HR 4286 · 95th Congress · Sports and Recreation
A bill to provide for the development and implementation of programs for youth camp safety.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1977-03-02)
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Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and Office of Youth Camp Safety to be headed by a Director of Youth Camp Safety. Confers upon the Director the primary responsibility for the promulgation and enforcement of youth camp safety regulations. Defines, for the purposes of this Act, the term youth camp to mean, among other things, any residential camp, day camp, troop camp, travel camp, trip camp, primitive or out post camp, or Federal camp. Requires any State which desires to assume responsibility for the development and enforcement of youth camp safety standards to submit a State plan to the Director for his approval. Allows a State whose plan has been rejected to obtain review of the decision in a United States court of appeals. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States which have in effect to assist such states in training costs, and to States for the development of such plans. Requires the Director to provide consultative services to youth camps in States which do not have approved plans in effect. Prohibits the Director from issuing citations for any violations discovered during such consolidatives visit. Stipulates that a written n…
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