[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 673

To establish a youth development grant program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 4 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

Mrs. Kassebaum (for herself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Domenici, and Mr. Stevens) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a youth development grant program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Development 
Community Block Grant Act of 1995''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
Sec. 5. Distribution of funds.
Sec. 6. Community Youth Development Board.
Sec. 7. Duties of the State.
Sec. 8. Duties of the Assistant Secretary.
Sec. 9. Repeals.
Sec. 10. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 11. Transfer of payments.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In an increasingly complex and competitive world 
        economy, the human capital of the United States is its most 
        important resource. Too many young people in the United States 
        are reaching adulthood unprepared to be productive workers, 
        effective parents, or responsible citizens.
            (2) Over the past decade, public concern related to young 
        people has focused primarily on improving academic performance 
        and combating youth problems such as substance abuse and 
        juvenile delinquency.
            (3) Young people who lack self-confidence, self-discipline, 
        respect for others, and a sense of connection to their families 
        and communities, are unlikely to be successful in school, and 
        far more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors.
            (4) Parents have primary responsibility for the social, 
        moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of their 
        children. However, tremendous social and demographic changes 
        during the last 30 years have had a significant effect on 
        family life and youth development, creating the need for 
        programs to strengthen families and help parents meet the 
        social, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of 
        their children.
            (5) The lack of supervision of youth by parents and the 
        lack of meaningful activity after school for youth contributes 
        to the spread of violent juvenile delinquency in the form of 
        youth and gang violence, drug trafficking, dangerous and self-
        destructive behavior, and lack of hope among youth in our 
        Nation.
            (6) The United States expects too much of its schools if 
        the Nation asks the schools to meet single-handedly the needs 
        described in paragraph (5) in addition to accomplishing their 
        basic educational mission. Only a strong partnership among 
        families, schools, local government, religious organizations, 
        community-based youth-serving organizations, law enforcement, 
        community-based family-serving organizations, small businesses 
        (including businesses that produce or sell products that may be 
        abused), large industries, and labor can create a community 
        environment that truly supports the youth of the Nation in 
        reaching their highest potential.
            (7) Youth development programs, including youth clubs, 
        sports and recreation programs, mentoring programs, and 
        leadership development and community service programs, make a 
        major contribution to helping youth develop the life skills and 
        values that will prepare the youth for the challenges of 
        adolescence and the independence and responsibilities of 
        adulthood.
            (8) Participation in positive youth development programs 
        can lead to a reduction in high-risk behaviors, including 
        school failure, teenage pregnancy, use of alcohol and drugs, 
        and juvenile delinquency. Many youth who would greatly benefit 
        from such programs do not have access due to factors that 
        include lack of coordination among the programs and inequitable 
        distribution of existing resources.
            (9) Community-based youth-serving organizations are an 
        effective resource in developing and implementing community 
        youth development plans, both because of the responsiveness of 
        the organizations to local community values and concerns, and 
        the ability of the organizations to mobilize community 
        resources.
            (10) Notwithstanding the efforts of community-based youth-
        serving organizations, in most local communities youth 
        development efforts are so fragmented that millions of youth 
        nationwide go unserved, and no process exists through which key 
        groups regularly come together to develop a comprehensive 
        approach to youth development. Without a mechanism for 
        coordination, narrowly focused Federal programs are unable to 
        meet the comprehensive needs of the youth of the Nation.
            (11) Narrowly targeted categorical programs have created a 
        multitude of Federal funding streams which have become a 
        barrier to effective program coordination and the provision of 
        comprehensive services for children and youth.
            (12) It is critical that the Federal Government adopt a 
        comprehensive strategy in promoting the positive development of 
        youth, and encourage and empower communities to develop and 
        implement comprehensive youth development plans.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    It is the purpose of this Act to create a single, comprehensive 
Federal strategy for community-based youth development services, and to 
support communities in designing community strategic plans for youth 
development that--
            (1) support the primary role of the family in positive 
        youth development;
            (2) give priority to prevention of youth problems and crime 
        through youth development;
            (3) promote increased community coordination and 
        collaboration in meeting the developmental needs of youth;
            (4) support the development and expansion of community-
        based youth development services to respond to local needs; and
            (5) promote community partnerships that link youth 
        development services with services provided by law enforcement, 
        educational agencies, public recreation resources, and other 
        segments of the community.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services.
            (2) Community-based.--The term ``community-based''--
                    (A) used with respect to an organization, means an 
                organization that is representative of a community or a 
                significant segment of a community and is engaged in 
                providing services to the community; and
                    (B) used with respect to a program or service, 
                means a program or service provided to the community in 
                which the program or service is located.
            (3) Community board.--The term ``Community Board'' means a 
        Community Youth Development Board established under section 6.
            (4) County.--The term ``county'' includes a political 
        subdivision of a State.
            (5) Low income family.--The term ``low income family'' 
        means a family with an income below the poverty line.
            (6) National youth development organization.--The term 
        ``national youth development organization'' means a private 
        nonprofit organization whose purpose and activities are 
        national in scope, and that, either directly or through its 
        local affiliates, provides youth development programs in at 
        least 7 States.
