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Expands Economic Development Administration (EDA) project eligibility to explicitly allow grants for youth sports facilities and related activities that promote physical and mental health, equity, and local economic development. The change directs EDA to consider projects that increase access to recreational space, serve children from low-income families in rural or underserved communities (including areas with high opioid use or community violence), support urban and rural areas lacking facilities, and foster job creation around youth sports infrastructure. The text does not appropriate new money or specify an effective date.
The bill expands EDA support to build youth sports and recreational infrastructure in underserved communities—boosting access, jobs, and safe options for at‑risk youth—while increasing federal spending and creating risks of resource diversion, maintenance burdens, and administrative complexity.
Children and youth in low-income and underserved rural and urban communities gain improved access to recreational and youth sports facilities, increasing opportunities for physical activity and organized sports participation.
Rural areas and cash‑strapped local governments gain eligibility for EDA grants to build active-lifestyle infrastructure they otherwise could not afford, expanding federal support to underserved communities.
Local communities and workers benefit economically from construction and ongoing activity around new sports facilities through job creation and the potential to attract events or visitors.
Taxpayers may face higher federal spending to fund EDA grants for new sports facilities, which could increase budgetary pressure or require tradeoffs with other federal priorities.
Local and regional EDA resources could be redirected toward sports facilities, reducing available funding for other infrastructure or economic development projects in the same communities.
Communities may receive new facilities they cannot sustain without reliable long-term maintenance funding or operating plans, leaving local governments with ongoing costs or underused assets.
Introduced April 10, 2025 by Bill Huizenga · Last progress April 10, 2025