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        S.657

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
To authorize funding for the National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL 4-H PROGRAM CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) the 4-H Program is 1 of the largest youth development 
    organizations operating in each of the 50 States and over 3,000 
    counties;
        (2) the 4-H Program is promoted by the Secretary of Agriculture 
    through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
    Service and land-grant colleges and universities;
        (3) the 4-H Program is supported by public and private 
    resources, including the National 4-H Council; and
        (4) in celebration of the centennial of the 4-H Program in 
    2002, the National 4-H Council has proposed a public-private 
    partnership to develop new strategies for youth development for the 
    next century in light of an increasingly global and technology-
    oriented economy and ever-changing demands and challenges facing 
    youth in widely diverse communities.
    (b) Grant.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may provide a 
    grant to the National 4-H Council to pay the Federal share of the 
    cost of--
            (A) conducting a program of discussions through meetings, 
        seminars, and listening sessions on the National, State, and 
        local levels regarding strategies for youth development; and
            (B) preparing a report that--
                (i) summarizes and analyzes the discussions;
                (ii) makes specific recommendations of strategies for 
            youth development; and
                (iii) proposes a plan of action for carrying out those 
            strategies.
        (2) Cost sharing.--
            (A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
        program under paragraph (1) shall be 50 percent.
            (B) Form of non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
        the cost of the program under paragraph (1) may be paid in the 
        form of cash or the provision of services, material, or other 
        in-kind contributions.
        (3) Amount.--The grant made under this subsection shall not 
    exceed $5,000,000.
    (c) Report.--The National 4-H Council shall submit any report 
prepared under subsection (b) to the President, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate.
    (d) Funding.--The Secretary may fund the grant authorized by this 
section from--
        (1) funds made available under subsection (e); and
        (2) notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of section 793 of 
    the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
    U.S.C. 2204f), funds from the Account established under section 
    793(a) of that Act.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.