            (7) Outcome objective.--The term ``outcome objective'' 
        means an objective that relates to the impact of a program or 
        initiative, with respect to the participants in the program or 
        initiative or the community that the program or initiative 
        serves, including--
                    (A) an objective relating to changes in the 
                competencies described in paragraph (13)(A) of 
                individual participants in the program or initiative;
                    (B) an objective relating to reducing high-risk 
                behaviors, such as school failure, teenage pregnancy, 
                use of alcohol, use of illegal drugs, and juvenile 
                delinquency; and
                    (C) an objective relating to the incidence of such 
                behaviors among youth in such community.
            (8) Poverty line.--The term ``poverty line'' means the 
        income official poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
        Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with 
        section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved.
            (9) Process objective.--The term ``process objective'' 
        means an objective that relates to the manner in which a 
        program or initiative is carried out, including--
                    (A) an objective relating to the degree to which 
                the program or initiative is reaching its intended 
                target population;
                    (B) an objective relating to the degree to which 
                the program or initiative addresses known risk factors 
                for youth problem behaviors and incorporates activities 
                that inhibit the behaviors and that build on protective 
                factors for youth;
                    (C) an objective relating to the number, age, 
                gender, and ethnicity of the youth involved in the 
                program or initiative;
                    (D) an objective relating to the degree to which 
                the services delivered are consistent with the intended 
                program model; and
                    (E) an objective relating to the cost of delivering 
                services under the program or initiative.
            (10) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States 
        Virgin Islands.
            (11) Youth.--The term ``youth'' means an individual who is 
        not younger than age 6 and not older than age 18.
            (12) Youth development organization.--The term ``youth 
        development organization'' means a private nonprofit youth-
        serving organization with a major emphasis on providing youth 
        development programs.
            (13) Youth development program.--The term ``youth 
        development program'' means a program that--
                    (A) in order to enable youth to deal successfully 
                with the challenges of adolescence and prepare the 
                youth for the independence and responsibilities of 
                being parents, workers, and citizens, attempts to help 
                the youth to develop--
                            (i) social competencies, such as work and 
                        family life skills, problem-solving skills, and 
                        communication skills;
                            (ii) moral competencies, such as personal 
                        values and ethics, a sense of responsibility 
                        and citizenship (including participation in 
                        civic life and community service);
                            (iii) emotional competencies, such as a 
                        sense of personal identity, self-confidence, 
                        autonomy, and the ability to resist negative 
                        peer pressure;
                            (iv) physical competencies, such as 
                        physical conditioning and endurance, and an 
                        appreciation for and strategies to achieve 
                        lifelong physical health and fitness; and
                            (v) cognitive competencies, such as 
                        knowledge, reasoning ability, creativity, and a 
                        lifelong commitment to learning and 
                        achievement;
                    (B) conducts activities with a primarily 
                nonacademic focus;
                    (C) employs primarily active and experiential 
                learning methods; and
                    (D) promotes the competencies described in 
                subparagraph (A) through group and one-to-one 
                activities, which may include activities in youth 
                clubs, sports and recreation, peer counseling and 
                teaching, mentoring, arts, values education, leadership 
                development, crime and delinquency prevention, youth 
                employment as part of an educational program, community 
                service or volunteerism, literacy, after school 
                programs, career counseling, job skills training, life 
                skills training, drug abuse prevention, alcohol 
                education, parenting skills activities, camping, 
                environmental education, ethnic or cultural enrichment, 
                tutoring, and academic enrichment.
            (14) Youth-serving organization.--The term ``youth-serving 
        organization'' means an organization with a primary focus on 
        providing youth development, health and fitness, educational, 
        substance abuse prevention, child welfare, child protective, 
        psychological, parenting, vocational and training, teen 
        pregnancy, rehabilitative, or residential services to youth.

SEC. 5. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act, $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 1996 through 1998.
    (b) Reservations.--From the sums appropriated under subsection (a) 
for any fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall reserve--
            (1) 95.5 percent of the sums for allotments to States and 
        allocations to Community Boards, as described in subsections 
        (c) and (d);
            (2) 1.5 percent of the sums for grants to Native American 
        organizations, as described in subsection (e); and
            (3) 3 percent of the sums for activities by the 
        Administration for Children and Families, as described in 
        subsection (f).
    (c) Distribution of State Allotments.--
            (1) Total distribution amount.--From the sums reserved 
        under subsection (b)(1) (referred to in this section as the 
        ``total distribution amount''), the Assistant Secretary shall 
        make allotments under this subsection to States to--
                    (A) assist Community Boards in carrying out the 
                activities described in section 6 and subsection 
                (d)(2)(B)(i); and
                    (B) carry out activities required to administer the 
                youth development programs carried out in the States.
