SEC-520 -- PUBLIC HOUSING YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. 

 
 (a) Youth Sports Program Grants.-From amounts provided for public and
assisted housing drug elimination grants under section 5130(a) of the
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may make grants to qualified entities under subsection (b)
to carry out youth sports programs in projects of public housing
agencies with substantial drug problems.
 
 (b) Entities Qualified To Receive Grants.-Grants under this section may
be made only to-
 
 (1) States;
 
 (2) units of general local government;
 
 (3) local park and recreation districts and agencies;
 
 (4) public housing agencies;
 
 (5) nonprofit organizations providing youth sports services programs;
 
 (6) Indian tribes; and
 
 (7) Indian housing authorities.
 
 (c) Use of Grants.-
 
 (1) Public housing sites with substantial drug problems.-Grants under
this section shall be used for youth sports programs only with respect
to public housing sites that the Secretary determines have a substantial
problem regarding the use or sale of illegal drugs.
 
 (2) Youth sports program eligibility.-To be eligible to receive
assistance from a grant under this section, a youth sports program shall
be designed and organized as follows:
 
 (A) The sports program shall serve primarily youths from the public
housing project in which the program assisted by the grant is operated.
 
 (B) The sports program shall provide positive sports activities or
positive cultural, recreational, or other activities, designed to appeal
to youths as alternatives to the drug environment in the public housing
project.
 
 (C) The sports program shall be operated as, in conjunction with, or
in furtherance of, an organized program or plan designed to eliminate
drugs and drug-related problems in the public housing project or
projects within the public housing agency.
 
 (d) Eligible Activities.-Any qualified entity that receives a grant
under this section may use amounts from the grant to assist in carrying
out a youth sports program in any of the following manners:
 
 (1) Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of community centers,
parks, or playgrounds.
 
 (2) Redesigning or modifying public spaces in public housing projects
to provide increased utilization of the areas by youth sports programs.
 
 (3) Provision of public services, including salaries and expenses for
staff of youth sports programs, cultural activities, educational
programs relating to drug abuse, and sports and recreation equipment.
 
 (e) Grant Amount Limitations.-
 
 (1) Matching amount.-The Secretary may not make a grant to any
qualified entity that applies for a grant under subsection (f) unless
the applicant entity certifies to the Secretary, as the Secretary shall
require, that the applicant will supplement the amount provided by the
grant with an amount of funds from non-Federal sources equal to or
greater than 50 percent of the amount provided by the grant.
 
 (2) Non-federal funds.-For purposes of this subsection, the term
"funds from non-Federal sources" includes funds from States, units of
general local governments, or agencies of such governments, Indian
tribes, private contributions, any salary paid to staff to carry out the
youth sports program of the recipient, the value of the time and
services contributed by volunteers to carry out the program of the
recipient at a rate determined by the Secretary, the value of any
donated material, equipment, or building, and the value of any lease on
a building.
 
 (3) Prohibition of substitution of funds.-Neither amounts received from
grants under this section nor any State or local government funds used
to supplement such amounts may be used to replace other public funds
previously used, or designated for use, for the purposes under this Act.
 
 (4) Maximum annual grant amount.-For any single fiscal year, the
Secretary may not award grants under this section for carrying out a
youth sports program with respect to any single public housing project
in an amount exceeding $125,000.
 
 (f) Applications.-To be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
a qualified entity under subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary
an application as the Secretary may require, which shall include the
following:
 
 (1) A description of the organization of the youth sports program.
 
 (2) A description of the nature of services provided by the youth
sports program.
 
 (3) An estimate of the number of youth involved.
 
 (4) A description of the extent of involvement of local sports
organizations or sports figures.
 
 (5) A description of the facilities used.
 
 (6) A description of plans to continue the youth sports program in the
future.
 
 (7) A statement regarding the extent to which the youth sports program
meets the criteria for selection under subsection (g).
 
 (8) A description of the planned schedule and activities of the youth
sports program and the financial and other resources committed to each
activity and service of the program.
 
 (9) A budget describing the share of the costs of the youth sports
program provided by the grant under this section and other sources of
funds, including funds required under subsection (e)(1).
 
 (10) Any other information that the Secretary may require.
 
 (g) Selection Criteria.-The Secretary shall select qualified entities
that have applied under subsection (f) to receive grants under this
section pursuant to a competition based on the following criteria:
 
 (1) The extent to which the youth sports program to be assisted with
the grant addresses the particular needs of the area to be served by the
program and employs methods, approaches, or ideas in the design or
implementation of the program particularly suited to fulfilling such
needs (whether such methods are conventional or unique and innovative).
 
 (2) The technical merit of the application of the qualified entity.
 
 (3) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the personnel
and staff of the sports program who are critical to achieving the
objectives of the program as described in the application.
 
 (4) The capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques of the
applicant for carrying out the youth sports program and achieving the
objectives of the program as described in the application and the
potential of the applicant for continuing the youth sports program.
 
 (5) The severity of the drug problem at the local public housing site
for the youth sports program and the extent of any planned or actual
efforts to rid the site of the problem.
 
 (6) The extent to which local sports organizations or sports figures
are involved.
 
 (7) The extent of the support of the public housing agency for the
program, coordination of proposed activities with local resident
management groups or associations (where such groups exist) and
coordination of proposed activities with ongoing programs of the
applicant that further the purposes of this section.
 
 (8) The extent of non-Federal contributions that exceed the amount of
such funds required under subsection (e)(1).
 
 (9) In the case of a qualified entity under paragraph (3) or (4) of
subsection (b), the extent to which the applicant has demonstrated local
government support for the program.
 
 (h) Report.-Each qualified entity that receives a grant under this
section shall submit to the Secretary, not later than the expiration of
the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the grant amounts
provided under this section are fully expended, a report describing the
activities carried out with the grant.
 
 (i) Definitions.-For purposes of this section:
 
 (1) Indian tribe.-The term "Indian tribe" has the meaning given such
term in section 102(a)(17) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974.
 
 (2) Public housing agency.-The term "public housing agency" has the
meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
 
 (3) Public housing project.-The terms "project" and "public
housing" have the meanings given the terms in section 3(6) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
 
 (4) Qualified entity.-The term "qualified entity" means an entity
eligible under subsection (b) to apply for and receive a grant under
this section.
 
 (5) State.-The term "State" means the States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
 
 (6) Unit of general local government.-The term "unit of general local
government" means any city, town, township, county, parish, village,
or other general purpose political subdivision of a State.
 
 (7) Secretary.-The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development.
 
 (j) Regulations.-The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary
to carry out this section.
 
 (k) Authorization of Appropriations.-Section 5129 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908), as amended by the preceding
provisions of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the first
sentence the following new sentence: "From any amounts appropriated
under this section in each fiscal year, 5 percent of such amounts shall
be available for public housing youth sports program grants under
section 520 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for
such fiscal year.".