[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 7004 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7004

 To amend the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to create the 
White House Office of National Youth Policy to ensure the coordination 
    and effectiveness of services to youth, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2008

 Mr. Yarmuth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to create the 
White House Office of National Youth Policy to ensure the coordination 
    and effectiveness of services to youth, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Youth Coordination Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF THE TOM OSBORNE FEDERAL YOUTH COORDINATION ACT.

    Title VIII of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 is amended 
to read as follows:

       ``TITLE VIII--WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY

``SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This title may be cited as the `Federal Youth Coordination Act of 
2008'.

``SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title the following definitions apply:
            ``(1) The term `Director' means the Director of the White 
        House Office of National Youth Policy.
            ``(2) The term `disadvantaged youth' means youth whom the 
        Director determines--
                    ``(A) are economically disadvantaged;
                    ``(B) are not in school and do not have a high 
                school diploma or equivalent, or are at risk of leaving 
                high school without a high school diploma or 
                equivalent;
                    ``(C) were previously or are currently in, or are 
                exiting out of, foster care;
                    ``(D) have limited English proficiency;
                    ``(E) are homeless or have run away from home;
                    ``(F) are juvenile offenders or are at risk of 
                delinquency;
                    ``(G) have a mental or physical disability;
                    ``(H) are the child of an incarcerated parent; or
                    ``(I) possess a characteristic the Director 
                determines to be indicative of disadvantage.
            ``(3) The term `diversity' includes socioeconomic, racial, 
        age, and geographic diversity.
            ``(4) The term `nongovernmental entities' means private 
        organizations with experience or expertise in issues related to 
        positive youth development, particularly with respect to 
        disadvantaged youth, such as a foundation, corporation, 
        educational institution, or nonprofit organization, including a 
        faith-based nonprofit organization, with such experience or 
        expertise.
            ``(5) The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(6) The term `State Youth Advisory Board' means an 
        association of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, within 
        State government, such as a youth council, that advises elected 
        officials with respect to the effective development and 
        implementation of youth services and assists the National Youth 
        Advisory Board described in section 807 to solicit the views 
        and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, 
        with respect to youth services.
            ``(7) The term `State Youth Services Coordinating Entity' 
        means an interagency coordinating organization within State 
        government, such as a children's cabinet or children's council, 
        that develops and implements a comprehensive plan to improve 
        outcomes for youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with 
        contents similar to those of the National Youth Strategy 
        described in section 805, and coordinates youth services in the 
        State, and may be composed of the State's chief executive, the 
        heads of the State's departments and agencies responsible for 
        youth services, and private parties, including youth.
            ``(8) The term `youth' means individuals younger than 24 
        years of age and individuals older than 24 years of age if the 
        Director determines the individuals older than 24 years of age 
        to be at risk of not achieving productive adulthood.
            ``(9) The term `youth services' means programs, resources, 
        supports, and opportunities determined by the Director to be 
        intended to improve outcomes for youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth.

``SEC. 803. WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.

    ``(a) Establishment of Office.--There is established in the 
Executive Office of the President the White House Office of National 
Youth Policy (hereinafter referred to in this title as the `Office'), 
which shall--
            ``(1) develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee the 
        implementation of, and evaluate the National Youth Strategy to 
        maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services;
            ``(2) review and make recommendations with respect to the 
        budgets for Federal youth services to ensure the adequacy of 
        those budgets;
            ``(3) coordinate the youth services provided by Federal 
        departments and agencies and coordinate Federal interagency 
        youth services;
            ``(4) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts 
        among, and support State, local, and tribal governments, 
        nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged 
        youth, with respect to improving youth services; and
            ``(5) make grants and provide training and technical 
        assistance under section 808 to States to support State Youth 
        Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards.
    ``(b) Director.--There shall be a Director who shall head the 
Office and who shall hold the same rank and status as the head of an 
executive department listed in section 101 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    ``(c) Access by Congress.--The location of the Office in the 
Executive Office of the President shall not be construed as affecting 
access by Congress, or any committee of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate, to any--
            ``(1) information, document, or study in the possession of, 
        or conducted by or at the direction of, the Director; or
            ``(2) personnel of the Office.
    ``(d) Office Gift Fund.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury 
        of the United States a fund for the receipt of gifts, both real 
        and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
        work of the Office.
            ``(2) Contributions.--The Office may accept, hold, and 
        administer contributions to the Fund.
            ``(3) Use of amounts deposited.--Amounts deposited in the 
        Fund are authorized to be appropriated, to remain available 
        until expended, for authorized purposes at the discretion of 
        the Director.

