[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S6461]
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               NATIONAL 4-H PROGRAM CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Agriculture Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 
657, and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 657) to authorize funding for the National 4-H 
     Program Centennial Initiative.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, Senators Harkin and Lugar have an 
amendment at the desk. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be 
agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table without any intervening 
action, and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 806) was agreed to, as follows:

(Purpose: To modify the funding for the National 4-H Program Centennial 
                              Initiative)

       Beginning on page 2, strike line 14 and all that follows 
     through page 3, line 22, and insert the following:
       (b) Grant.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may provide a 
     grant to the National 4-H Council to pay the Federal share of 
     the cost of--
       (A) conducting a program of discussions through meetings, 
     seminars, and listening sessions on the National, State, and 
     local levels regarding strategies for youth development; and
       (B) preparing a report that--
       (i) summarizes and analyzes the discussions;
       (ii) makes specific recommendations of strategies for youth 
     development; and
       (iii) proposes a plan of action for carrying out those 
     strategies.
       (2) Cost sharing.--
       (A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
     program under paragraph (1) shall be 50 percent.
       (B) Form of non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
     the cost of the program under paragraph (1) may be paid in 
     the form of cash or the provision of services, material, or 
     other in-kind contributions.
       (3) Amount.--The grant made under this subsection shall not 
     exceed $5,000,000.
       (c) Report.--The National 4-H Council shall submit any 
     report prepared under subsection (b) to the President, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
       (d) Funding.--The Secretary may fund the grant authorized 
     by this section from--
       (1) funds made available under subsection (e); and
       (2) notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of section 793 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (7 U.S.C. 2204f), funds from the Account established under 
     section 793(a) of that Act.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000.

  The bill (S. 657), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 657

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

     SECTION 1. NATIONAL 4-H PROGRAM CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the 4-H Program is 1 of the largest youth development 
     organizations operating in each of the 50 States and over 
     3,000 counties;
       (2) the 4-H Program is promoted by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture through the Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service and land-grant colleges and 
     universities;
       (3) the 4-H Program is supported by public and private 
     resources, including the National 4-H Council; and
       (4) in celebration of the centennial of the 4-H Program in 
     2002, the National 4-H Council has proposed a public-private 
     partnership to develop new strategies for youth development 
     for the next century in light of an increasingly global and 
     technology-oriented economy and ever-changing demands and 
     challenges facing youth in widely diverse communities.
       (b) Grant.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may provide a 
     grant to the National 4-H Council to pay the Federal share of 
     the cost of--
       (A) conducting a program of discussions through meetings, 
     seminars, and listening sessions on the National, State, and 
     local levels regarding strategies for youth development; and
       (B) preparing a report that--
       (i) summarizes and analyzes the discussions;
       (ii) makes specific recommendations of strategies for youth 
     development; and
       (iii) proposes a plan of action for carrying out those 
     strategies.
       (2) Cost sharing.--
       (A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
     program under paragraph (1) shall be 50 percent.
       (B) Form of non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
     the cost of the program under paragraph (1) may be paid in 
     the form of cash or the provision of services, material, or 
     other in-kind contributions.
       (3) Amount.--The grant made under this subsection shall not 
     exceed $5,000,000.
       (c) Report.--The National 4-H Council shall submit any 
     report prepared under subsection (b) to the President, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
       (d) Funding.--The Secretary may fund the grant authorized 
     by this section from--
       (1) funds made available under subsection (e); and
       (2) notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of section 793 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (7 U.S.C. 2204f), funds from the Account established under 
     section 793(a) of that Act.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000.

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