To increase funding for Boys and Girls Clubs.

SA 237. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; as follows:

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SEC. . FINDINGS.

Finding.--The Congress finds that--

(1) the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, chartered by an Act of Congress on December 10, 1991 [Pub. L. 102-199], during its 99-year history as a national organization, has proven itself as a positive force in the communities it serves;

(2) not only are the Boys and Girls Clubs reaching America's most distressed communities, they are also bringing to those youths opportunities they cannot get elsewhere.

(3) the Boys and Girls Clubs of America is a national leader in providing opportunities for personal growth and development, which help children to become productive, law abiding teenagers and contributing adults;

(4) there are 3,500 Boys and Girls Clubs facilities throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, as well as American youths living on United States military bases around the world, serving more than 4,000,000 youths nationwide;

(5) the Boys and Girls Clubs of America are growing at a rate of 1 new club every business day and have been doing so for the last 8 years;

(6) the Boys and Girls Clubs have endeavored to increase their presence in rural states and isolated areas where youths, often facing the unique challenges of poverty and geography, have few options after the school day ends, and have enabled those youths to participate in educational, safe and enriching activities;

(7) 71 percent of the young people who benefit from Boys and Girls Clubs programs live in our inner cities and urban areas;

(8) Boys and Girls Clubs are locally run and have been exceptionally successful in balancing public funds with private sector donations and maximizing community involvement;

(9) Boys and Girls Clubs are located in 450 public housing sites across the Nation;

(10) there will exist by 2006 there approximately 200 Clubs located on Native American Lands;

(11) public housing projects in which there is an active Boys and Girls Club have experienced a 25 percent reduction in the presence of crack cocaine, a 22 percent reduction in overall drug activity, and a 13 percent reduction in juvenile crime;

(12) these results have been achieved in the face of national trends in which more than 7.5 million individuals aged 12 to 17 have reported having used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetime;

(13) these results have been achieved in the face of national trends in which students in grades nine through twelve have indicated that 40.2 percent had used marijuana, 12.1 percent had used inhalants, 11.1 percent had used ecstasy, 8.7 percent had used cocaine, 7.6 percent had used methamphetamine, 6.1 percent had illegally used steroids, 3.3 percent had used heroin, and 3.2 percent had injected an illegal drug one or more times during their lifetime;

(14) many public housing projects and other distressed areas are still underserved by Boys and Girls Clubs.

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE.

Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that, in recognition of the proven success of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens, the funding levels in this resolution assume that all amounts that have been and will be authorized for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America under the Economic Espionage act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note), as amended, will provide adequate resources in the form of seed money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish 1,500 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 5,000 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation by December 31, 2010, serving not less than 5,000,000 young people.