[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1034 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1034

  To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, 
United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by other 
Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements of the 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2007

     Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
 Etheridge, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Pastor, 
  Mr. Melancon, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Spratt) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, 
United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by other 
Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements of the 
                                Program.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS UNDER THE NATIONAL 
              GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

    (a) 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) Department of Defense Share of State Program Costs.--The 
amount of assistance provided under this section to a State program of 
the Program for a fiscal year using funds appropriated directly to the 
Secretary of Defense may not exceed 60 percent of the costs of 
operating the State program during that year. However, nondefense funds 
made available or transferred to the Secretary of Defense by other 
Federal agencies to support the Program or provided directly by other 
Federal agencies in support of the Program shall not be subject to the 
matching-funds requirement imposed by the preceding sentence.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For fiscal year 2008, there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
$97,527,200 to carry out the National Guard Youth Challenge Program 
under section 509 of title 32, United States Code.
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