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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 275 (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(1) MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— "(1) AUTHORITY.— The Secretary shall make grants, to the extent that amounts are approved in appropriations Acts under paragraph (13), to— "(A) eligible entities to assist such entities in canning out midnight basketball league programs meeting the requirements of paragraph (4); and "(B) eligible advisory entities to provide technical assistance to eligible entities in establishing and operating such midnight basketball league programs. " (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— Subject to subparagraph (B), grants under paragraph (I)(A) may be made only to the following eligible entities: "(i) Entities eligible under subsection (b) for a grant under subsection (a). "(ii) Nonprofit organizations providing employment counseling, job training, or other educational services, "(iii) Nonprofit organizations providing federally assisted low-income housing. "(B) PROHIBITION ON SECOND GRANTS. —A grant under paragraph (I)(A) may not be made to an eligible entity if the entity has previously received a grant under such paragraph, except that the Secretary may exempt an eligible advisory entity from the prohibition under this subparagraph in extraordinary circumstances. "(3) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Any eligible entity that receives a grant under paragraph (I)(A) may use such amounts only— "(A) to establish or carry out a midnight basketball league program under paragraph (4); "(B) for salaries for administrators and staff of the program; "(C) for other administrative costs of the program, except that not more than 5 percent of the grant amount may be used for such administrative costs; and "(D) for costs of training and assistance provided under paragraph (4)(1). "(4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. —Each eligible entity receiving a grant under paragraph (I)(A) shall establish a midnight basketball league program as follows: "(A) The program shall establish a basketball league of not less than 8 teams having 10 players each. "(B) Not less than 50 percent of the players in the basketball league shall be residents of federally assisted low-income housing or members of low-income families (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937). "(C) The program shall be designed to serve primarily youths and yoting adults from a neighborhood or community whose population has not less than 2 of the following characteristics (in comparison with national averages): "(i) A substantial problem regarding use or sale of illegal drugs.

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