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