            (2) Allotment of funds to states.--Subject to paragraph 
        (3), for each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated under 
        subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall allot to each 
        State the sum (referred to in this section as the ``State 
        allotment'') of--
                    (A) an amount that bears the same relation to \1/3\ 
                of the total distribution amount as the number of youth 
                in the State bears to the number of youth in all 
                States;
                    (B) an amount that bears the same relation to \1/3\ 
                of the total distribution amount as the number of youth 
                from low income families in the State bears to the 
                number of such youth in all States; and
                    (C) an amount from the remaining \1/3\ of the total 
                distribution amount, calculated in accordance with a 
                formula prescribed by the Secretary, that takes into 
                account the extent to which violent juvenile crime has 
                increased in the State since 1990, relative to the 
                extent to which violent juvenile crime has increased in 
                all States since 1990.
            (3) Minimum state allotment.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
        allot to each State under this subsection an amount that is not 
        less than \1/2\ of 1 percent of the total distribution amount.
            (4) Distribution of funds to states.--To be eligible to 
        receive such State allotment, the State shall prepare, and 
        submit to the Assistant Secretary, an application at such time, 
        in such manner, and containing such information, as the 
        Assistant Secretary may reasonably require. Such application 
        shall include, at a minimum, an assurance that the State is 
        prepared to administer such amount in compliance with all the 
        requirements of this Act, and, in the case of any application 
        submitted after the first year in which the State receives 
        funds under this Act, the State shall submit to the Assistant 
        Secretary an annual program report and the results of an 
        independent audit conducted by the State concerning the 
        administration of such funds.
    (d) Distribution of Local Allocations.--
            (1) Reservation and allocation of funds to community 
        boards.--
                    (A) Reservation.--A State may reserve not more than 
                5 percent of the State allotment to carry out 
                activities required to administer the youth development 
                programs carried out in the State.
                    (B) Allocation of funds to community boards.--
                            (i) In general.--For each fiscal year for 
                        which a State receives a State allotment, the 
                        State shall, after making any reservation under 
                        subparagraph (A), allocate and distribute to 
                        each Community Board in the State an amount 
                        (referred to in this subsection as the ``local 
                        allocation'') representing an equitable 
                        allocation of the remainder of the State 
                        allotment.
                            (ii) Calculation.--The local allocations 
                        shall be distributed among Community Boards 
                        representing counties within the State 
                        utilizing the Federal allotment formula 
                        established under subsection (c)(2), except 
                        that for purposes of the application of the 
                        formula--
                                    (I) the reference to the total 
                                distribution amount shall be deemed to 
                                be a reference to the remainder of the 
                                State allotment;
                                    (II) the reference to a State shall 
                                be deemed to be a reference to a 
                                county; and
                                    (III) the reference to all States 
                                shall be deemed to be a reference to 
                                all counties in the State.
            (2) Distribution of funds to community boards.--
                    (A) Initial planning funds.--For the first fiscal 
                year for which Community Boards in a State are eligible 
                to receive funds under this subsection, the State shall 
                make available to each eligible Community Board in the 
                State, 5 percent of the local allocation of such Board, 
                to be used for up to 6 months for an initial planning 
                phase. To be eligible to receive such amount, the 
                Community Board shall submit to the State a letter of 
                intent to apply for funds under this subsection. Such 
                letter of intent shall include a list of the members of 
                the Community Board, including sufficient information 
                about their affiliations to demonstrate compliance with 
                the requirements of subsections (a) through (e) of 
                section 6.
                    (B) Distribution of program funds.--
                            (i) In general.--For each fiscal year for 
                        which a State receives a State allotment, the 
                        State shall distribute to each eligible 
                        Community Board in the State an amount equal to 
                        the remainder of the local allocation of such 
                        Board for the purpose of conducting community-
                        based youth development programs, that--
                                    (I) address the process objectives, 
                                and the outcome objectives, identified 
                                in the community strategic plan 
                                described in section 6(f)(1);
                                    (II) incorporate components that 
                                promote competencies in youth;
                                    (III) recognize the primary role of 
                                the family in positive youth 
                                development in order to strengthen 
                                families;
                                    (IV) promote the involvement of 
                                youth (including program participants), 
                                parents, and other community members in 
                                the planning and implementation of the 
                                program;
                                    (V) coordinate services with other 
                                youth and family services in the 
                                community, and helping participants 
                                access the services;
                                    (VI) expose youth to a variety of 
                                adult role models and mentors;
                                    (VII) encourage youth leadership 
                                and civic involvement;
                                    (VIII) seek to establish a long-
                                term relationship with participating 
                                youth;
                                    (IX) employ strong outreach efforts 
                                to low-income youth and their families;
                                    (X) provide age-appropriate 
                                programs;
                                    (XI) provide programs that--
                                            (aa) are open to all youth, 
                                        regardless of such factors as 
                                        race, color, religion, sex, 
                                        national origin, disability, or 
                                        social or economic background; 
                                        or
                                            (bb) target a population on 
                                        the basis of 1 or more of such 
                                        factors, if such targeting is 
                                        designed to meet the special 
                                        needs of such population; and
                                    (XII) use not more than 10 percent 
                                of the amount to provide preservice and 
                                inservice training and educational 
                                materials and services for program 
                                staff.
