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 PUBLIC LAW 109–248—JULY 27, 2006

120 STAT. 631

(3) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘production,’’ before ‘‘selling or transferring or offering to sell or transfer such material.’’. SEC. 507. GUARDIANS AD LITEM.

Section 3509(h)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, and provide reasonable compensation and payment of expenses for,’’ before ‘‘a guardian’’.

TITLE VI—GRANTS, STUDIES, AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SAFETY Subtitle A—Mentoring Matches for Youth Act

Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006.

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006’’. SEC. 602. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following: (1) Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, which was founded in 1904 and chartered by Congress in 1958, is the oldest and largest mentoring organization in the United States. (2) There are over 450 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America local agencies providing mentoring programs for at-risk children in over 5,000 communities throughout every State, Guam, and Puerto Rico. (3) Over the last decade, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has raised a minimum of 75 percent of its annual operating budget from private sources and is continually working to grow private sources of funding to maintain this ratio of private to Federal funds. (4) In 2005, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provided mentors for over 235,000 children. (5) Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has a goal to provide mentors for 1,000,000 children per year. SEC. 603. GRANT PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MENTORING PROGRAM.

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In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) may make grants to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to use for expanding the capacity of and carrying out the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs for at-risk youth. SEC. 604. BIANNUAL REPORT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Big Brothers Big Sisters of America shall submit 2 reports to the Administrator in each of fiscal years 2007 through 2013. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America shall submit the first report in a fiscal year not later than April 1 of that fiscal year and the second report in a fiscal year not later than September 30 of that fiscal year.

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