[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H.R. 3030 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3030

 To amend the Community Service Block Grant Act to provide for quality 
                             improvements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 2003

 Mr. Osborne (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Castle, Mr. Upton, and Mr. 
  Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Community Service Block Grant Act to provide for quality 
                             improvements.

    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 ``Improving the Community Services 
Block Grant Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT ACT AMENDMENTS.

     The Community Service Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 note) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In section 672--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``neighborhood-based'' and 
                        inserting ``community-based''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``the support of strong 
                        and healthy families'' after ``low-income 
                        communities,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end ``in order to promote self-
                sufficiency''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(E)(i) by striking 
                ``neighborhood'' and inserting ``community''.
            (2) Section 673(1)(A)(i) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) that meets the criteria of section 
                        210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, or 
                        under the provisions described in section 676A 
                        (including an organization serving migrant or 
                        seasonal farmworkers that is so described or 
                        designated); and''.
            (3) In section 674(a) by striking ``1999 through 2003'' and 
        inserting ``2004 through 2009''.
            (4) In section 675C--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``Beginning on October 1, 2000, a'' and inserting 
                ``A''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)(F), by striking 
                ``neighborhood-based'' and inserting ``community-
                based''.
            (5) In section 676(b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Beginning with fiscal year 2000, 
                to'' and inserting ``To'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by adding the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) initiatives to improve economic conditions 
                and mobilize new resources in rural areas to eliminate 
                obstacles to the self-sufficiency of families and 
                individuals in rural communities;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``youth 
                development programs that support'' and inserting 
                ``youth development programs, which may include 
                mentoring programs that support'';
                    (D) in paragraph (2) by striking ``community and 
                neighborhood-based'' and inserting ``community-based'';
                    (E) by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:
            ``(8) an assurance that, beginning in fiscal year 2005, the 
        State will give priority to an entity that received funding on 
        the date of enactment of this Act that fulfills the grantee 
        determined goals in section 678E(b). If no entity in a 
        community is entitled to such a priority then the State may 
        designate an entity from among qualified applicants in such a 
        community;'';
                    (F) by adding the following new paragraph (and 
                redesignating the subsequent paragraphs accordingly):
            ``(9) an assurance that the lowest performing of existing 
        grantees, as determined by the State, will be replaced with 
        other eligible entities;'';
                    (G) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated by this 
                Act) by striking ``and community organizations'' and 
                inserting ``and community-based organizations''; and
                    (H) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated by this 
                Act) by striking ``community organization'' and 
                inserting ``community-based organization''.
            (6) In section 676(c)(2) by striking ``plan, or'' and all 
        that follows through the final period and inserting ``plan, to 
        meet a State requirement, as described in section 678C(a), or 
        to meet the grantee determined goals as described in 
        678E(b).''.
            (7) In section 678A(a)(1)(A) by inserting ``and 
        dissemination regarding best practices'' after ``training,''.
            (8) In section 678C(a) by striking ``(including performance 
        objectives)''.
            (9) In section 678C(b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Secretary shall'' in the second 
                sentence and inserting ``Secretary may''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Chairperson of the Committee on 
                Education'' and all that follows through ``Human 
                Resources of the Senate'' and inserting ``appropriate 
                Congressional committees''.
            (10) In section 678E--
                    (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as (c); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (a), the 
                following new subsection:
    ``(b) Local Grantee Accountability and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Grantee determined goals.--In order to be designated 
        as an eligible entity and to receive a grant under this 
        subtitle, a grantee shall establish grantee determined goals 
        for reducing poverty in the community, including goals for--
                    ``(A) leveraging community resources;
                    ``(B) fostering coordination of Federal, State, 
                local, private, and other assistance; and
                    ``(C) promoting community involvement.
            ``(2) Demonstration that goals were met.--In order to 
        receive a grant subsequent to the initial grant provided 
        following the date of enactment of this subtitle, the grantee 
        shall demonstrate to the State that it has met the goals 
        described in paragraph (1).''.
            (11) In section 678E(c) (as so redesignated by this Act)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``beginning after 
                September 30, 1999''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``Committee on 
                Education'' and all that follows through ``Human 
                Resources of the Senate'' and inserting ``appropriate 
                Congressional committees''.
            (12) In section 680(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting before the 
                final period the following ``, including water and 
                wastewater facility needs''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ``neighborhood-
                based'' and inserting ``community-based''.
            (13) In section 680(c) by striking ``Chairperson of the 
        Committee on Education'' and all that follows through ``Human 
        Resources of the Senate'' and inserting ``appropriate 
        Congressional committees''.
            (14) In section 681--
                    (A) in subsection (c) by striking ``Committee on 
                Education'' and all that follows through ``Human 
                Resources of the Senate'' and inserting ``appropriate 
                Congressional committees''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d) by striking ``1999 through 
                2003'' and inserting ``2004 through 2009''.
            (15) In section 682--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(5)--
                            (i) by inserting ``to improve academic 
                        achievement'' after ``study practices''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``the well-being of 
                        youth,'' and inserting ``the well-being of 
                        youth (which may be accomplished through 
                        mentoring),''
                    (B) in subsection (g) by striking ``1999 through 
                2003'' and inserting ``2004 through 2009''.
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