PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

SEC. 502. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. (a) Authority to Make Grants.—Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “programs of national significance “Sec. 225. (a)(1) With not less than one-third of the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fiscal year, the Director shall 103 STAT. 1816make grants under the programs authorized in parts A, B, and C to support programs that address national problems of local concern. “(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Director may make such grants— “(A) under the program authorized in part A, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b); “(B) under the program authorized in part B, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b), other than paragraph (10) of such subsection; and “(C) under the program authorized in part C, to support programs that address the national problems referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (10) of subsection (b). “(3) Each program for which a grant is received under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable to the program under part A, B, or C under which the program supported by such grant is to be carried out. “(b) The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more of the following programs to address problems that concern the Nation: “(1) Programs that assist individuals with chronic and debilitating illnesses, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome. “(2) Programs designed to decrease drug and alcohol abuse. “(3) Programs that work with teenage parents. “(4) Programs that match volunteer mentors with youth who need guidance. “(5) Programs that provide adult and school-based literacy assistance. “(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for frail elderly individuals and for disabled or chronically ill children living at home. “(7) Programs that provide before- and after-school activities that are sponsored by organizations, such as libraries, that serve children of working parents. “(8) Programs that work with boarder babies. “(9) Programs that serve children who are enrolled in child care programs, giving priority to such programs that serve children with special needs. “(10) Programs that provide care to developmentally disabled adults who reside at home and in community-based settings, including programs that, when appropriate, involve older developmentally disabled individuals as volunteers under this title. “(11) Programs that provide volunteer tutors to assist educationally disadvantaged children, on a one-to-one basis, to improve the basic skills of such children. “(c)(1) In order for an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), such applicant shall demonstrate to the Director that such grant will be used to increase the total number of volunteers supported by such applicant under this title. “(2) Funds made available under subsection (d) shall be used to supplement and not supplant the number of volunteers engaged in activities under parts A, B, and C (without regard to this section) addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded unless such sums are an extension of funds previously provided under this section. 103 STAT. 1817 “(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director to make grants under subsection (a) not more than— “(A) $6,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 502(a); “(B) $9,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 502(b); and “(C) $9,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 502(c). “(2) No funds shall be available to the Director to make grants under subsection (a) for a fiscal year unless the amounts appropriated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 502 and available for such fiscal year to carry out parts A, B, and C (without regard to this section) are sufficient to maintain the number of projects and volunteers funded under parts A, B, and C, respectively, in the preceding fiscal year. “(e) The Director shall disseminate information on grants that may be made under subsection (a) to field personnel of the ACTION Agency and to community volunteer organizations that request such information.”. (b) Definition.—Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061), as amended by section 403 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(7) the term ‘boarder baby’ means an infant described in section 103 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–505; 42 U.S.C. 670 note).”.