Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2850 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

  Mr. Huizenga (for himself and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Sports Facilities Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. YOUTH SPORTS FACILITY ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 201 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``youth sports,'' 
        after ``public service,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``or youth sports 
        facilities'' after ``facilities''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) address and mitigate the mental and physical health 
        impacts of sedentary lifestyles and obesity on the health of a 
        community by improving access to recreational space, including 
        by developing youth sports facilities serving the community;
            ``(10) benefit highly rural communities without adequate 
        tax revenues to invest in active lifestyle infrastructure;
            ``(11) primarily serve children who--
                    ``(A) are from low-income families in rural or 
                underserved communities;
                    ``(B) lack access to indoor or outdoor facilities 
                for covered physical education and sports activities; 
                and
                    ``(C) live or attend school in communities with 
                high rates of opioid use disorders or community 
                violence;
            ``(12) support youth sports and recreation to spur economic 
        development, with a focus on urban and rural communities 
        lacking facilities; or
            ``(13) promote job creation through youth sports facilities 
        and adjacent businesses that support such facilities.''.
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