Ill STAT. 2568 PUBLIC LAW 105-133—DEC. 2, 1997 Public Law 105-133 105th Congress An Act Dec. 2, 1997 To provide for the establishment of not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs [S. 476] of America facilities by the year 2000. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. 2,500 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS BEFORE 2000. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 401(a) of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "(2) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this section is to provide adequate resources in the form of seed money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish 1,000 additional local clubs where needed, with particular emphasis placed on establishing clubs in public housing projects and distressed areas, and to ensure that there are a total of not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation not later than December 31, 1999.". (b) ACCELERATED GRANTS.^^ection 401 of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "or rural" and all that follows through the end and inserting the following: "rural area, or Indian reservation with a population of high risk youth as defined in section 517 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-23) of sufficient size to warrant the establishment of a Boys and Girls Club."; and (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: " (c) ESTABLISHMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice shall make a grant to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the purpose of establishing and extending Boys and Girls Clubs facilities where needed, with particular emphasis placed on establishing clubs in and extending services to public housing projects and distressed areas. "(2) APPLICATIONS. —The Attorney General shall accept an application for a grant under this subsection if submitted by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and approve or deny the grant not later than 90 days after the date on which the application is submitted, if the application— "(A) includes a long-term strategy to establish 1,000 additional Boys and Girls Clubs and detailed summary of those areas in which new facilities will be established,
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