National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Amends the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 to: (1) rename the Police Athletic League the Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL); (2) reauthorize grants under the Act through 2010; (3) decrease the number of programs that PAL chapters receiving grant funds are required to create or expand from four to two; and (4) allow PAL chapters to use grants funds for programs to provide character development and leadership training.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2704 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2704

    To revise and extend the National Police Athletic League Youth 
                        Enrichment Act of 2000.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2006

 Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
 Kerry, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Menendez, 
 Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Lieberman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To revise and extend the National Police Athletic League Youth 
                        Enrichment Act of 2000.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Police Athletic League 
Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Section 2 of the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (G) 
                as subparagraphs (D) through (H), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) develop life enhancing character and 
                leadership skills in young people;'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``55-year'' and inserting 
        ``90-year'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``320 PAL chapters'' and inserting 
                ``350 PAL chapters''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1,500,000 youth'' and inserting 
                ``2,000,000 youth'';
            (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``82 percent'' and 
        inserting ``85 percent'';
            (5) in paragraph (5), in the second sentence, by striking 
        ``receive no'' and inserting ``rarely receive'';
            (6) in paragraph (6), by striking ``17 are at risk'' and 
        inserting ``18 are at risk''; and
            (7) in paragraph (7), by striking ``1999'' and inserting 
        ``2005''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    Section 3 of the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``320 established PAL chapters'' 
                and inserting ``342 established PAL chapters''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2006.'' and inserting 
        ``2010; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) support of an annual gathering of PAL chapters and 
        designated youth leaders from such chapters to participate in a 
        3-day conference that addresses national and local issues 
        impacting the youth of America and includes educational 
        sessions to advance character and leadership skills.''.

SEC. 4. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    Section 5 of the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2001 through 2005'' 
        and inserting ``2006 through 2010''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``not less than 
        570 PAL chapters in operation before January 1, 2004'' and 
        inserting ``not fewer than 500 PAL chapters in operation before 
        January 1, 2010''.

SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS.

    Section 6(a)(2) of the National Police Athletic League Youth 
Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``four'' and inserting ``two''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``two programs'' and inserting ``one program'';
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``or'';
                    (C) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' and 
                inserting ``or''; and
                    (D) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) character development and leadership 
                        training; and''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 8(a) of the National Police Athletic League Youth 
Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by striking 
``2001 through 2005'' and inserting ``2006 through 2010''.

SEC. 7. NAME OF LEAGUE.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 4(4) of the National Police Athletic 
League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended 
in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Athletic'' and inserting 
``Athletic/activities''.
    (b) Text.--The National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act 
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by striking ``Police Athletic 
League'' each place such term appears and inserting ``Police Athletic/
Activities League''.
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