National Guard Youth Challenge Enhancement Act

National Guard Youth Challenge Enhancement Act - Amends the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (a training program to improve life skills and employment potential of civilian youth participants) to increase the authorized Department of Defense (DOD) share of expenses to 100% of operating costs for the first three years of a state program of the Program.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4843 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4843

 To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to cover a larger share of expenses under the National Guard 
Youth Challenge Program in the case of a State program during its first 
                       three years of operation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2010

  Mr. Minnick (for himself and Mr. Simpson) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to cover a larger share of expenses under the National Guard 
Youth Challenge Program in the case of a State program during its first 
                       three years of operation.

    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 Guard Youth Challenge 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SHARE OF EXPENSES FOR NEW 
              STATE PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Increased Share Authorized.--Section 509(d) of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for the first three fiscal 
years during which a State program of the Program is in operation, the 
amount of assistance provided by the Secretary of Defense to the State 
program may not exceed 100 percent of the costs of operating the State 
program.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2010.
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