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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.
Summary
This bill amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to make youth sports facilities eligible for federal economic development grants. The bill adds youth sports facilities to the list of eligible public works projects that can receive funding. New qualifying purposes for grants include addressing obesity and sedentary lifestyle impacts, serving rural communities with limited tax revenue, serving low-income children in underserved communities, and spurring economic development and job creation. The bill focuses grant eligibility on facilities serving children from low-income families who lack access to adequate indoor or outdoor recreational space.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI)
12 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH)
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
Actions (3)
- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
- 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
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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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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