (2).
    ``(2) A program described in this paragraph is a sport program 
that--
            ``(A) promotes basic physical activity, games, recreation, 
        training, and competition;
            ``(B) is approved by the Secretary; and
            ``(C)(i) provides services and activities described in 
        paragraph (3) for disabled veterans and disabled members of the 
        Armed Forces; and
            ``(ii) may also provide services and activities described 
        in paragraph (3) for individuals with disabilities who are not 
        veterans or members of the Armed Forces, or both; except that 
        funds made available to carry out this section may not be used 
        to support those individuals with disabilities who are not 
        veterans or members of the Armed Forces.
    ``(3) Activities described in this paragraph are--
            ``(A) instruction, participation, and competition in 
        Paralympic sports;
            ``(B) training and technical assistance to program 
        administrators, coaches, recreational therapists, instructors, 
        Department employees, and other appropriate individuals; and
            ``(C) coordination, Paralympic classification of athletes, 
        athlete assessment, sport-specific training techniques, program 
        development (including programs at the local level), program-
        specific medical and personal care support, sports equipment, 
        supplies, program evaluation, and other activities related to 
        the implementation and operation of the program.
    ``(4) A grant made under this section may include, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, an amount for administrative expenses, but 
not to exceed ten percent of the amount of the grant.
    ``(5) Funds made available by the United States Olympic Committee 
to a grantee under subsection (c) may include an amount for 
administrative expenses, but not to exceed ten percent of the amount of 
such funds.
    ``(e) Outreach Requirement.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
outreach campaign to inform all eligible veterans and separating 
members of the Armed Forces with physical disabilities about the 
existence of the Paralympic Program and shall provide for, facilitate, 
and encourage participation of such veterans and separating 
servicemembers in programs under this section to the extent possible.
    ``(f) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure access to and use 
of appropriate Department facilities by disabled veterans and disabled 
members of the Armed Forces participating in the Paralympic Program to 
the maximum extent possible and to the extent that such access and use 
does not adversely affect any other assistance provided to veterans.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $8,000,000 annually to carry out this section.
    ``(h) Separate Accounting.--The Department shall have a separate 
line item in budget proposals of the Department for funds to be 
appropriated to carry out this section. Funds appropriated to carry out 
this section shall not be commingled with any other funds appropriated 
to the Department.
    ``(i) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Except as provided in 
subsections (d)(4) and (d)(5), funds appropriated to carry out this 
section may not be used to support or provide services to individuals 
who are not disabled veterans or disabled members of the Armed 
Forces.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
521 the following new item:

``521A. Assistance for United States Olympic Committees Paralympic 
                            Program.''.
    (c) Deadline for Memorandum of Understanding.--The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may not award a grant under section 521A of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), until the United States 
Olympic Committee has entered into a memorandum of understanding or 
cooperative agreement with the Secretary regarding implementation of 
the Paralympic Program. Such agreement shall be concluded not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF NATIONAL VETERANS 
              SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

    (a) Establishment of Office of National Veterans Sports Programs 
and Special Events.--Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special 
              Events
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is in the Department an Office of 
National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. There is at the 
head of the Office a Director, who shall report directly to the 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs of the 
Department.
    ``(b) Responsibilities of Director.--Subject to the direction of 
the Secretary, the Director--
            ``(1) shall establish and carry out qualifying programs and 
        events;
            ``(2) may provide for sponsorship by the Department of 
        qualifying programs and events;
            ``(3) may provide for, facilitate, and encourage 
        participation by disabled veterans in qualifying programs and 
        events; and
            ``(4) shall cooperate with the United States Olympic 
        Committee and its subsidiaries to promote the participation of 
        disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces in 
        sporting events sponsored by the United States Olympic 
        Committee and its subsidiaries.
    ``(c) Qualifying Program or Event.--For purposes of this section, a 
qualifying program or event is a sports program or other event in which 
disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces participate 
and that is approved by the Secretary as being consistent with the 
goals and missions of the Department.
    ``(d) Monthly Assistance Allowance.--(1) The Director may provide a 
monthly assistance allowance to a veteran with a disability invited by 
the United States Olympic Committee to compete for a slot on, or 
selected for, the Paralympic Team for any month in which the veteran is 
training or competing in any event sanctioned by the United States 
Olympic Committee or who is residing at a United States Olympic 
Committee training center.
    ``(2) The amount of the monthly assistance payable to a veteran 
under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the monthly amount of subsistence 
allowance that would be payable to the veteran under chapter 31 of this 
title if the veteran were eligible for and entitled to rehabilitation 
under such chapter.
    ``(3) Any amount of assistance paid to a veteran under this 
subsection shall be in addition to any other assistance available to 
the veteran under any other provision of law.
    ``(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
subsection $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.
    ``(e) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as a limitation on current disabled sports 
and special events supported by the Department.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``321. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special 
                            Events.''.
    (c) Responsibilities of Under Secretary for Health.--The Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall direct the Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs--
            (1) to make available, to the maximum extent possible, 
        recreational therapists, physical therapists, and other medical 
        staff to facilitate participation of veterans in sporting 
        events conducted under the auspices of the United States 
        Olympic Committee;
            (2) to allow such personnel to participate in the United 
        States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program without requiring 
        the use of personal leave; and
            (3) to support other similar activities or events as those 
        described in this section and determined to be appropriate by 
        the Secretary.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to plan, develop, manage, and implement the Paralympic Program (Program) for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces (members). Directs the USOC to use a grant to recruit, support, encourage, schedule, facilitate, supervise, and implement paralympic instruction and competition activities, training and technical assistance, and coordination and program development activities for such disabled veterans and members.

Requires: (1) the Secretary to conduct an outreach program to inform eligible veterans and separating members about the Program; and (2) a memorandum of understanding or cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the USOC regarding Program implementation.

Authorizes appropriations.

 Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events, headed by a Director, to carry out qualifying programs and events for disabled veterans and members. Authorizes the Director to provide an allowance for a disabled veteran for each month in which the veteran is training or competing in a USOC-sanctioned event or residing at a USOC training center. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the Secretary to direct the VA's Under Secretary for Health to: (1) make VA medical staff available to facilitate veteran participation in USOC sporting events; (2) allow such personnel to participate in the Program without requiring the use of personal leave; and (3) support other similar activities or events.