                            (ii) Application.--To be eligible to 
                        receive amounts referred to in clause (i), the 
                        Community Board shall prepare and submit to the 
                        State an application, at such time, in such 
                        manner, and containing such information as the 
                        State may reasonably require to assure 
                        compliance with this Act. Such application 
                        shall include, at a minimum, a community 
                        strategic plan described in section 6(f)(1), a 
                        description of the programs for which funding 
                        will be provided, information indicating the 
                        extent to which the programs achieve the 
                        purposes of this Act and the purpose described 
                        in clause (i), and a description of the 
                        processes used to select members of the 
                        Community Board.
    (e) Native American Organizations.--
            (1) In general.--From the sums reserved under subsection 
        (b)(2), the Assistant Secretary shall make grants to eligible 
        Native American organizations to assist the organizations in 
        carrying out the activities described in section 6 and 
        subsection (d)(2)(B)(i).
            (2) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a Native American organization shall submit an 
        application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the Assistant 
        Secretary may reasonably require to assure compliance with this 
        Act, including any information that a Community Board is 
        required to submit in an application described in subsection 
        (d)(2)(B)(ii).
            (3) Application of provisions.--The provisions of section 6 
        shall apply to Native American organizations receiving funds 
        through grants made under this subsection. For purposes of the 
        application of such provisions, references to a county shall be 
        deemed to be references to the area served by the organization, 
        and references to the State shall be deemed to be references to 
        the Assistant Secretary.
            (4) Definition.--As used in this subsection:
                    (A) Indian.--The term ``Indian'' has the meaning 
                given the term in section 4(d) of the Indian Self-
                Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
                450b(d)).
                    (B) Native american organization.--The term 
                ``Native American organization'' means--
                            (i) a tribal organization, as defined in 
                        section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination 
                        and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
                        450b(l));
                            (ii) a Native Hawaiian Organization, as 
                        defined in section 4009(4) of the Augustus F. 
                        Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and 
                        Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 
                        (20 U.S.C. 4909(4)); and
                            (iii) a private nonprofit organization 
                        established for the purpose of serving youth 
                        who are Indians or Native Hawaiians.
                    (C) Native hawaiian.--The term ``Native Hawaiian'' 
                has the meaning given the term in section 4009(1) of 
                the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary 
                and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20 
                U.S.C. 4909(1)).
    (f) Reservation of Funds for Administration for Children and 
Families.--From the sums reserved under subsection (b)(3), the 
Administration for Children and Families shall carry out the activities 
required by this Act.
    (g) Authority To Assist Community Boards in Nonparticipating 
States/Reallotment of State Funds.--
            (1) In general.--For any fiscal year for which a State does 
        not submit an application for an allotment under subsection 
        (c), the Assistant Secretary may use the allotment of such 
        State to make direct grants to eligible Community Boards in the 
        nonparticipating State.
            (2) Application.--To be eligible to receive a direct grant 
        under paragraph (1), a Community Board shall submit an 
        application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the Assistant 
        Secretary may reasonably require to assure compliance with this 
        Act, including any information that a Community Board is 
        required to submit in an application described in subsection 
        (d)(2)(B)(ii).
            (3) Application of provisions.--The provisions of section 6 
        shall apply to Community Boards receiving funds through grants 
        made under this subsection. For purposes of the application of 
        such provisions, references to the State shall be deemed to be 
        references to the Assistant Secretary.
    (h) State Reallotment.--For any fiscal year for which a State does 
not submit an application for an allotment under subsection (c), and 
the Assistant Secretary does not use the allotment as described in 
subsection (g), the Assistant Secretary shall make available the 
allotment of such State to such other States as the Assistant Secretary 
may determine to be appropriate.
    (i) County Reallocation.--For any fiscal year for which a Community 
Board in a State does not submit an application for an allocation under 
subsection (d), the State shall make available the allocation of such 
county to such other counties in the State as the State may determine 
to be appropriate.
    (j) Obligation and Expenditure of Funds.--
            (1) State obligation of funds.--Any State that receives an 
        allotment from the Assistant Secretary under subsection (c) 
        shall obligate the allotment not later than 6 months after the 
        date of such receipt or return the allotment to the Assistant 
        Secretary for reallotment in accordance with subsection (h).
            (2) Community board obligation of funds.--Any Community 
        Board that receives an allocation from a State under subsection 
        (d) shall obligate the allocation not later than 6 months after 
        the date of such receipt or return the allocation to the State 
        for reallocation in accordance with subsection (i).
            (3) Grant recipient expenditure of funds.--Any recipient of 
        a grant under section 6(g) shall expend the funds made 
        available through the grant not later than 3 years after the 
        date of such receipt or return the funds to the State for 
        reallocation in accordance with subsection (i).
    (k) Supplement not Supplant.--Funds appropriated under this Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and 
local public funds expended to provide youth development services for 
eligible individuals.

SEC. 6. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

    (a) Establishment of Community Board.--
            (1) In general.--In order for entities within a county to 
        be eligible to receive assistance under this Act, the Chief 
        Executive Officer of the county and a representative of the 
        community-based youth development organizations serving the 
        county shall jointly facilitate the establishment of a local 
        entity, or designate an existing local entity, that meets the 
        requirements of this section, to serve as a Community Youth 
        Development Board. The Chief Executive Officer and 
        representative shall consider permitting an existing (as of the 
        date of the consideration) community-based youth-focused 
        organization to serve as the Community Youth Development Board.
