text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``National Police Athletic League 
  Youth Enrichment Act of 1999''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress makes the following findings:
              (1) The goals of the Police Athletic League are to--
                      (A) increase the academic success of youth 
                  participants in PAL programs;
                      (B) promote a safe, healthy environment for youth 
                  under the supervision of law enforcement personnel 
                  where mutual trust and respect can be built;
                      (C) increase school attendance by providing 
                  alternatives to suspensions and expulsions;
                      (D) reduce the juvenile crime rate in participating 
                  designated communities and the number of police calls 
                  involving juveniles during nonschool hours;
                      (E) provide youths with alternatives to drugs, 
                  alcohol, tobacco, and gang activity;
                      (F) create positive communications and interaction 
                  between youth and law enforcement personnel; and
                      (G) prepare youth for the workplace.
              (2) The Police Athletic League, during its 55-year history 
          as a national organization, has proven to be a positive force 
          in the communities it serves.
              (3) The Police Athletic League is a network of 1,700 
          facilities serving over 3,000 communities. There are 320 PAL 
          chapters throughout the United States, the Virgin Islands, and 
          the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, serving 1,500,000 youths, ages 
          5 to 18, nationwide.
              (4) Based on PAL chapter demographics, approximately 82 
          percent of the youths who benefit from PAL programs live in 
          inner cities and urban areas.
              (5) PAL chapters are locally operated, volunteer-driven 
          organizations. Although most PAL chapters are sponsored by a 
          law enforcement agency, PAL chapters receive no direct funding 
          from law enforcement agencies and are dependent in large part 
          on support from the private sector, such as individuals, 
          business leaders, corporations, and foundations. PAL chapters 
          have been exceptionally successful in balancing public funds 
          with private sector donations and maximizing community 
          involvement.
              (6) Today's youth face far greater risks than did their 
          parents and grandparents. Law enforcement statistics 
          demonstrate that youth between the ages of 12 and 17 are at 
          risk of committing violent acts and being victims of violent 
          acts between the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
              (7) Greater numbers of students are dropping out of school 
          and failing in school, even though the consequences of academic 
          failure are more dire in 1999 than ever before.
              (8) Many distressed areas in the United States are still 
          underserved by PAL chapters.
  
  SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
  
      The purpose of this Act is to provide adequate resources in the 
  form of--
              (1) assistance for the 320 established PAL chapters to 
          increase of services to the communities they are serving; and
              (2) seed money for the establishment of 250 (50 per year 
          over a 5-year period) additional local PAL chapters in public 
          housing projects and other distressed areas, including 
          distressed areas with a majority population of Native 
          Americans, by not later than fiscal year 2005.
  
  SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Assistant attorney general.--The term ``Assistant 
          Attorney General'' means the Assistant Attorney General for the 
          Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice.
              (2) Distressed area.--The term ``distressed area'' means an 
          urban, suburban, or rural area with a high percentage of high-
          risk youth, as defined in section 509A of the Public Health 
          Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-8(f)).
              (3) PAL chapter.--The term ``PAL chapter'' means a chapter 
          of a Police or Sheriff's Athletic/Activities League.
              (4) Police athletic league.--The term ``Police Athletic 
          League'' means the private, nonprofit, national representative 
          organization for 320 Police or Sheriff's Athletic/Activities 
          Leagues throughout the United States (including the Virgin 
          Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico).
              (5) Public housing; project.--The terms ``public housing'' 
          and ``project'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
          3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
          1437a(b)).
  
  SEC. 5. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
  
      (a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 
  and 2004, the Assistant Attorney General shall award a grant to the 
  Police Athletic League for the purpose of establishing PAL chapters to 
  serve public housing projects and other distressed areas, and expanding 
  existing PAL chapters to serve additional youths.
      (b) Application.--
              (1) Submission.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant 
          under this section, the Police Athletic League shall submit to 
          the Assistant Attorney General an application, which shall 
          include--
                      (A) a long-term strategy to establish 250 
                  additional PAL chapters and detailed summary of those 
                  areas in which new PAL chapters will be established, or 
                  in which existing chapters will be expanded to serve 
                  additional youths, during the next fiscal year;
                      (B) a plan to ensure that there are a total of not 
                  less than 570 PAL chapters in operation before January 
                  1, 2003;
                      (C) a certification that there will be appropriate 
                  coordination with those communities where new PAL 
                  chapters will be located; and
                      (D) an explanation of the manner in which new PAL 
                  chapters will operate without additional, direct 
                  Federal financial assistance once assistance under this 
                  Act is discontinued.
              (2) Review.--The Assistant Attorney General shall review 
          and take action on an application submitted under paragraph (1) 
          not later than 120 days after the date of such submission.
  