``SEC. 804. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

    ``(a) Appointment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall appoint the 
        Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
        Director shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
            ``(2) Prohibitions.--
                    ``(A) Other positions.--No person shall serve as 
                Director while serving in any other position in the 
                Federal Government or while employed in a full-time 
                position outside of the Federal Government.
                    ``(B) Political campaigning.--The Director may not 
                participate in election campaign activities, except 
                that the Director is not prohibited by this 
                subparagraph from making contributions to individual 
                candidates.
    ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Director shall--
            ``(1) assist the President to establish policies, goals, 
        objectives, and priorities with respect to youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth, and to maximize the efficiency and 
        effectiveness of youth services;
            ``(2) work with Federal departments and agencies providing 
        youth services to strengthen the coordination of youth services 
        in order to maximize the access of youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth, to youth services, strengthen the impact 
        of youth services, and meet the comprehensive needs of youth, 
        particularly disadvantaged youth;
            ``(3) coordinate and oversee the development, coordination, 
        implementation, and evaluation of the National Youth Strategy;
            ``(4) promulgate the National Youth Strategy, ensuring its 
        wide availability to government officials and the public;
            ``(5) make such recommendations to the President as the 
        Director determines are appropriate with respect to the 
        organization, management, and budgets of Federal departments 
        and agencies providing youth services, including changes in the 
        allocation of personnel to and within those departments and 
        agencies to implement the policies, goals, objectives, and 
        priorities established under paragraph (1) and the National 
        Youth Strategy;
            ``(6) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts 
        among, and support State, local, and tribal governments, 
        nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged 
        youth, with respect to improving youth services;
            ``(7) appear before duly constituted committees and 
        subcommittees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate 
        to represent the policies of the President related to youth and 
        serve as the spokesperson of the President, if the President 
        determines it appropriate, on issues related to youth, 
        particularly disadvantaged youth, and the National Youth 
        Strategy;
            ``(8) submit an annual report to Congress detailing how the 
        Director has consulted and coordinated with the National Youth 
        Development Council described in section 806, the National 
        Youth Advisory Board, State, local, and tribal governments, 
        nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged 
        youth; and
            ``(9) ensure the Office meets each of its responsibilities 
        under this title.
    ``(c) Budget Review and Recommendations.--
            ``(1) Review of budget requests.--Each department or agency 
        of the Federal Government providing youth services shall 
        transmit each year to the Director a copy of the proposed 
        budget request of that department or agency with respect to 
        youth services at a time not later than that department or 
        agency's submitting of such budget request to the Office of 
        Management and Budget for preparation of the budget of the 
        President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
        31, United States Code. The proposed budget request shall be 
        transmitted to the Director in such form as the Director, in 
        consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, 
        determines appropriate.
            ``(2) Recommendations with respect to budget requests.--
        After the receipt of proposed budget requests pursuant to 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall provide budget 
        recommendations with respect to Federal youth services to the 
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget and to the 
        President at a time that allows such recommendations to be 
        incorporated into the budget of the President submitted to 
        Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
        The recommendations shall address funding priorities developed 
        in the National Youth Strategy and shall address future fiscal 
        projections as determined by the Director.
    ``(d) Powers of the Director.--In carrying out this title, the 
Director may--
            ``(1) select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of 
        such officers and employees of the Office as may be necessary 
        to carry out the functions of the Office under this title;
            ``(2) request the head of a department or agency of the 
        Federal Government to place department or agency personnel who 
        are engaged in activities with respect to youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth, on temporary detail to another department 
        or agency in order to implement the National Youth Strategy, 
        and the head of such department or agency shall comply with 
        such request;
            ``(3) use for administrative purposes, on a reimbursable 
        basis, the available services, equipment, personnel, and 
        facilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal departments and 
        agencies;
            ``(4) procure the services of experts and consultants in 
        accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
        relating to appointments in the Federal Service, at rates of 
        compensation for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent 
        of the rate of pay payable under level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5311 of title 5, United States Code;
            ``(5) accept and use gifts and donations of property from 
        Federal, State, local, and tribal government departments and 
        agencies, and from nongovernmental entities, as authorized in 
        section 803 of this title;
            ``(6) use the mails in the same manner as any other 
        department or agency of the executive branch; and
            ``(7) monitor implementation of the National Youth 
        Strategy, including--
                    ``(A) conducting program and performance audits and 
                evaluations; and
                    ``(B) requesting assistance from the Inspector 
                General of the relevant department or agency in such 
                audits and evaluations.
    ``(e) Personnel Detailed to the Office.--
            ``(1) Evaluations.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
        chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, the Director shall 
        perform the evaluation of the performance of any employee 
        detailed to the Office for the purposes of the applicable 
        performance appraisal system established under such chapter for 
        any rating period, or part thereof, that such employee is 
        detailed to the Office.
            ``(2) Compensation.--
                    ``(A) Bonus payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Director may provide periodic 
                bonus payments to any employee detailed to the Office.
                    ``(B) Restrictions.--An amount paid under this 
                paragraph to an employee for any period--
                            ``(i) shall not be greater than 20 percent 
                        of the basic pay paid or payable to such 
                        employee for such period; and
                            ``(ii) shall be in addition to the basic 
                        pay of such employee.
            ``(3) Aggregate amount.--The aggregate amount paid during 
        any fiscal year to an employee detailed to the Office as basic 
        pay, awards, bonuses, and other compensation shall not exceed 
        the annual rate payable at the end of such fiscal year for 
        positions at level III of the Executive Schedule under section 
        5311 of title 5, United States Code.

