A bill to authorize funding for the National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative.
PL 107-19 (S.657), enacted 07/10/2001

PUBLIC LAW 107-19-^JULY 10, 2001 
115 STAT. 153 
Public Law 107-19 
107th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize funding for the National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL 4-H PROGRAM CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the 4-H Program is 1 of the largest youth development 
organizations operating in each of the 50 States and over 3,000 
counties; 
(2) the 4-H Program is promoted by the Secretary of Agri-
culture through the Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service and Ismd-grant colleges and universities; 
(3) the 4-H Program is supported by public and private 
resources, including the National 4-H Council; £ind 
(4) in celebration of the centennial of the 4-H Program 
in 2002, the National 4-H Council has proposed a public-
private partnership to develop new strategies for youth develop-
ment for the next century in light of an increasingly global 
and technology-oriented economy and ever-changing demands 
8ind chedlenges facing youth in widely diverse communities. 
(b) GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may provide 
a grant to the National 4-H Council to pay the Federal share 
of the cost o
f
— 
(A) conducting a program of discussions through 
meetings, seminars, and listening sessions on the National, 
State, and local levels regarding strategies for youth 
development; and 
(B) preparing a report that— 
(i) siunmarizes and analyzes the discussions; 
(ii) makes specific recommendations of strategies 
for youth development; and 
(iii) proposes a plan of action for carrjdng out 
those strategies. 
(2) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of 
the program under paragraph (1) shall be 50 percent. 
(B) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the cost of the program under paragraph (1) may 
be padd in the form of cash or the provision of services, 
material, or other in-kind contributions. 
(3) AMOUNT.—The grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $5,000,000. 
July 10, 2001 
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115 STAT. 154 
PUBLIC LAW 107-19^JULY 10, 2001 
(c) REPORT.—The National 4-H Council shall submit any report 
prepared under subsection (b) to the President, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary may fund the grant authorized 
by this section from— 
(1) funds made available under subsection (e); and 
(2) notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of section 793 
of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 2204f), funds from the Account estabhshed under 
section 793(a) of that Act. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000. 
Approved July 10, 2001. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 657: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
June 19, considered and passed Senate. 
June 25, considered and passed House.