  SEC. 6. USE OF FUNDS.
  
      (a) In General.--
              (1) Assistance for new and expanded chapters.--Amounts made 
          available under a grant awarded under this Act shall be used by 
          the Police Athletic League to provide funding for the 
          establishment of PAL chapters serving public housing projects 
          and other distressed areas, or the expansion of existing PAL 
          chapters.
              (2) Program requirements.--Each new or expanded PAL chapter 
          assisted under paragraph (1) shall carry out not less than 4 
          programs during nonschool hours, of which--
                      (A) not less than 2 programs shall provide--
                              (i) mentoring assistance;
                              (ii) academic assistance;
                              (iii) recreational and athletic activities; 
                          or
                              (iv) technology training; and
                      (B) any remaining programs shall provide--
                              (i) drug, alcohol, and gang prevention 
                          activities;
                              (ii) health and nutrition counseling;
                              (iii) cultural and social programs;
                              (iv) conflict resolution training, anger 
                          management, and peer pressure training;
                              (v) job skill preparation activities; or
                              (vi) Youth Police Athletic League 
                          Conferences or Youth Forums.
      (b) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out the programs under 
  subsection (a), a PAL chapter shall, to the maximum extent 
  practicable--
              (1) use volunteers from businesses, academic communities, 
          social organizations, and law enforcement organizations to 
          serve as mentors or to assist in other ways;
              (2) ensure that youth in the local community participate in 
          designing the after-school activities;
              (3) develop creative methods of conducting outreach to 
          youth in the community;
              (4) request donations of computer equipment and other 
          materials and equipment; and
              (5) work with State and local park and recreation agencies 
          so that activities funded with amounts made available under a 
          grant under this Act will not duplicate activities funded from 
          other sources in the community served.
  
  SEC. 7. REPORTS.
  
      (a) Report to Assistant Attorney General.--For each fiscal year for 
  which a grant is awarded under this Act, the Police Athletic League 
  shall submit to the Assistant Attorney General a report on the use of 
  amounts made available under the grant.
      (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than May 1 of each fiscal year 
  for which amounts are made available to carry out this Act, the 
  Assistant Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
  Judiciary of the Senate a report that details the progress made under 
  this Act in establishing and expanding PAL chapters in public housing 
  projects and other distressed areas, and the effectiveness of the PAL 
  programs in reducing drug abuse, school dropouts, and juvenile crime.
  
  SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
  out this Act $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
      (b) Funding for Program Administration.--Of the amount made 
  available to carry out this Act in each fiscal year--
              (1) not less than 2 percent shall be used for research and 
          evaluation of the grant program under this Act;
              (2) not less than 1 percent shall be used for technical 
          assistance related to the use of amounts made available under 
          grants awarded under this Act; and
              (3) not less than 1 percent shall be used for the 
          management and administration of the grant program under this 
          Act, except that the total amount made available under this 
          paragraph for administration of that program shall not exceed 6 
          percent.
  
  SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
target: National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 1999 - Directs the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, for each of FY 2000 through 2004, to award a grant to the Police Athletic League (PAL) for the purposes of establishing PAL chapters to serve public housing projects and other distressed areas and expanding existing chapters to serve additional youths. 
  Requires PAL, in order to be eligible to receive a grant, to submit to the Assistant Attorney General an application which shall include: (1) a long-term strategy to establish 250 additional chapters and a detailed summary of those areas in which new chapters will be established, or in which existing chapters will be expanded to serve additional youths, during the next fiscal year; (2) a plan to ensure that there are a total of not less than 570 chapters in operation before January 1, 2003; (3) a certification that there will be appropriate coordination with those communities where new chapters will be located; and (4) an explanation of the manner in which new chapters will operate without additional, direct Federal financial assistance once assistance under this Act is discontinued.  Directs the Assistant Attorney General to review, and take action on, an application within 120 days after the date of submission. 
  (Sec. 6) Directs that amounts made available under a grant awarded under this Act be used by the PAL to provide funding for the establishment of PAL chapters serving public housing projects and other distressed areas, or the expansion of existing PAL chapters. Requires that each new or expanded PAL chapter assisted carry out not less than four programs during non-school hours, of which: (1) not less than two programs shall provide mentoring assistance, academic assistance, recreational and athletic activities, or technology training; and (2) any remaining programs shall provide drug, alcohol, and gang prevention activities; health and nutrition counseling; cultural and social programs; conflict resolution training, anger management, and peer pressure training; job skill preparation activities; or Youth Police Athletic League Conferences or Youth Forums. 
  (Sec. 7) Sets forth reporting requirements. 
  (Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.  Sets aside specified percentages of grant sums for research and evaluation, technical assistance, and management and administration.
feat_title: National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 1999