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Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2024

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) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works 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 for youth sports facilities that address mental and physical health impacts of sedentary lifestyles and obesity in communities.
  • Allows grants for youth sports facilities that primarily serve low-income children in rural or underserved communities lacking adequate indoor or outdoor facilities.
  • Allows grants for youth sports facilities in communities with high rates of opioid use disorders or community violence, and for facilities that support economic development and job creation.

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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 10, 2025

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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 2024”.

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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