[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10873-H10874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ESTABLISHMENT OF 2,500 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS BEFORE 2000

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pending business is the question of 
suspending the rules and passing the bill, H.R. 1753, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum] that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1753, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended, and the bill, as amended, was 
passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the 
Senate bill (S. 476) to provide for the establishment of not less than 
2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities by the year 2000, and 
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                 S. 476

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

     SECTION 1. 2,500 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS BEFORE 2000.

       (a) In General.--Section 401(a) of the Economic Espionage 
     Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide 
     adequate resources in the form of seed money for the Boys and 
     Girls Clubs of America to establish 1,000 additional local 
     clubs where needed, with particular emphasis placed on 
     establishing clubs in public housing projects and distressed 
     areas, and to ensure that there are a total of not less than 
     2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation 
     not later than December 31, 1999.''.
       (b) Accelerated Grants.--Section 401 of the Economic 
     Espionage Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by 
     striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Establishment.--
       ``(1) In general.--For each of the fiscal years 1997, 1998, 
     1999, 2000, and 2001, the Director of the Bureau of Justice 
     Assistance of the Department of Justice shall make a grant to 
     the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the purpose of 
     establishing and extending Boys and Girls Clubs facilities 
     where needed, with particular emphasis placed on establishing 
     clubs in and extending services to public housing projects 
     and distressed areas.
       ``(2) Applications.--The Attorney General shall accept an 
     application for a grant under this subsection if submitted by 
     the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and approve or deny the 
     grant not later than 90 days after the date on which the 
     application is submitted, if the application--
       ``(A) includes a long-term strategy to establish 1,000 
     additional Boys and Girls Clubs and detailed summary of those 
     areas in which new facilities will be established, or in 
     which existing facilities will be expanded to serve 
     additional youths, during the next fiscal year;
       ``(B) includes a plan to ensure that there are a total of 
     not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America 
     facilities in operation before January 1, 2000;
       ``(C) certifies that there will be appropriate coordination 
     with those communities where clubs will be located; and
       ``(D) explains the manner in which new facilities will 
     operate without additional, direct Federal financial 
     assistance to the Boys and Girls Clubs once assistance under 
     this subsection is discontinued.''.
       (c) Role Model Grants.--Section 401 of the Economic 
     Espionage Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Role Model Grants.--Of amounts made available under 
     subsection (e) for any fiscal year--
       ``(1) not more than 5 percent may be used to provide a 
     grant to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for 
     administrative, travel, and other costs associated with a 
     national role-model speaking tour program; and
       ``(2) no amount may be used to compensate speakers other 
     than to reimburse speakers for reasonable travel and 
     accommodation costs associated with the program described in 
     paragraph (1).''.


                     Motion Offered By Mr. McCollum

  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. McCollum moves to strike out all after the enacting 
     clause of Senate 476 and insert in lieu thereof the 
     provisions of H.R. 1753, as passed by the House.

  The motion was agreed to.
  The Senate bill was ordered read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  A similar House bill (H.R. 1753) was laid on the table.

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