            (2) Establishment of multicounty community board.--The 
        Chief Executive Officers of 2 or more counties, and 
        representatives of community-based youth development 
        organizations serving the counties, may agree to facilitate the 
        establishment of a local entity, or designate an existing 
        entity, that meets the requirements of this section, to serve 
        as a multicounty Community Board. Such a multicounty Community 
        Board shall carry out the duties described in subsections (f), 
        (g), (i), and (j) with respect to the counties involved. If 
        such a multicounty Community Board is established, all duties 
        required by this section to be carried out jointly by the Chief 
        Executive Officer of a county and the representative of the 
        community-based youth development organizations serving the 
        county shall be carried out jointly by the Chief Executive 
        Officers of each participating county, and representatives of 
        community-based youth development organizations serving the 
        counties.
    (b) Number of Members on the Community Board.--The Chief Executive 
Officer of the county and the representative of the community-based 
youth development organizations serving the county shall jointly 
determine the total number of members on the Community Board, which 
shall be not less than 5 nor more than 11 members.
    (c) Composition of Community Board.--
            (1) Appointment.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the Chief Executive Officer of a county and the 
                representative of the community-based youth development 
                organizations serving the county shall jointly appoint 
                the members of a Community Board for the county that is 
                established, rather than designated, under this Act.
                    (B) Counties with dominant subdivisions.--If any 
                political subdivision of a State is located totally or 
                partially within a county, and the population of the 
                subdivision is more than 40 percent of the total 
                population of the county, the Chief Executive Officer 
                of the subdivision, the Chief Executive Officer of the 
                county, and the representative of the community-based 
                youth development organizations serving the county 
                shall jointly appoint the members of the Community 
                Board for the county.
            (2) Involvement.--In each feasible case, a member of the 
        Community Board shall have involvement with youth and youth 
        development services.
            (3) Interests.--The Community Board shall, to the extent 
        practicable, be comprised of members whose interests in youth 
        and youth development reflect the interests of various segments 
        of the community.
            (4) Organizations.--In facilitating the establishment of, 
        or designating, the Community Board, the Chief Executive 
        Officer of the county and the representative of a community-
        based youth development organizations serving the county shall 
        consider the inclusion of representatives of community-based 
        youth development organizations, community-based youth-serving 
        organizations, law enforcement, local schools, local 
        businesses, community foundations or other philanthropic 
        organizations, the religious community, and parents and youth 
        participants in local youth programs.
            (5) Expertise.--
                    (A) In general.--At least 1 member of the Community 
                Board shall have demonstrated expertise in the design 
                and delivery of youth development services provided 
                through a community-based youth development 
                organization.
                    (B) Special rule for less populated counties.--In 
                the case of a county with a population of 100,000 or 
                less, if the Chief Executive Officer of the county 
                determines that, because of the absence of private 
                nonprofit youth development organizations, the county 
                cannot establish a Community Board meeting the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A), a representative of a 
                community-based youth-serving organization with the 
                expertise required under subparagraph (A) may be 
                selected to serve on the Community Board, and may 
                participate on the Community Board, on the same basis 
                as a representative of a community-based youth 
                development organization with such expertise.
    (d) Administration.--
            (1) Terms; officers; vacancies.--The Community Board shall 
        adopt, and shall include in the application described in 
        section 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), bylaws that include provisions 
        regarding the terms of office of members, the election of 
        officers, and the selection of members to fill vacancies, of 
        the Community Board.
            (2) Conflict of interest.--The bylaws of the Community 
        Board shall contain a conflict of interest provision that 
        requires any member of the Community Board who has a conflict 
        of interest regarding any matter before the Board to declare 
        the conflict and refrain from voting on the matter.
    (e) Fiscal Agent.--
            (1) Appointment of fiscal agent.--The Community Board shall 
        appoint a fiscal agent for the Board.
            (2) Duties.--The fiscal agent shall carry out such duties 
        as the Community Board may determine to be appropriate.
    (f) Duties of Community Board.--
            (1) Community strategic plan.--The Community Board shall 
        prepare and submit to the State (to ensure that the plan meets 
        the requirements of this Act), as part of the application 
        described in section 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), a community strategic plan 
        for youth development in the county involved, including--
                    (A) the results of a current (as of the date of the 
                submission) assessment of community needs and 
                resources;
                    (B) specific process objectives and outcome 
                objectives for youth development programs; and
                    (C) measures of program effectiveness that shall be 
                used to evaluate the progress of grant recipients in 
                achieving the objectives described in subparagraph (B).
            (2) Monitoring, evaluation, and technical assistance.--The 
        Community Board shall be responsible for establishing 
        monitoring and evaluation procedures, consistent with such 
        requirements as may be established by the Assistant Secretary, 
        to assess the progress of grant recipients in achieving the 
        process objectives and outcome objectives identified in the 
        community strategic plan. Community Boards shall also provide 
        technical assistance to applicants and grant recipients under 
        subsection (g).