``SEC. 805. NATIONAL YOUTH STRATEGY.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than February 1 of each year, the 
Director shall submit to the President and Congress and make available 
to the public a National Youth Strategy (hereinafter referred to in 
this title as the `Strategy') that shall set forth a comprehensive plan 
for that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United States, 
particularly disadvantaged youth.
    ``(b) Process.--In preparing the Strategy, the Director shall 
actively consult and work in coordination with the following:
            ``(1) The heads of all Federal departments and agencies 
        that provide youth services.
            ``(2) The National Youth Development Council.
            ``(3) The National Youth Advisory Board.
            ``(4) Existing Federal interagency efforts related to youth 
        services, such as the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and 
        Family Statistics, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice 
        and Delinquency Prevention, the Federal Mentoring Council, and 
        the Shared Youth Vision.
            ``(5) State, local, and tribal governments, including State 
        Youth Services Coordinating Entities.
            ``(6) Nongovernmental entities.
            ``(7) Youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.
    ``(c) Contents.--The Director shall ensure the Strategy meets the 
following requirements:
            ``(1) Goals and performance measures.--The Strategy shall 
        contain comprehensive, research-based goals and quantifiable 
        performance measures with respect to youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth, that shall serve as targets for the year 
        with respect to which the Strategy applies.
            ``(2) Accountability for past performance measures.--The 
        Strategy shall contain a report on Federal effectiveness with 
        respect to meeting those performance measures set by the 
        Strategy for the preceding year, including an evaluation of 
        whether or not such performance measures were met and the 
        reasons therefore, including--
                    ``(A) the extent of coordination between Federal 
                departments and agencies providing youth services;
                    ``(B) the extent to which the objectives and 
                budgets of Federal departments and agencies providing 
                youth services were consistent with the recommendations 
                of the Strategy for the preceding year; and
                    ``(C) the efficiency and adequacy of Federal 
                programs and policies with respect to youth services.
            ``(3) Reporting on and identifying gaps in youth 
        services.--The Strategy shall contain a report on and identify 
        gaps in--
                    ``(A) the educational, social, emotional, physical, 
                vocational, and civic development of youth, 
                disaggregated by age, race, gender, geographic 
                distribution, population density, socioeconomic status, 
                and other target populations determined necessary for 
                inclusion by the Director;
                    ``(B) the quality and quantity of youth services 
                for the educational, social, emotional, physical, 
                vocational, and civic development of youth, 
                disaggregated by age, race, gender, geographic 
                distribution, population density, socioeconomic status, 
                and other target populations determined necessary for 
                inclusion by the Director; and
                    ``(C) the size and allocation of Federal resources 
                devoted to supporting the educational, social, 
                emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development 
                of youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, 
                geographic distribution, population density, 
                socioeconomic status, and other target populations 
                determined necessary for inclusion by the Director.
            ``(4) Coordination efforts.--The Strategy shall contain a 
        report on Federal efforts to consult, coordinate with, 
        facilitate joint efforts among, and support State, local, and 
        tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, 
        particularly disadvantaged youth, including an evaluation of 
        the effectiveness of those efforts.
            ``(5) Guidance.--The Strategy shall contain research-based 
        guidance for assessing and improving the quality of youth 
        services that is responsive to gaps identified in youth 
        services.
            ``(6) Youth views and perspectives.--The Strategy shall 
        contain the views and perspectives of youth, particularly 
        disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services as prepared 
        by the National Youth Advisory Board in consultation with State 
        Youth Advisory Boards and similar local organizations.
            ``(7) Strategic plan.--The Strategy shall contain a plan to 
        achieve the goals and performance measures set for the year 
        with respect to which the Strategy applies, including the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Program and budget priorities necessary to 
                achieve the performance measures.
                    ``(B) Recommendations for improved Federal 
                interagency coordination, such as shared grant 
                application processes, grantee reporting requirements, 
                training and technical assistance efforts, definitions, 
                recipient eligibility requirements, research, 
                evaluation efforts, and data collection, and 
                recommendations for legislative changes necessary to 
                achieve such interagency coordination and to facilitate 
                the delivery of a comprehensive array of youth 
                services.
                    ``(C) Recommendations for improved coordination 
                between the Federal Government and State, local, and 
                tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and 
                youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.
                    ``(D) A strategic research, innovation, and 
                demonstration agenda to guide the use of Federal 
                research spending with respect to youth, particularly 
                disadvantaged youth.
            ``(8) Additional reports.--The Strategy shall contain 
        additional reports the Director determines necessary, such as 
        reports on the social and economic costs of youth's unmet 
        potential, international comparisons of youth services and 
        outcomes, or the status of the workforce providing youth 
        services and the extent to which such workforce is strong, 
        stable, and supported.

