A bill to provide grants to renovate existing structures for use as youth hostels and to construct four new structures for use as youth hostels in order to further the development of a national system of youth hostels and increase the opportunity for outdoor recreation and educational travel and for other purposes.
American Youth Hostel Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with American Youth Hostels, Incorporated, to develop a national plan for youth hostel development, and to administer a grant program to implement such plan.
Establishes guidelines for such cooperative agreements and national plan.
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for improvement and renovations of youth hostels, and for a pilot program for new youth hostel construction.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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