[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4595 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4595

  To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the matching funds 
 requirements for States participating in the National Guard Challenge 
                    Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2002

Mr. Baker (for himself and Mr. Schrock) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the matching funds 
 requirements for States participating in the National Guard Challenge 
                    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. NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

    (a) Matching Funds Requirements.--Subsection (d) of section 509 of 
title 32, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Matching Funds Required.--The amount of assistance provided 
under this section to a State program of the National Guard Challenge 
Program for a fiscal year may not exceed 75 percent of the costs of 
operating the State program during that fiscal year.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Defense to carry out the National 
Guard Challenge Program $143,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.
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