``SEC. 806. COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.

    ``(a) Federal Department and Agency Cooperation.--Each department 
or agency of the Federal Government providing youth services shall--
            ``(1) cooperate with the efforts of the Director under this 
        title;
            ``(2) provide such assistance, statistics, studies, 
        reports, information, and advice as the Director may request, 
        to the extent permitted by law;
            ``(3) adjust department or agency staff job descriptions 
        and performance measures to support collaboration and 
        implementation of the Strategy; and
            ``(4) assign department or agency liaisons to the Office to 
        oversee and implement interagency coordination.
    ``(b) Interagency Alignment.--The Director, in collaboration with 
the heads of Federal departments and agencies providing youth services, 
shall strengthen the coordination of Federal youth services in order to 
maximize the access of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, to 
youth services, strengthen the impact of youth services, and meet the 
comprehensive needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, by, 
where appropriate--
            ``(1) facilitating the development of shared grant 
        application processes;
            ``(2) offering joint training and technical assistance 
        efforts;
            ``(3) improving opportunities for youth to maintain 
        services as they transition from systems of care;
            ``(4) aligning--
                    ``(A) grantee reporting requirements;
                    ``(B) definitions;
                    ``(C) eligibility requirements;
                    ``(D) research;
                    ``(E) evaluation efforts; and
                    ``(F) data collection;
            ``(5) making recommendations with respect to the 
        legislative changes necessary to achieve the interagency 
        alignment and coordination necessary to facilitate the delivery 
        of a comprehensive array of youth services; and
            ``(6) taking other steps necessary to improve collaboration 
        between Federal departments and agencies providing youth 
        services.
    ``(c) Joint Funding and Coordination.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director, in consultation with the 
        heads of Federal departments and agencies, may oversee the 
        development and administration of initiatives involving 
        multiple Federal departments and agencies, including 
        initiatives that involve the integration of funding from 
        different Federal departments and agencies to the extent 
        permitted by law.
            ``(2) Administration of funds.--With respect to an 
        initiative that involves the integration of funding from 
        different Federal departments and agencies, the Federal 
        department or agency principally involved in such an 
        initiative, as determined by the Director, may be designated by 
        the Director to act for all involved departments or agencies in 
        administering funds for the initiative.
            ``(3) Nongovernmental entities.--Initiatives developed 
        under this subsection may involve nongovernmental entities.
    ``(d) National Youth Development Council.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is established within the 
        Office the National Youth Development Council (hereinafter 
        referred to in this title as the `Council').
            ``(2) Members and terms.--The members of the Council shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) the President;
                    ``(B) the Director;
                    ``(C) the Attorney General;
                    ``(D) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    ``(E) the Secretary of Labor;
                    ``(F) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
                    ``(G) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development;
                    ``(H) the Secretary of Education;
                    ``(I) the Secretary of the Interior;
                    ``(J) the Secretary of Commerce;
                    ``(K) the Secretary of Defense;
                    ``(L) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
                    ``(M) the Secretary of State;
                    ``(N) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    ``(O) the Director of the Office of National Drug 
                Control Policy;
                    ``(P) the Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget;
                    ``(Q) the Chief Executive Officer of the 
                Corporation for National and Community Service;
                    ``(R) the Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy;
