,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,ossoff 7for himself and ,mr4 
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
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 #aife with respect to the eligibility
 of youth sports facilities for certain 
grants1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,youth ,sports ,facilities ,act of  
#bjbd4  #b4 ,youth sports facility      
eligibility ,section #bja of the ,public
 ,works and ,economic ,development ,act 
of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cada7 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a71 by
 inserting youth sports1 after public   
service12  7#b7 in subsection           
7b77#a77;,a71 by inserting or youth     
sports facilities after facilities2 and 
7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#g71 by striking or at the   

end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#h71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#i7  
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 space1 including by        
developing youth sports facilities      
serving the community2  7#aj7 benefit   
highly rural communities without        
adequate tax revenues to invest in      
active lifestyle infrastructure2  7#aa7 
primarily serve children who-- 7,a7 are 
from low-income families in rural or    
underserved communities2  7,b7 lack     
access to indoor or outdoor facilities  
for covered physical education and      
sports activities2 and  7,c7 live or    
attend school in communities with high  
rates of opioid use disorders or        
community violence2  7#ab7 support youth
 sports and recreation to spur economic 
development1 with a focus on urban and  

rural communities lacking facilities2 or
  7#ac7 promote job creation through    
youth sports facilities and adjacent    
businesses that support such facilities4
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