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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2097 

To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing 

teen pregnancies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2007 

Mr. ROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Education and Labor, 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 

A BILL 

To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, 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 ‘‘Teen Pregnancy Pre5 vention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) The United States has the highest teen 

2 pregnancy rate and teen birth rate in the western in3 dustrialized world, costing the United States not less 

4 than $9,000,000,000 annually. 

5 (2) About 2 out of 5 young women in the 

6 United States become pregnant before they reach 

7 the age of 20. 

8 (3) Teen pregnancy has serious consequences 

9 for young women, their children, and communities 

10 as a whole. Too-early childbearing increases the like11 lihood that a young woman will drop out of high 

12 school and that she and her child will live in poverty. 

13 (4) Statistically, the sons of teen mothers are 

14 more likely to end up in prison. The daughters of 

15 teen mothers are more likely to end up teen mothers 

16 too. 

17 (5) Teens that grow up in disadvantaged eco18 nomic, social, and familial circumstances are more 

19 likely to engage in risky behavior and have a child 

20 during adolescence. 

21 (6) Teens with strong emotional attachments to 

22 their parents are more likely to become sexually ac23 tive at a later age. Seven out of ten teens say that 

24 they are prepared to listen to things parents thought 

25 they were not ready to hear. 


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1 (7) Seventy-eight percent of white and 70 per2 cent of African-American teenagers report that lack 

3 of communication between a teenage girl and her 

4 parents is frequently a reason a teenage girl has a 

5 baby. 

6 (8) One study found that the likelihood of teens 

7 having sex for the first time increased with the num8 ber of unsupervised hours teens have during a week. 

9 (9) After-school programs reduce teen risky be10 havior by involving teens in activities that provide al11 ternatives to sex. Teenage girls who play sports, for 

12 instance, are more likely to delay sex and have fewer 

13 partners and less likely to become pregnant. 

14 (10) After-school programs help prevent teen 

15 pregnancy by advancing good decision-making skills 

16 and providing teens health education and positive 

17 role models in a supervised setting. 

18 (11) About 70 percent of girls and 63 percent 

19 of boys report that they wish they had waited until 

20 they were older to have sex. 

21 SEC. 3. EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING TEEN 

22 PREGNANCIES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

24 Human Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec25 retary’’) may make grants to local educational agencies, 


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1 State and local public health agencies, and nonprofit pri2 vate entities for the purpose of carrying out projects to 

3 provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. 

4 (b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 

5 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref6 erence to applicants that will carry out the projects under 

7 such subsection in communities for which the rate of teen 

8 pregnancy is significantly above the average rate in the 

9 United States of such pregnancies. 

10 (c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be 

11 made under subsection (a) only if the applicant for the 

12 grant meets the following conditions with respect to the 

13 project involved: 

14 (1) The applicant agrees that information pro15 vided by the project on pregnancy prevention will be 

16 age-appropriate, factually and medically accurate 

17 and complete, and scientifically-based. 

18 (2) The applicant agrees that the project will 

19 give priority to preventing teen pregnancies by— 

20 (A) encouraging teens to delay sexual ac21 tivity; 

22 (B) providing educational services and re23 ferrals for sexually active teens or teens at risk 

24 of becoming sexually active; 


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1 (C) educating both young men and women 

2 about the responsibilities and pressures that 

3 come along with parenting; 

4 (D) helping parents communicate with 

5 teens about sexuality; or 

6 (E) teaching young people responsible deci7 sion-making. 

8 (d) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 

10 the project to be carried out under subsection (a) by 

11 an applicant, a grant may be made under such sub12 section only if the applicant agrees to make available 

13 (directly or through donations from public or private 

14 entities) non-Federal contributions toward such 

15 costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 

16 of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds pro17 vided in the grant). 

18 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB19 UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para20 graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu21 ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

22 Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 

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1 cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed2 eral contributions. 

3 (e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—With respect to the 

4 activities for which a grant under subsection (a) is author5 ized to be expended, such a grant may be made for a fiscal 

6 year only if the applicant involved agrees to maintain ex7 penditures of non-Federal amounts for such activities at 

8 a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures 

9 maintained by the applicant for the fiscal year preceding 

10 the first fiscal year for which the applicant receives such 

11 a grant. 

12 (f) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall 

13 establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under sub14 section (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 

15 only if the applicant involved— 

16 (1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project 

17 in accordance with such criteria; 

18 (2) agrees to submit to the Secretary such re19 ports describing the results of the evaluations as the 

20 Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 

21 (3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 

22 under subsection (g), a plan for conducting the eval23 uations. 

