National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000
PL 106-367 (H.R.3235), enacted 10/27/2000

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PUBLIC LAW 106-367—OCT. 27, 2000 
Public Law 106-367 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 27, 2000 
To improve academic and social outcomes for youth and reduce both juvenile crime 
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activities conducted by law enforcement personnel during nonschool hours. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
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the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Athletic League 
Youth 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Enrichment Act 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The goals of the Police Athletic League are to— 
(A) increase the academic success of youth participants 
in PAL programs; 
(B) promote a safe, healthy environment for youth 
under the supervision of law enforcement personnel where 
mutual trust and respect can be built; 
(C) increase school attendance by providing alter-
natives to suspensions and expulsions; 
(D) reduce the juvenile crime rate in participating des-
ignated communities and the number of police calls 
involving juveniles during nonschool hours; 
(E) provide youths with alternatives to drugs, alcohol, 
tobacco, and gang activity; 
(F) create positive communications and interaction 
between youth and law enforcement personnel; and 
(G) prepare youth for the workplace. 
(2) The Police Athletic League, during its 55-year history 
as a national organization, has proven to be a positive force 
in the communities it serves. 
(3) The Police Athletic League is a network of 1,700 facili-
ties serving over 3,000 communities. There are 320 PAL chap-
ters throughout the United States, the Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, serving 1,500,000 youths, 
ages 5 to 18, nationwide. 
(4) Based on PAL chapter demographics, approximately 
82 percent of the youths who benefit from PAL programs live 
in inner cities and urban areas. 
(5) PAL chapters are locally operated, volunteer-driven 
organizations. Although most PAL chapters are sponsored by 
a law enforcement agency, PAL chapters receive no direct 
funding from law enforcement agencies and are dependent in 
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large part on support from the private sector, such as individ-
uals, business leaders, corporations, and foundations. PAL 
chapters have been exceptionally successful in balancing public 
funds with private sector donations and maximizing community 
involvement. 
(6) Today's youth face far greater risks than did their 
parents and grandparents. Law enforcement statistics dem-
onstrate that youth between the ages of 12 and 17 are at 
risk of committing violent acts and being victims of violent 
acts between the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. 
(7) Greater numbers of students are dropping out of school 
and failing in school, even though the consequences of academic 
failure are more dire in 1999 than ever before. 
(8) Many distressed areas in the United States are still 
underserved by PAL chapters. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to provide adequate resources in 
the form of— 
(1) assistance for the 320 established PAL chapters to 
increase of services to the communities they are serving; and 
(2) seed money for the establishment of 250 (50 per year 
over a 5-year period) additional local PAL chapters in public 
housing projects and other distressed areas, including dis-
tressed areas with a majority population of Native Americans, 
by not later than fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 4.DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.—^The term "Assistant 
Attorney General" means the Assistant Attorney General for 
the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice. 
(2) DISTRESSED AREA.—^The term "distressed area" means 
an urban, suburban, or rural area with a high percentage 
of high-risk youth, as defined in section 509A of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-8(f)). 
(3) PAL CHAPTER.—^The term "PAL chapter" means a 
chapter of a Police or Sheriff's Athletic/Activities League. 
(4) POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.—^The term "Police Athletic 
League" means the private, nonprofit, national representative 
organization for 320 Police or Sheriff's 
Athletic/Activities 
Leagues throughout the United States (including the Virgin 
Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). 
(5) PUBLIC HOUSING; PROJECT.—^The terms "pubhc housing" 
and "project" have the meanings given those terms in section 
3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)). 
SEC. 5. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to appropriations, for each of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2005, the Assistant Attorney General shall 
award a grant to the Police Athletic League for the purpose of 
establishing PAL chapters to serve public housing projects and 
other distressed areas, and expanding existing PAL chapters to 
serve additional youths. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—In order to be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, the Police Athletic League shall submit 
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to the Assistant Attorney General/an application, which shall 
include— 
(A) a long-term strategy to establish 250 additional 
PAL chapters and detailed summary of those areas in 
which new PAL chapters will be established, or in which 
existing chapters will be expanded to serve additional 
youths, during the next fiscal year; 
(B) a plan to ensure that there are a total of not 
less than 570 PAL chapters in operation before January 
1, 2004; 
(C) a certification that there will be appropriate 
coordination with those communities where new PAL chap-
ters will be located; and 
(D) an explanation of the manner in which new PAL 
chapters will operate without additional, direct Federal 
financial assistance once assistance under this Act is dis-
continued. 
(2) REVIEW.—The Assistant Attorney General shall review 
and take action on an application submitted under paragraph 
(1) not later than 120 days after the date of such submission. 
SEC. 6. USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE FOR NEW AND EXPANDED 
CHAPTERS.— 
Amounts made available under a grant awarded under this 
Act shall be used by the Police Athletic League to provide 
funding for the establishment of PAL chapters serving public 
housing projects and other distressed areas, or the expansion 
of existing PAL chapters. 
(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Each new or expanded PAL 
chapter assisted under paragraph (1) shall carry out not less 
than four programs during nonschool hours, of which— 
(A) not less than two programs shall provide— 
(i) mentoring assistance; 
(ii) academic assistance; 
(iii) recreational and athletic activities; or 
(iv) technology training; and 
(B) any remaining programs shall provide— 
(i) drug, alcohol, and gang prevention activities; 
(ii) health and nutrition counseling; 
(iii) cultural and social programs; 
(iv) conflict resolution training, anger manage-
ment, and peer pressure training; 
(v) job skill preparation activities; or 
(vi) Youth Police Athletic League Conferences or 
Youth Forums. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the programs 
under subsection (a), a PAL chapter shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable— 
(1) use volunteers from businesses, academic communities, 
social organizations, and law enforcement organizations to serve 
as mentors or to assist in other ways; 
(2) ensure that youth in the local community participate 
in designing the after-school activities; 
(3) develop creative methods of conducting outreach to 
youth in the community; 
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(4) request donations of computer equipment and other 
materials and equipment; and 
(5) work with State and local park and recreation agencies 
so that activities funded with amounts made available under 
a grant under this Act will not duplicate activities funded 
from other sources in the community served. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.—For each fiscal 
year for which a grant is awarded under this Act, the Police Athletic 
League shall submit to the Assistant Attorney General a report 
on the use of amounts made available under the grant. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—^Not later than May 1 of each fiscal 
year for which amounts are made available to carry out this Act, 
the Assistant Attorney General shall submit to the Committees 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report that details the progress made under this Act in estab-
lishing and expanding PAL chapters in public housing projects 
and other distressed areas, and the effectiveness of the PAL pro-
grams in reducing drug abuse, school dropouts, and juvenile crime. 
SEC. 8. A U T H O R I Z A T I O N OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this Act $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 
2005. 
(b) FUNDING FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Of the amount 
made available to carry out this Act in each fiscal year— 
(1) not less than 2 percent shall be used for research 
and evaluation of the grant program under this Act; 
(2) not less than 1 percent shall be used for technical 
assistance related to the use of amounts made available under 
grants awarded under this Act; and 
(3) not less than 1 percent shall be used for the manage-
ment and administration of the grant program under this Act, 
except that the total amount made available under this para-
graph for administration of that program shall not exceed 6 
percent. 
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Approved October 27, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3235: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-859 (Gomm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Oct. 2, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 13, considered and passed Senate.