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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3476

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide incentives to colleges

and universities to develop, implement, and improve alcohol abuse prevention and education programs on their campuses, to strengthen sanctions,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 16, 1996

Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. FATTAH) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide

incentives to colleges and universities to develop, implement, and improve alcohol abuse prevention and education programs on their campuses, to strengthen sanctions, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Campus Alco5 hol Abuse Prevention and Education Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL

2 ABUSE PREVENTION.

3 (a) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—Section 1213 of the High4 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) is amend5 ed—

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

7 end of paragraph (1)(D), by redesignating para8 graph (1)(E) as paragraph (1)(I), and by inserting

9 after paragraph (1)(D) the following:

10 ‘‘(E) a prohibition on the distribution of

11 any promotional material that encourages the

12 consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus;

13 ‘‘(F) a prohibition of the distribution of

14 free alcoholic beverages for promotional pur15 poses on the campus;

16 ‘‘(G) a prohibition on sponsorship or public

17 support of any on-campus athletic, musical, cul18 tural, or social program, event, or competition

19 by any alcoholic beverage company or by any

20 group of such companies;

21 ‘‘(H) limiting alcoholic beverage advertise22 ments in the institution of higher education’s

23 newspapers and other publications to price and

24 product identification; and’’;

25 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting after and

26 below paragraph (2)(B) the following: ‘‘Identifica-
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1 tion, referral, or treatment of students and employ2 ees shall not jeopardize the matriculation status of

3 the students or the employment of the employees.’’;

4 and

5 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(E)’’

6 and inserting ‘‘(a)(1)(I)’’.

7 (b) STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT.—Sec8 tion 1213(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

9 U.S.C. 1145g(b) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: ‘‘Such items shall be developed and adopted with

11 student and employee participation.’’.

12 (c) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS.—Section 1213(c) of the

13 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g(c) is

14 amended by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(3) Upon application by an institution of higher edu16 cation, the Secretary shall grant a waiver of sanctions au17 thorized by subsection (a)(1)(I) to any institution of high18 er education which demonstrates that it is in the process

19 of developing and implementing a plan required by sub20 section (a) for up to one year from the date of the enact21 ment of this paragraph.’’.

22 SEC. 3. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

23 (a) GRANT AND CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section

24 1213 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (2) U.S.C.

25 1145g) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary may make grants to institu2 tions of higher education or consortia of such institutions

3 and contracts with such institutions and other organiza4 tions to develop, implement, operate, improve, and dis5 seminate programs of prevention, and education (includ6 ing treatment-referral) to reduce and eliminate the illegal

7 use of drugs and alcohol and their associated violence.

8 Such contracts may also be used for the support of a high9 er education center for alcohol and drug abuse prevention

10 which will provide training, technical assistance, evalua11 tion, dissemination and associated services and assistance

12 to the higher education community as defined by the Sec13 retary and the institutions of higher education.

14 ‘‘(2) Grants and contracts shall be made available

15 under paragraph (1) on a competitive basis. An institution

16 of higher education, a consortium of such institutions, or

17 other organizations which desire to receive a grant or con18 tract under paragraph (1) shall submit an application to

19 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and contain20 ing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary

21 may reasonably require by regulation.

22 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall make every effort to en23 sure—
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1 ‘‘(A) the equitable participation of private and

2 public institutions of higher education (including

3 community and junior colleges), and

4 ‘‘(B) the equitable geographic participation of

5 such institutions,

6 in grants and contracts under paragraph (1). In the award

7 of such grants and contracts, the Secretary shall give ap8 propriate consideration to institutions of higher education

9 with limited enrollment.’’.

10 (b) REPEAL.—Section 4122 of the Elementary and

11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7132) is re12 pealed.

13 SEC. 4. NATIONAL RECOGNITION AWARDS.

14 (a) AWARDS.—For the purpose of providing models

15 of alcohol and drug abuse prevention and education (in16 cluding treatment-referral) programs in higher education

17 and to focus national attention on exemplary alcohol and

18 drug abuse prevention efforts, the Secretary of Education

19 shall, on an annual basis, make 10 National Recognition

20 Awards to institutions of higher education that have devel21 oped and implemented effective alcohol and drug abuse

22 prevention and education programs. Such awards shall be

23 made at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. and a document

24 describing the programs of those who receive the awards

25 shall be distributed nationally.
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1 (b) APPLICATION.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—A national recognition

3 award shall be made under subsection (a) to institu4 tions of higher education which have applied for

5 such award. Such an application shall contain—

6 (A) a clear description of the goals and ob7 jectives of the alcohol and drug abuse programs

8 of the institution applying,

9 (B) a description of program activities that

10 focus on alcohol and other drug policy issues,

11 policy development, modification, or refinement,

12 policy dissemination and implementation, and

13 policy enforcement;

14 (C) a description of activities that encour15 age student and employee participation and in16 volvement in both activity development and im17 plementation;

18 (D) the objective criteria used to determine

19 the effectiveness of the methods used in such

20 programs and the means used to evaluate and

21 improve the program efforts,

22 (E) a description of special initiatives used

23 to reduce high-risk behavior or increase low risk

24 behavior, or both, and
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1 (F) a description of coordination and

2 networking efforts that exist in the community

3 in which the institution is located for purposes

4 of such programs.

5 (2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—All institutions of

6 higher education which are two- and four-year col7 leges and universities that have established a drug

8 and alcohol prevention and education program are

9 eligible to apply for a National Recognition Award.

10 To receive such an Award an institution of higher

11 education must be nominated to receive it. An insti12 tution of higher education may nominate itself or be

13 nominated by others such as professional associa14 tions or student organizations.

15 (3) APPLICATION REVIEW.—The Secretary of

16 Education shall appoint a committee to review appli17 cations submitted under paragraph (1). The commit18 tee may include representatives of Federal depart19 ments or agencies whose programs include alcohol

20 and drug abuse prevention and education efforts, di21 rectors or heads (or their representatives) of profes22 sional associations that focus on prevention efforts,

23 and non-Federal scientists who have backgrounds in

24 social science evaluation and research methodology

25 and in education. Decisions of the committee shall
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1 be made directly to the Secretary without review by

2 any other entity in the Department of Education.

3 (4) REVIEW CRITERIA.—Specific review criteria

4 shall be developed by the Secretary in conjunction

5 with the appropriate experts. In reviewing applica6 tions under paragraph (3) the committee shall con7 sider—

8 (A) measures of effectiveness of the pro9 gram of the applicant that should include

10 changes in the campus alcohol and other drug

11 environment or climate and changes in alcohol

12 and other drug use before and after the initi13 ation of the program; and

14 (B) measures of program institutionaliza15 tion, including an assessment of needs of the

16 institution, the institution’s alcohol and drug

17 policies, staff and faculty development activities,

18 drug prevention criteria, student, faculty, and

19 campus community involvement, and a continu20 ation of the program after the cessation of ex21 ternal funding.

22 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—For the implementation of the

23 awards program under this section, there are authorized

24 to be appropriated $25,000 for fiscal year 1996, $66,000
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1 for each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998, and $72,000

2 for each of the fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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