24 (g) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

25 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 


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1 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

2 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

3 such agreements, assurances, and information, including 

4 the agreements under subsections (c) through (f) and the 

5 plan under subsection (f)(3), as the Secretary determines 

6 to be necessary to carry out this section. 

7 (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 

8 1, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

9 describing the extent to which projects under subsection 

10 (a) have been successful in reducing the rate of teen preg11 nancies in the communities in which the projects have 

12 been carried out. 

13 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) AGE-APPROPRIATE.—The term ‘‘age-appro15 priate’’, with respect to information on pregnancy 

16 prevention, means topics, messages, and teaching 

17 methods suitable to particular ages or age groups of 

18 children and adolescents, based on developing cog19 nitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for 

20 the age or age group. 

21 (2) FACTUALLY AND MEDICALLY ACCURATE

22 AND COMPLETE.—The term ‘‘factually and medically 

23 accurate and complete’’ means verified or supported 

24 by the weight of research conducted in compliance 

25 with accepted scientific methods and— 


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1 (A) published in peer-reviewed journals, 

2 where applicable; or 

3 (B) comprising information that leading 

4 professional organizations and agencies with 

5 relevant expertise in the field recognize as accu6 rate, objective, and complete. 

7 (3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

8 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

9 such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

10 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

11 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

12 purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 

13 to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

14 2008 through 2012. 

15 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN AFTER-SCHOOL 

16 PROGRAMS. 

17 (a) 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CEN18 TERS.—Section 4206 of the Elementary and Secondary 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end; 

22 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

23 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(7) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 


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1 ‘‘(8) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

2 (b) CAROL M. WHITE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRO3 GRAM.—Section 5401 of the Elementary and Secondary 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

6 IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(b) PHYSICAL EDUCATION.—In addition to the 

9 amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), 

10 there are authorized to be appropriated $73,000,000 for 

11 each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out subpart 

12 10.’’. 

13 (c) FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS.—Section 402A(f) of 

14 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

15 11(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘$700,000,000 for fiscal 

16 year 1999, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

17 of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘$883,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

19 be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 

20 (d) GEARUP.—Section 404H of the Higher Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–28) is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such 

23 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 

24 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘$325,000,000 for fiscal year 


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1 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 

2 5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 

3 SEC. 5. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CRE4 ATIVE APPROACHES TO TEEN PREGNANCY 

5 PREVENTION AND AFTER-SCHOOL PRO6 GRAMS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

8 to public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of 

9 assisting the entities in demonstrating innovative ap10 proaches to prevent teen pregnancies. 

11 (b) CERTAIN APPROACHES.—Approaches under sub12 section (a) may include the following: 

13 (1) Encouraging teen-driven approaches to 

14 pregnancy prevention. 

15 (2) Exposing teens to realistic simulations of 

16 the physical, emotional, and financial toll of preg17 nancy and parenting. 

18 (3) Facilitating communication between parents 

19 and children, especially programs that have been 

20 evaluated and proven effective. 

21 (c) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 

23 the project to be carried out under subsection (a) by 

24 an applicant, a grant may be made under such sub25 section only if the applicant agrees to make available 


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1 (directly or through donations from public or private 

2 entities) non-Federal contributions toward such 

3 costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 

4 of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds pro5 vided in the grant). 

6 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB7 UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para8 graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu9 ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

10 Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 

11 services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex12 tent by the Federal Government, may not be in13 cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed14 eral contributions. 

15 (d) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall 

16 establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under sub17 section (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 

18 only if the applicant involved— 

19 (1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project 

20 in accordance with such criteria; 

21 (2) agrees to submit to the Secretary such re22 ports describing the results of the evaluations as the 

23 Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 


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1 (3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 

2 under subsection (e), a plan for conducting the eval3 uations. 

4 (e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

5 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 

6 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

7 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

8 such agreements, assurances, and information, including 

9 the agreements under subsections (c) and (d) and the plan 

10 under subsection (d)(3), as the Secretary determines to 

11 be necessary to carry out this section. 

12 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 

13 1, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

14 describing the extent to which projects under subsection 

15 (a) have been successful in reducing the rate of teen preg16 nancies in the communities in which the projects have 

17 been carried out. Such reports shall describe the various 

18 approaches used under subsection (a) and the effective19 ness of each of the approaches. 

20 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

21 purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 

22 to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

23 2008 through 2012. 

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