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HR 6215 109th Congress House

City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in eligible … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in eligible urban communities by providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents in such communities.

Introduced: September 27, 2006 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Nov 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Oct 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 27, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 27, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1853)
Sep 27, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to partnerships between a state mental health authority and one or more local public or private entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in urban communities with a high or increasing incidence of such violence by providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents.

Gives priority to grant applicants that agree to use the grant in communities that lack the resources to address youth violence. Requires grant applicants to agree to use no more than 15% of a grant for violence-prevention education.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 27, 2006
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 27, 2006
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Sep 27, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 27, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 27, 2006
MOORE, DENNIS
· Sep 27, 2006
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 27, 2006
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 27, 2006
Watson, Diane
· Sep 27, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6215: City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6215/
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"H.R. 6215: City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6215/.
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H.R. 6215, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6215/.
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