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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2850 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with |
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| 6 | 6 | | respect to the eligibility of youth sports facilities for certain grants, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | UIZENGA(for himself and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period |
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| 14 | 14 | | to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee |
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| 16 | 16 | | concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Public Works and Economic Development |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act of 1965 with respect to the eligibility of youth sports |
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| 20 | 20 | | facilities for certain grants, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Sports Facilities 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. YOUTH SPORTS FACILITY ELIGIBILITY. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 201 of the Public Works and Economic De-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | velopment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141) is amended— 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘youth 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sports,’’ after ‘‘public service,’’; 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | youth sports facilities’’ after ‘‘facilities’’; and 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) in subsection (c)— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the end; 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(9) address and mitigate the mental and phys-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ical health impacts of sedentary lifestyles and obe-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | sity on the health of a community by improving ac-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cess to recreational space, including by developing 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | youth sports facilities serving the community; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(10) benefit highly rural communities without 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | adequate tax revenues to invest in active lifestyle in-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | frastructure; 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(11) primarily serve children who— 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(A) are from low-income families in rural 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or underserved communities; 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(B) lack access to indoor or outdoor fa-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | cilities for covered physical education and 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | sports activities; and 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(C) live or attend school in communities 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | with high rates of opioid use disorders or com-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | munity violence; 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(12) support youth sports and recreation to 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | spur economic development, with a focus on urban 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and rural communities lacking facilities; or 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(13) promote job creation through youth 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | sports facilities and adjacent businesses that support 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | such facilities.’’. 12 |
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