                    ``(S) the Director of the USA Freedom Corps;
                    ``(T) the Director of the Office of Faith-based and 
                Community initiatives;
                    ``(U) the Chairman of the National Endowment for 
                the Arts;
                    ``(V) the Chairman of the National Endowment for 
                the Humanities;
                    ``(W) the Director of the Institute of Museum and 
                Library Services;
                    ``(X) the co-chairs of the National Youth Advisory 
                Board;
                    ``(Y) other Federal officials as directed by the 
                President; and
                    ``(Z) not fewer than seven individuals chosen by 
                the President, in consultation with the Director, of 
                whom not fewer than five shall be from nongovernmental 
                entities and not fewer than two shall be from State 
                Youth Services Coordinating Entities.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Council shall be 
        the President.
            ``(4) Designees.--Members of the Council may select a 
        designee to perform duties under this subsection, but it is the 
        sense of Congress that such members should refrain from doing 
        so whenever possible.
            ``(5) Meetings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The full membership of the 
                Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but 
                at least once each year. The Chairperson may call 
                additional meetings composed of less than the full 
                membership of the Council as needed.
                    ``(B) First meeting.--The first meeting of the 
                Council shall be not more than four months after the 
                date of the enactment of this title.
                    ``(C) Inclusion of state youth services 
                coordinating entities.--At least one meeting of the 
                Council each year shall be opened to the participation 
                of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities.
                    ``(D) Inclusion of the national youth advisory 
                board.--At least one meeting of the Council each year 
                shall be opened to the participation of members of the 
                National Youth Advisory Board.
            ``(6) Responsibilities.--The Council shall--
                    ``(A) assist the Director to coordinate the youth 
                services provided by Federal departments and agencies 
                and to coordinate Federal interagency youth services;
                    ``(B) assist the Director in the development, 
                coordination, implementation, evaluation, and 
                promulgation of the Strategy;
                    ``(C) assist the Director in soliciting and 
                documenting ongoing input and recommendations with 
                respect to youth services and youth outcomes, 
                particularly disadvantaged youth outcomes, from State, 
                local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental 
                entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth; 
                and
                    ``(D) ensure that members of the Council oversee 
                the implementation of those sections of the Strategy 
                for which each such member's department or agency is 
                responsible, as determined by the Director, and to 
                report to the Director on such implementation and the 
                results thereof.
            ``(7) Compensation and travel and transportation 
        expenses.--
                    ``(A) No compensation for service on council.--Each 
                member of the Council who is not an officer or employee 
                of the United States shall not receive pay by reason of 
                the member's service on the Council, and shall not be 
                considered an officer or employee of the United States 
                by reason of such service. Each member of the Council 
                who is an officer or employee of the United States 
                shall serve without compensation in addition to that 
                received for the member's service as an officer or 
                employee of the United States.
                    ``(B) Travel and transportation expenses.--Each 
                member of the Council may be allowed travel or 
                transportation expenses in accordance with section 5703 
                of title 5, United States Code, while away from the 
                member's home or regular place of business in 
                performance of services for the Council.