            (3) Appeal.--A State may deny approval of the strategic 
        plan of a Community Board described in paragraph (1) only on 
        the basis that the plan does not meet the requirements of this 
        Act. In the event that the State denies approval of the 
        strategic plan, the Community Board may appeal the denial.
    (g) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--The Community Board shall award grants in 
        accordance with this subsection to pay for the Federal share of 
        carrying out youth development programs addressing the process 
        objectives, and the outcome objectives, established in the 
        community strategic plan described in subsection (f)(1).
            (2) Request for proposals.--The Community Board shall issue 
        a request for proposals, to apply for a grant under paragraph 
        (1). Such request shall specify the process objectives and 
        outcome objectives to be addressed by the applicant submitting 
        the proposal.
            (3) Eligible applicants.--In awarding grants under 
        paragraph (1), the Community Board shall take into account the 
        extent to which the program meets the objectives and goals of 
        the community strategic plan described in subsection (f)(1). In 
        the second and subsequent year in which grants are awarded, the 
        Community Board shall take into account the extent to which the 
        programs receiving funding were successful in meeting the 
        community process objectives and outcome objectives for youth 
        development programs.
            (4) Grant applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to 
        the Community Board at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Community Board reasonably 
        may require.
            (5) Funding period.--The Community Board may award a grant 
        for a period of up to 3 years. The Community Board may 
        terminate the funding made available through such grant during 
        such period if the program fails to comply with the 
        requirements of this Act, or if insufficient Federal funds are 
        appropriated under section 5(a) to permit the continuation of 
        funding for the full grant period of all such grants awarded by 
        the Community Board.
            (6) Renewals of grants.--The Community Board may renew 
        grants made under paragraph (1). After the initial grant 
        period, in determining whether to renew a grant to an entity to 
        carry out activities, the Community Board shall give 
        substantial weight to the effectiveness of the activities in 
        achieving process objectives and outcome objectives specified 
        in the community strategic plan described in subsection (f)(1).
            (7) Federal share requirement.--
                    (A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                of carrying out a youth development program described 
                in paragraph (1) shall be--
                            (i) 80 percent for the first year for which 
                        the program receives funding under this 
                        subsection;
                            (ii) 70 percent for the second such year;
                            (iii) 60 percent for the third such year; 
                        and
                            (iv) 50 percent for the fourth and any 
                        subsequent year.
                    (B) Non-federal share.--In providing for the 
                remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a 
                program, each recipient of assistance under this 
                subsection--
                            (i) shall provide for such share through 
                        non-Federal sources;
                            (ii) may provide for such share through a 
                        payment in cash; and
                            (iii) may provide for not more than 50 
                        percent of such share through a payment in 
                        kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
                        equipment, or services.
            (8) Continuation of programs.--The Community Board may 
        award under this subsection a grant for the continuation of any 
        program operated prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
        under any of the provisions of law referred to in section 9.
    (h) Annual Reports to Community Board.--To carry out a program, 
each grant recipient under subsection (g) shall, not later than 45 days 
after the end of each fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and 
submit to the Community Board an annual report on the program during 
the fiscal year, in such manner and containing such information as the 
Assistant Secretary may reasonably require to determine compliance with 
this Act.
    (i) Annual Report to State.--Each Community Board shall, not later 
than 75 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Community Board, 
prepare and submit to the State an annual report in such manner and 
containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably 
require to determine compliance with this Act. Such report shall 
contain, at a minimum, information on the programs and activities 
funded by the Community Board during the fiscal year under this section 
and the extent to which the programs achieved the process objectives 
and outcome objectives specified in the community strategic plan 
described in subsection (f)(1).
    (j) Planning, Administration, Coordination, Evaluation, and Fiscal 
Agent Expenses.--In addition to any initial planning funds provided 
under section 5(d)(2)(A), the Community Board may use up to 5 percent 
of the funds received under section 5(d)(2)(B) for planning, 
administration, coordination, and evaluation expenses, and expenses of 
the fiscal agent of the Community Board. A grant recipient under 
subsection (g) may use up to 10 percent of the funds received under the 
grant for planning, administration, and coordination, and may use up to 
an additional 5 percent of such funds for evaluation expenses.

SEC. 7. DUTIES OF THE STATE.

    (a) Designation of State Entity.--In order for entities within a 
State to be eligible to receive assistance under this Act, the Governor 
of the State shall establish an entity, or designate an existing 
entity, to administer and conduct the State activities described under 
this act.
    (b) Youth Development Input.--The Governor shall devise a mechanism 
to regularly receive input from youth development organizations, youth-
serving organizations, law enforcement, schools, and other interested 
parties to coordinate activities statewide and assess the effectiveness 
of programs funded under this Act.
    (c) Review of Community Youth Development Plans.--
            (1) In general.--Within 30 days of the submission by a 
        Community Board of an application under section 5(d)(2)(B)(ii), 
        the State shall either approve the application and distribute 
        to the Community Board its local allocation under section 5, or 
        notify the Community Board of the additional steps that the 
        Community Board shall take to bring the plan into compliance 
        with this Act.
            (2) Monitoring operations of community boards.--The State 
        shall have primary responsibility for ensuring that the 
        Community Boards operate in compliance with this Act.
