110 HR 1034 IH: To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under U.S. House of Representatives 2007-02-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1034 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 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.

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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.