``SEC. 807. NATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Office the 
National Youth Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to in this title as 
the `Board').
    ``(b) Members and Terms.--
            ``(1) In general.--The membership of the Board shall be 
        composed of an even number of youth, the minimum number of whom 
        shall be 12. Except as provided in paragraph (3), each member 
        shall serve a two-year term. No member shall serve more than 
        three terms.
            ``(2) Selection process for the initial membership of the 
        board.--The Director shall design an application and selection 
        process to fill the initial membership of the Board. Political 
        affiliation or views may not be taken into account in such 
        application and selection process and relatives of elected 
        officials shall not be eligible for membership. When making 
        selections for membership, the Director shall give priority to 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Individuals who are 14 to 24 years of age 
                with current or previous service in a State or local 
                entity with duties similar to the Board.
                    ``(B) Disadvantaged youth.
                    ``(C) Youth whose selection enables the Board to 
                reflect the diversity of the country.
            ``(3) Selection process for membership of the board 
        following the initial membership.--The initial membership of 
        the Board shall design an application and selection process to 
        fill the membership of the Board for those terms following the 
        term of the initial membership. Such application and selection 
        process shall ensure that Board members select the membership 
        that will follow that Board membership's term and, 
        notwithstanding the two-year term requirement in paragraph (1), 
        such application process shall ensure that not more than half 
        of the terms of Board members expire in a given year.
            ``(4) Chairperson.--The initial membership of the Board 
        shall elect two members as co-chairs of the Board. Co-chairs 
        shall serve a term of one year and the Board shall elect new 
        co-chairs as vacancies arise.
    ``(c) Meetings.--The Board shall meet in person not fewer than four 
times each year. The Director shall request senior Federal Government 
officials to attend each of the four meetings, including requesting 
that the Council attend one of the four meetings. The co-chairs of the 
Board may call additional meetings online and by telephone as 
determined necessary by the co-chairs.
    ``(d) Duties.--The Board shall--
            ``(1) advise the President, the heads of Federal 
        departments and agencies providing youth services, and other 
        senior Federal Government officials on proposed and pending 
        legislation, budget expenditures, and other policy matters with 
        respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth;
            ``(2) work in partnership with State Youth Advisory Boards 
        and similar local organizations to solicit the views and 
        perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with 
        respect to youth services;
            ``(3) prepare a section of the Strategy outlining the views 
        and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, 
        with respect to youth services; and
            ``(4) provide the Director evaluations of the staff support 
        and training and technical assistance the Board has received.
    ``(e) Procedures.--The membership of the Board shall, in 
consultation with the Director, determine the procedures of the Board.
    ``(f) Staff Support and Training and Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director shall make available, 
        directly or through the funding of eligible organizations, the 
        staff support and training and technical assistance necessary 
        for the Board to fulfill the duties of the Board under this 
        title.
            ``(2) Eligible organization described.--An eligible 
        organization under this subsection is a nonprofit organization 
        that has demonstrated, as determined by the Director, special 
        expertise and broad national experience in supporting State 
        Youth Advisory Boards and other similar organizations.
    ``(g) Mentoring Opportunities.--Prior to the first meeting of the 
Board and biennially thereafter, the Speaker and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of 
the Senate shall each name one Member of Congress, from among those who 
have volunteered, to be available as a mentor for the Board and such 
Member of Congress shall be available to the Board as a mentor for a 
term of two years.
    ``(h) Travel and Transportation Expenses.--Each member of the Board 
and, if the Director determines it is appropriate in consideration of 
the member's age or other circumstances, a parent, legal guardian, or 
care giver of that member may be allowed travel or transportation 
expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from the member's home or regular place of business in 
performance of services for the Board.

``SEC. 808. SUPPORT OF STATE YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATING ENTITIES AND 
              STATE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARDS.