            (3) Technical assistance to community boards.--The State 
        shall provide technical assistance related to the development 
        and implementation of community strategic plans described in 
        section 6(f)(1) to Community Boards that are applicants for, or 
        recipients of, local allocations under section 5(d).
    (d) Annual Report and Audit.--Each State shall, not later than 120 
days after the end of each fiscal year of the State, prepare and submit 
to the Assistant Secretary an annual report, together with the findings 
of an independent audit conducted concerning the program, in such 
manner and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may 
reasonably require to determine compliance with this Act. Such report 
shall contain, at a minimum, information on the programs and activities 
funded in the State during the fiscal year under this Act, and the 
extent to which the Community Boards in the State achieved the process 
objectives and outcome objectives specified in the community strategic 
plan described in section 6(f)(1).

SEC. 8. DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

    (a) Input From Youth Development Organizations.--The Assistant 
Secretary shall establish and implement a mechanism to regularly 
receive advice and input from a representative mix of youth development 
organizations, youth-serving organizations, educational agencies, law 
enforcement, and other interested parties to improve the effectiveness 
and increase coordination of Federal youth development activities, 
including the administration of this Act and regulations issued under 
this Act.
    (b) National Policy Goals and Strategic Plans.--
            (1) National policy goals.--After a review of annual 
        reports and audit findings developed under section 7(d), and 
        input from Community Boards and representatives of youth 
development organizations, the Assistant Secretary shall develop and 
issue national policy goals that reflect the process objectives and 
outcome objectives specified in such plans.
            (2) National strategic plan for youth development.--Based 
        on the national policy goals, the Assistant Secretary shall 
        develop a national strategic plan for youth development, 
        including specific process objectives and outcome objectives, 
        designed to achieve the national policy goals.
    (c) Monitoring and Evaluation.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
develop and establish a system for monitoring and evaluating the 
effectiveness of activities funded under this Act.
    (d) Coordination.--The Assistant Secretary shall consult with 
appropriate Federal agencies to ensure effective coordination of 
programs funded under this Act with other Federal programs serving 
youth and families.
    (e) Training and Technical Assistance.--The Assistant Secretary 
shall develop and establish a system for providing training and 
technical assistance to States and local communities to increase their 
capacity to provide quality youth development services.
    (f) Demonstration Programs.--The Assistant Secretary may provide 
financial assistance to appropriate entities to carry out time-limited, 
research-based youth development demonstration programs designed to 
improve the knowledge base of the youth development and youth 
prevention fields.
    (g) Report.--Every 2 years, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 
the President and the Congress a report describing the activities 
funded under this Act, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
activities in meeting the process objectives and outcome objectives 
described in subsection (b).

SEC. 9. REPEALS.

    (a) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.--The 
following provisions of law are repealed:
            (1) Subtitles A, B, D, J, and O of title III of the Violent 
        Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (relating to 
        crime prevention programs) (42 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.).
            (2) Chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code (relating to 
        the Local Partnership Act).
            (3) The amendments made by subtitle O of title III of the 
        Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (relating 
        to urban recreation and at-risk youth).
    (b) Department of Education Programs.--The following provisions of 
law are repealed:
            (1) Part D of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (relating to school dropout demonstration 
        assistance) (as amended by Public Law 103-382).
            (2) Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (relating to drug free schools and communities) (as 
        amended by Public Law 103-382).
    (c) Other Programs.--
            (1) Part B of title II of the Job Training Partnership Act 
        (relating to summer youth employment and training programs) (29 
        U.S.C. 1630 et seq.).
            (2) Section 517 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        290bb-23) (relating to grants for the prevention of alcohol and 
        drug abuse among high-risk youth).
            (3) Paragraph (3) of section 1707(b) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-6(b)(3)) (relating to community 
        coalition demonstration projects to support health and human 
        service needs for minority males).
            (4) Part D of title II of the Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5667 et seq.) 
        (relating to gang-free schools and communities).
            (5) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5667e et seq.) 
        (relating to mentoring).
            (6) Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
        Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) (relating to 
        local delinquency programs).
            (7) Section 408 of the Human Services Reauthorization Act 
        of 1986 (relating to demonstration partnership agreements) (42 
        U.S.C. 9910b).
            (8) Section 682 of the Community Services Block Grant Act 
        (relating to the National Youth Sports Program) (42 U.S.C. 
        9910c).
            (9) Chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle B of title III of the 
        Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11801 et seq.) (relating 
        to drug abuse prevention relating to youth gangs and runaway 
        and homeless youth).

SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) School Dropout Demonstrations.--The Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 103-382) is amended--
            (1) in section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302)--
                    (A) by striking subsection (d);
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
                (d); and
                    (C) by inserting subsection (d) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)) after subsection (c);
            (2) in section 1003(a) (20 U.S.C. 6303(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsections 
                (a), (c), and (d), of section 1002'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (a) and (c) of section 1002''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsections 
                (a), (c), and (d) of section 1002'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (a) and (c) of section 1002'';
            (3) in section 1112(b)(4)(B) (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(4)(B)), by 
        striking ``neglected or delinquent youth and youth at risk of 
        dropping out served under part D,'';
            (4) in section 1115(b)(2)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6315(b)(2)(C))--
                    (A) by striking clause (i); and
                    (B) by striking ``(C)'' and all that follows 
                through ``A child'' and inserting ``(C) A child'';
            (5) in section 1122(c) (20 U.S.C. 6332(c))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and without 
                regard to amounts available for delinquent children 
                under subpart 2 of part D'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and without 
                regard to amounts available for delinquent children 
                under subpart 2 of part D''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and without 
                regard to amounts available for delinquent children 
                under subpart 2 of part D'';
            (6) in section 1124(c)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(C)), by 
        striking ``, but not counted pursuant to subpart 1 of part D 
        for the purposes of a grant to a State agency'';
            (7) in subsections (a)(1) and (b) of section 1502 (20 
        U.S.C. 6492(a)(1) and (b)), by striking ``section 1002(g)(2)'' 
        and inserting ``section 1002(d)(2)'';
            (8) in section 1503(a) (20 U.S.C. 6493(a)), by striking 
        ``section 1002(g)(2)'' and inserting ``section 1002(d)(2)'';
            (9) in section 1603(c)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6513(c)(1)), by 
        striking ``subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 1002'' and 
        inserting ``subsections (a) and (c) of section 1002'';
            (10) in section 14302(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 8852(a)(2))--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F) 
                as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively; and
            (11) in section 14307(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 8857(a)(1))--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) 
                as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively.
    (b) Drug Free Schools and Communities.--
            (1) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as 
        amended by Public Law 103-382) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2209(b)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C. 
                6649(b)(1)(C))--
                            (i) by striking clause (ii); and
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii) through 
                        (vii) as clauses (ii) through (vi), 
                        respectively;
                    (B) in section 14101(10) (20 U.S.C. 8801(10))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                        subparagraph (E);
                    (C) in section 14201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 8821(a)(2)), 
                by striking ``subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) of 
                section 14101(10)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (C), 
                (D), and (E) of section 14101(10)'';
                    (D) in section 14307 (20 U.S.C. 8857)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(1)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (D) 
                                (as redesignated by subsection 
                                (a)(11)); and
                                    (II) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and 
                                (E), respectively; and
                            (ii) in subsection (b)(1)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (C); 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking subparagraphs (D) 
                                through (G) as subparagraphs (C) 
                                through (F), respectively; and
                    (E) in section 14503(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 8893(b)(1))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (E).
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 3521(d)(8) of the Anti-Drug 
        Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11841(d)(8)(A)) is amended by 
        striking ``consistent with the Drug-Free Schools and 
        Communities Act of 1986''.
    (c) Job Training Partnership Act.--The Job Training Partnership Act 
is amended--
            (1) in section 3(a) (29 U.S.C. 1502(a))--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by striking ``(a)'' and all that follows 
                through ``There are'' and inserting ``(a) There are'';
            (2) in section 4 (29 U.S.C. 1503(37))--
                    (A) in paragraph (37), by striking ``and followup 
                services authorized under section 253(d)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (39), by striking ``and followup 
                services authorized under section 253(d)'';
            (3) in section 202(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. 1602(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``section 3(a)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(a)'';
            (4) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2)(A) of section 202 (as 
        amended by section 701(c) of the Job Training Reform Amendments 
        of 1992 (Public Law 102-367; 106 Stat. 1103), by striking 
        ``section 3(a)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(a)'';
            (5) in section 262(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. 1642(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``section 3(a)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(a)'';
            (6) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2)(A) of section 262 (as 
        amended by section 701(f) of the Job Training Reform Amendments 
        of 1992 (Public Law 102-367; 106 Stat. 1107), by striking 
        ``section 3(a)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(a)''; and
            (7) in section 454(a) (29 U.S.C. 1734(a)), by striking ``, 
        B, and C'' and inserting ``and C''.
    (d) National Youth Sports Program.--Section 13 of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``public or private 
        nonprofit higher education institutions participating in the 
        National Youth Sports Program,,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by striking ``(c)'' and all that follows 
                through ``Payments'' and inserting ``(c) Payments''.

SEC. 11. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    (a) Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--The total of the amounts described in 
        paragraph (2) shall be transferred to the budget account for 
        this Act and made available to carry out this Act for fiscal 
        year 1996.
            (2) Total.--The total referred to in paragraph (1) is the 
        total of--
                    (A) the amounts (but not more than $500,000,000) 
                that have been made available for fiscal year 1995 or 
                1996 to carry out a provision of Federal law repealed 
                by section 9(a), and that have not been obligated by 
                the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) the amounts that have been made available for 
                fiscal year 1995 or 1996 to carry out a provision of 
                Federal law repealed by subsection (b) or (c) of 
                section 9, and that have not been obligated by the date 
                of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Return to Treasury.--After the transfer required by subsection 
(a) and the appropriation of any funds to carry out this Act for fiscal 
year 1996, if the amount in the budget account for this Act that is 
available for fiscal year 1996 exceeds $2,000,000,000, the excess shall 
be returned to the Treasury of the United States.
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