[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4185 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4185

  To establish a Federal Coordinating Council on Community Safety and 
    Empowerment to make grants for projects to improve the health, 
   education, and safety of the residents of economically distressed 
                              communities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1994

   Miss Collins of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a Federal Coordinating Council on Community Safety and 
    Empowerment to make grants for projects to improve the health, 
   education, and safety of the residents of economically distressed 
                              communities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Safety and Empowerment Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the executive office of 
the President a Federal Coordinating Council on Community Safety and 
Empowerment (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Federal 
Coordinating Council'') in the Executive Office of the President 
composed of the following members:
            (1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (2) The Secretary of Education.
            (3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
            (4) The Secretary of Labor.
            (5) The Attorney General of the United States.
The President shall appoint the chairman of the Federal Coordinating 
Council.
    (b) Duties.--The Council shall--
            (1) promulgate rules establishing standards and procedures 
        for receiving grants under section 3;
            (2) make grants under section 3; and
            (3) conduct annual reviews under section 6.
    (c) Staff.--The Council shall hire sufficient staff in accordance 
with title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    (a) Purposes.--The Federal Coordinating Council shall make grants 
to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out 1 or more of the 
following projects to improve the health, education, and safety of the 
residents of economically distressed communities:
            (1) Projects to prevent gangs and to combat the influence 
        gangs have on the youth in the community.
            (2) Projects to assist first-time juvenile offenders to 
        avoid future offenses.
            (3) Projects to prevent other forms of juvenile 
        delinquency.
            (4) Projects to prevent the abuse of alcohol and other 
        drugs.
            (5) Projects to provide child care for the children of 
        parents who are attending school, or would like to attend 
        school.
            (6) Physical fitness, exercise, sports, and preventative 
        health care projects for youth.
            (7) Projects to promote community service, community 
        action, and problem solving, and a sense of civic 
        responsibility among youth.
            (8) Projects to provide parents with information about the 
        social, psychological, and physical development of their 
        children and with non-financial support for their roles in 
        promoting the positive development of their children.
            (9) Projects to help youth enjoy and appreciate learning, 
        particularly projects that emphasize writing, reading, 
        mathematics, science, and humanities.
            (10) Projects that prepare at-risk youth for adulthood, 
        including continuing education, completing high school, 
        employment, parenthood, and civic participation.
            (11) Projects to prevent or remedy neglect, abuse, or 
        exploitation of youth and adults unable to protect their own 
        interests.
            (12) Projects to preserve, rehabilitate, or reunite 
        families, particularly projects that emphasize fatherhood and 
        reunite fathers with children.
            (13) Projects to assist residents in achieving or 
        maintaining economic self-sufficiency, including 
        entrepreneurism.
    (b) Distribution of Grant.--A grant made under this section shall 
be distributed to a grantee in 1 or more annual installments of not 
less than $25,000 each during a period not to exceed 3 years.

SEC. 4. NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) Agreement.--The Federal Coordinating Council may make a grant 
under section 3 only if the applicant involved agrees to make available 
(either directly or through donations from public or private entities) 
non-Federal contributions toward the cost of the project for which the 
grant is requested. The amount of the non-Federal contributions shall 
be not less than--
            (1) 25 percent of the cost of the project for the 1st year 
        in which all or part of the grant is distributed; and
            (2) 50 percent of the cost of the project in any subsequent 
        year in which any part of the grant is distributed.
    (b) Exception.--The Federal Coordinating Council may waive the 
matching requirements for applicants who meet certain criteria 
established by the Council.
    (c) Types of Contributions.--The non-Federal contributions required 
in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
buildings, equipment, or services, except that services assisted or 
subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government may not 
be included in determining the amount of non-Federal contributions.

SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under section 3, a public entity 
or a nonprofit private entity shall submit to the Federal Coordinating 
Council an application that contains--
            (1) information demonstrating that the applicant has used 
        the resources in the community in planning the project for 
        which the grant is requested;
            (2) information demonstrating that the project is supported 
        by individuals or organizations in the community that are not 
        directly involved with the project, which may include 
        universities, medical facilities, and other private and public 
        entities;
            (3) an assurance that the applicant will use other 
        resources in the community in carrying out the project, which 
        may include local businesses, universities, medical facilities, 
        and other private and public entities; and
            (4) such other information and assurances as the Federal 
        Coordinating Council may require by rule.

SEC. 6. ANNUAL REVIEW.

    (a) Content.--After each year in which any part of a grant made 
under section 3 is distributed, the Federal Coordinating Council may 
conduct a review of the project for which the grant is made. The review 
shall include an assessment of whether the grantee is complying with 
the assurances contained in the application for the grant.
    (b) Consequences of Failure to Comply.--If the Federal Coordinating 
Council finds that a grantee is not complying with the assurances 
contained in the application for the grant, the Federal Coordinating 
Council shall suspend distribution of the grant until the grantee 
provides sufficient documentation to satisfy the Federal Coordinating 
Council that it will comply with the assurances contained in the 
application. The grant shall be terminated if the grantee does not 
provide the documentation within 1 year after the grant is suspended.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Economically distressed community.--The term 
        ``economically distressed community'' means a community--
                    (A) in which a high percentage of residents are 
                members of low-income families with children; and
                    (B) in which there is pervasive poverty, 
                unemployment, and general economic distress.
            (2) Council.--The term the ``Council'' means the Federal 
        Coordinating Council on Community Safety and Empowerment.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of 3 
fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1994 to carry out this Act.

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