    ``(a) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for such purposes, the Director shall make 
        grants on a competitive basis to States for the creation and 
        support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State 
        Youth Advisory Boards.
            ``(2) Applications.--Applications for grants under this 
        section shall be submitted at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Director requires, but an 
        application shall include at least the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the State's existing or 
                proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
                existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board, 
                including a description of--
                            ``(i) the leadership and staffing of such 
                        State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
                        such State Youth Advisory Board;
                            ``(ii) the extent to which the chief 
                        executive of the State and the heads of State 
                        departments and agencies responsible for youth 
                        services participate in such State Youth 
                        Services Coordinating Entity and such State 
                        Youth Advisory Board;
                            ``(iii) the State decisionmaking authority 
                        and other responsibilities assigned to such 
                        State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
                        such State Youth Advisory Board; and
                            ``(iv) the diversity of the members of such 
                        State Youth Advisory Board and the steps taken 
                        to ensure active participation by disadvantaged 
                        youth.
                    ``(B) A description of the State's intent to 
                develop and implement a comprehensive plan to improve 
                outcomes for youth in the State, particularly 
                disadvantaged youth, with contents similar to those of 
                the Strategy and what role the existing or proposed 
                State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the 
                existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board will 
                play in that development and implementation.
            ``(3) Grant priorities.--When making grants, the Director 
        shall give priority to States based on demonstration of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) An existing State Youth Services Coordinating 
                Entity and an existing State Youth Advisory Board.
                    ``(B) The leadership of the chief executive of the 
                State and the heads of State departments and agencies 
                responsible for providing youth services in the 
                existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating 
                Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth 
                Advisory Board.
                    ``(C) The inclusion of nongovernmental entities in 
                the work of the existing or proposed State Youth 
                Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or 
                proposed State Youth Advisory Board.
                    ``(D) The inclusion of youth, particularly 
                disadvantaged youth, in the work of the existing or 
                proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
                the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.
                    ``(E) Dedicated staff support for the existing or 
                proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and 
                the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.
                    ``(F) The existing or proposed State Youth Services 
                Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State 
                Youth Advisory Board work in partnership.
                    ``(G) A plan to work with localities to support 
                local youth services coordinating entities and local 
                youth advisory boards.
    ``(b) Training and Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for such purposes, the Director shall make 
        available, directly or through the funding of eligible 
        organizations, training and technical assistance to States for 
        the support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 
        State Youth Advisory Boards.
            ``(2) Eligible organization described.--An eligible 
        organization under this subsection is a nonprofit organization 
        that has demonstrated, as determined by the Director, special 
        expertise and broad national experience in supporting State 
        Youth Services Coordinating Entities or State Youth Advisory 
        Boards.
            ``(3) Use of funds by an eligible organization.--An 
        eligible organization receiving funding under this subsection 
        shall--
                    ``(A) develop and provide to States methods for 
                fostering innovation in the coordination of youth 
                services in such States;
                    ``(B) develop and provide to States methods to 
                ensure the inclusion of the views and perspectives of 
                youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, in the making 
                of policy;
                    ``(C) facilitate opportunities for existing State 
                Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth 
                Advisory Boards to share promising practices with other 
                State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State 
                Youth Advisory Boards and with States wishing to 
                establish State Youth Services Coordinating Entities 
                and State Youth Advisory Boards through technology, 
                conferences, meetings, and State-to-State mentoring 
                initiatives;
                    ``(D) develop and provide to States methods for 
                developing a comprehensive plan to improve outcomes for 
                youth in the State, particularly disadvantaged youth, 
                with contents similar to those of the Strategy; or
                    ``(E) provide other training and technical 
                assistance required by the Director.
            ``(4) Travel and transportation expenses.--Members and 
        leadership of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 
        State Youth Advisory Boards may be allowed travel or 
        transportation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of 
        title 5, United States Code, while away from the members or 
        leadership's home or regular place of business for the 
        provision or receipt of training and technical assistance.

``SEC. 809. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, 
to remain available until expended.
    ``(b) Distribution of Appropriations.--Of amounts appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) not more than $10,000,000 is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this title other than section 808; 
        and
            ``(2) not more than $1,000,000 is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out training and technical assistance 
        under section 808.
    ``(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that in no 
case should less than 10 percent of the total amounts appropriated to 
carry out this title for a fiscal year be appropriated to carry out the 
grant program under section 808.''.

SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The item relating to title VIII, including the subitems relating to 
the sections of such title, in the table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 is amended to read as 
follows:

       ``TITLE VIII--WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY

``Sec. 801. Short title.
``Sec. 802. Definitions.
``Sec. 803. White House Office of National Youth Policy.
``Sec. 804. Appointment and duties of the Director.
``Sec. 805. National Youth Strategy.
``Sec. 806. Coordination with Federal departments and agencies.
``Sec. 807. National Youth Advisory Board.
``Sec. 808. Support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and 
                            State Youth Advisory Boards.
``Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations.''.
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