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H.R.4086 / 103rd Congress

Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993

Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Human Resources and by the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 1994

Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 - Establishes a youth development block grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds to States and for distribution of funds through State commissions to local boards for community-based youth development services. Requires establishment of county or multicounty Local Youth Development Boards to receive such assistance. Requires establishment of a State Youth Development Commission in each State desiring to receive such assistance. Establishes a National Youth Development Commission to advise the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services on implementation of this Act.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D–NJ

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
56 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Human Resources and by the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.

  2. Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and by the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

  3. Executive Comment Requested from HHS.

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.

  5. Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

  6. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

  7. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E481-482)

  8. Introduced in House

  9. Introduced in House

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