[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2061 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2061

   To establish a crime prevention and computer education initiative.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2000

Mr. Biden (for himself and Mr. Specter) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a crime prevention and computer education initiative.

    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 ``Kids 2000 Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) There is an increasing epidemic of juvenile crime 
        throughout the United States.
            (2) It is well documented that the majority of juvenile 
        crimes take place during after-school hours.
            (3) Knowledge of technology is becoming increasingly 
        necessary for children in school and out of school.
            (4) The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have 2,300 clubs 
        throughout all 50 States, serving over 3,000,000 boys and girls 
        primarily from at-risk communities.
            (5) The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have the physical 
        structures in place for immediate implementation of an after-
        school technology program.
            (6) Building technology centers and providing integrated 
        content and full-time staffing at those centers in the Boys and 
        Girls Clubs of America nationwide will help foster education, 
        job training, and an alternative to crime for at-risk youth.
            (7) Partnerships between the public sector and the private 
        sector are an effective way of providing after-school 
        technology programs in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
            (8) PowerUp: Bridging the Digital Divide is an entity 
        comprised of more than a dozen nonprofit organizations, major 
        corporations, and Federal agencies that have joined together to 
        launch a major new initiative to help ensure that America's 
        underserved young people acquire the skills, experiences, and 
        resources they need to succeed in the digital age.
            (9) Bringing PowerUp into the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
        America will be an effective way to ensure that our youth have 
        a safe, crime-free environment in which to learn the 
        technological skills they need to close the divide between 
        young people who have access to computer-based information and 
        technology-related skills and those who do not.

SEC. 3. AFTER-SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY GRANTS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF 
              AMERICA.

    (a) Purposes.--The Attorney General shall make grants to the Boys 
and Girls Clubs of America for the purpose of funding effective after-
school technology programs, such as PowerUp, in order to provide--
            (1) constructive technology-focussed activities that are 
        part of a comprehensive program to provide access to technology 
        and technology training to youth during after-school hours, 
        weekends, and school vacations;
            (2) supervised activities in safe environments for youth; 
        and
            (3) full-time staffing with teachers, tutors, and other 
        qualified personnel.
    (b) Subawards.--The Boys and Girls Clubs of America shall make 
subawards to local boys and girls clubs authorizing expenditures 
associated with providing technology programs such as PowerUp, 
including the hiring of teachers and other personnel, procurement of 
goods and services, including computer equipment, or such other 
purposes as are approved by the Attorney General.

SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant under 
this Act, an applicant for a subaward (specified in section 3(b)) shall 
submit an application to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, in such 
form and containing such information as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require.
    (b) Application Requirements.--Each application submitted in 
accordance with subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) a request for a subgrant to be used for the purposes of 
        this Act;
            (2) a description of the communities to be served by the 
        grant, including the nature of juvenile crime, violence, and 
        drug use in the communities;
            (3) written assurances that Federal funds received under 
        this Act will be used to supplement and not supplant, non-
        Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities 
        funded under this Act;
            (4) written assurances that all activities funded under 
        this Act will be supervised by qualified adults;
            (5) a plan for assuring that program activities will take 
        place in a secure environment that is free of crime and drugs;
            (6) a plan outlining the utilization of content-based 
        programs such as PowerUp, and the provision of trained adult 
        personnel to supervise the after-school technology training; 
        and
            (7) any additional statistical or financial information 
        that the Boys and Girls Clubs of America may reasonably 
        require.

SEC. 5. GRANT AWARDS.

    In awarding subgrants under this Act, the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America shall consider--
            (1) the ability of the applicant to provide the intended 
        services;
            (2) the history and establishment of the applicant in 
        providing youth activities; and
            (3) the extent to which services will be provided in crime-
        prone areas and technologically underserved populations, and 
        efforts to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of the 
        grant awards.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2006 to carry out 
this Act.
    (b) Source of Funds.--Funds to carry out this Act may be derived 
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
    (c) Continued Availability.--Amounts made available under this 
section shall remain available until expended.
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