[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4217 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4217

  To amend title 32, United States Code, to rename the National Guard 
  Challenge Program as the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, to 
increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State programs under 
  the National Youth Guard Challenge Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2004

 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
    Mr. John, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Case, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Green of 
   Wisconsin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Baker, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Walden of 
 Oregon, Mrs. Capito, Mr. McCrery, and Mr. Young of Alaska) 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 rename the National Guard 
  Challenge Program as the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, to 
increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State programs under 
  the National Youth 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) Maximum Federal Share of Costs of State Programs.--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 Youth 
Challenge Program may not exceed--
            ``(1) for fiscal year 2005, 65 percent of the costs of 
        operating the State program during that year;
            ``(2) for fiscal year 2006, 70 percent of the costs of 
        operating the State program during that year;
            ``(3) for fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year, 
        75 percent of the costs of operating the State program during 
        that year.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (b)(2) of such 
section is amended by striking ``in fiscal year 2001 or 2002 may not 
exceed $62,500,000'' and inserting ``in fiscal year 2005 may not exceed 
$82,593,200''.
    (c) Redesignation of Program.--Such section is further amended by 
striking ``National Guard Challenge Program'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``National Guard Youth Challenge Program''.
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