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Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2025

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.

Introduced Apr 10, 2025

Latest action (Apr 10, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Financial Services Committee
Policy area
Sports and Recreation
Issues
Education

Summary
  • Makes youth sports facilities eligible for grants under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.
  • Allows grants to support youth sports facilities that serve low-income children in rural or underserved communities.
  • Enables funding for youth sports facilities in communities with inadequate tax revenues for recreational infrastructure.
  • Permits grants for youth sports facilities in communities with high rates of opioid use disorders or community violence.
  • Recognizes youth sports facility development as a way to spur economic development and create jobs in underserved areas.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Bill Huizenga’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $115,320
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $19,800
  • APOLLO MANAGEMENT $15,000
  • EDW. C. LEVY CO. $13,350
  • HAWORTH INCORPORATED $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bill Huizenga → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
  2. Apr 10, 2025 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. · house
  3. Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1419 — Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2024 · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 84%
  • HR 2355 — Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 2506 — AID Youth Employment Act · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 3976 — NCAA Accountability Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 2507 — Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 6350 — College Athletics Reform Act · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 10, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

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

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.”. <all>

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