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107th Congress

House Bill (H.R. 17)

Senate Bill (S. 1005)

House of Representatives

Bill Title: Younger Americans Act (YAA)

Purpose: To provide assistance to mobilize and support United States communities in carrying out youth development programs that assure that all youth have access to programs and services that build the competencies and character development needed to fully prepare the youth to become adults and effective citizens.

Introduced in the House: January 3, 2001 (H.R. 17)

House Sponsor: George Miller (D-CA),

Original Co-Sponsors Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Bob Clement (D-TN), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), and Jack Quinn (R-NY)

Committee Referral: Committee on Education and the Workforce

Additional Co-sponsors:

James E. Clyburn (D - SC) - 1/30/2001 Timothy V. Johnson (R - IL) - 5/1/2001
Martin Frost (D -TX) - 1/30/2001 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D - GA) - 5/1/2001
Patsy T. Mink (D - HI) - 1/30/2001 Julia Carson (D - IN) - 5/8/2001
Donald M. Payne (D - NJ) - 1/30/2001 John Elias Baldacci (D - ME) - 5/9/2001
Donna M. Christensen (D -VI) - 2/6/2001 Michael R. McNulty (D -NY) - 5/10/2001
Maurice D. Hinchey (D - NY) - 2/26/2001 Betty McCollum (D - MN) - 5/10/2001
Earl Blumenauer (D - OR) - 2/27/2001 Todd Russell Platts (R - PA) - 5/16/2001
Allen Boyd (D - FL) - 2/27/2001 Barney Frank (D - MA) - 5/23/2001
Peter A. DeFazio (D - OR) - 2/27/2001 John M. Spratt, Jr. (D - SC) - 6/5/2001
Patrick J. Kennedy (D - RI) - 2/27/2001 Loretta Sanchez (D - CA) - 6/12/2001
Gregory W. Meeks (D - NY) - 2/27/2001 Luis V.Gutierrez (D - IL) - 6/12/2001
Albert Russell Wynn (D - MD) - 2/27/2001 Tammy Baldwin (D -WI) - 6/19/2001
Eva M. Clayton (D - NC) - 3/6/2001 Nita M. Lowey (D - NY) - 6/26/2001
Robert E. Andrews (D - NJ) - 3/6/2001 Corrine Brown (D - FL) - 7/10/2001
David E. Bonior (D - MI) - 3/6/2001 Sheila Jackson-Lee (D - TX) - 7/10/2001
Anna G. Eshoo (D - CA) - 3/13/2001 Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) - 7/11/2001
James A. Leach (R - IA) - 3/13/2001 Major R. Owens (D-NY) - 7/11/2001
Steve C. LaTourette (R -OH) - 3/13/2001 Joe Baca (D - CA) - 7/12/2001
Mike McIntyre (D - NC) - 3/13/2001 Eleanor Holmes Norton (D - DC) - 7/16/2001
Hilda L. Solis (D - CA) - 3/19/2001 Maxine Waters (D - CA) - 7/18/2001
Constance A. Morella (R- MD) - 3/20/2001 Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D - NY) - 7/18/2001
Brad Carson (D - OK) - 3/22/2001 Neil Abercrombie (D - HI) - 7/23/2001
Eliot L. Engel (D - NY). - 3/27/2001 Thomas H. Allen (D - ME) - 7/24/2001
Howard L. Berman (D -CA). - 3/27/2001 Sherwood L. Boehlert (R - NY) - 7/27/2001
Sue W. Kelly (R-NY) - 3/29/2001 Bob Filner (D - CA) - 7/30/2001
Tom Osborne (R - NE) - 4/3/2001 Janice D. Schakowsky (D - IL) - 7/30/2001
Leonard L. Boswell (D - IA). - 4/3/2001 Susan A. Davis - (D - CA)- 9/5/2001
Henry A Waxman (D - CA) - 4/24/2001 William D. Delahunt - (D - MA) - 9/5/2001
Ray LaHood (R - IL) - 4/24/2001 Nancy Pelosi- (D - CA) - 9/5/2001
Rod R. Blagojevich (D - IL) - 4/24/2001 John F. Tierney - (D - MA) - 9/24/2001
Thomas E. Petri (R - WI) - 4/24/2001 Amo Houghton - (R - NY) - 9/24/2001
Harold Ford, Jr. (D - TN) - 4/24/2001 Grace F. Napolitano - (D - CA) - 9/25/2001
Nancy L. Johnson (R - CT) - 4/26/2001 Barbara Lee - (D - CA) - 10/3/2001

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr. (D -AL) - 5/1/2001

 Lois Capps - (D - CA) - 11/13/2001
  Bob Etheridge - (D- NC) - 1/23/2002
  Chaka Fattah - (D - PA) - 3/5/2002
  Phil Englishl - (D - PA) - 3/12/2002
  David E. Price - (D - NC) - 4/25/2002
  Bart Gordon - (D - TN) - 4/25/2002
  Cyntia A. McKinney - (D - GA) - 5/21/2002
  Tony P. Hall - (D - OH) - 7/23/2002


Total Co-sponsors: 79

Full Text of H.R. 17

H.R. 17 ---SUMMARY AS OF: 1/3/2001--Introduced.

(As it appears in THOMAS, the legislative internet record from the Library of Congress)

Younger Americans Act - Sets forth a national youth policy to assure that all youth have access to the full array of core resources, including: (1) ongoing relationships with caring adults; (2) safe places with structured activities in which to grow and learn; (3) services that promote healthy lifestyles, including those designed to improve physical and mental health; (4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills and competencies; and (5) opportunities for community service and civic participation.

Establishes in the Executive Office of the President: (1) the Office of National Youth Policy ; (2) a Director of the Office; and (3) the Council on National Youth Policy within the Office.

Directs the Associate Commissioner of the Family and Youth Services Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services to make block grant allotments to States for State and community programs for youth to assure access to the five core resources listed in the national youth policy. Provides for reservations of funds for Native American organizations, outlying areas, and Federal discretionary programs to respond to needs of youth in correctional and other out-of-home settings, high poverty areas, rural areas, and other high-risk situations.

Sets forth requirements for State agencies, planning and mobilization areas, distribution of funds for State activities and local allocations, community boards and area agencies on youth, area plans, grants and contracts to eligible entities, and youth development program activities.

Authorizes awarding of grants and contracts to eligible entities for specified evaluation, education and training, research, and dissemination activities.

Directs the Associate Commissioner to: (1) develop and establish systems for evaluating activities under this Act, and for providing education and training of personnel of States, area agencies, and community boards to work with youth; and (2) conduct an independent biennial evaluation of the impact of programs assisted under this Act and other initiatives to promote positive youth development.

Senate

Bill Title: Younger Americans Act (YAA)

Purpose: To provide assistance to mobilize and support United States communities in carrying out community-based youth development programs that assure that all youth have access to programs and services that build the competencies and character development needed to fully prepare the youth to become adults and effective citizens.

Introduced in the Senate: June 7, 2001 (S. 1005)

Senate Sponsor: James Jeffords (I - VT)

Original Co-Sponsors: Max Cleland (D - GA), Christopher J. Dodd (D - CT), Edward M. Kennedy (D - MA), Ted Stevens (R - AK)

Additional Co-sponsors:

Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) - 7/16/2001
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) - 6/7/2002
Patty Murray (D-WA) - 6/5/2002
Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA) - 6/19/2002

Committee Referral: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Full Text of S. 1005

 

   
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