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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1436 

To award grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to reduce the 

rate of underage alcohol use and binge drinking among students at 

institutions of higher education. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2005 

Mr. DEWINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To award grants to eligible entities to enable the entities 

to reduce the rate of underage alcohol use and binge 

drinking among students at institutions of higher education. 

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 ‘‘Campus-Based Under5 age Alcohol Use Reduction Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 
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1 (1) Drinking alcohol under the age of 21 is ille2 gal in each of the 50 States and the District of Co3 lumbia. Enforcement of current laws and regulations 

4 in States and communities, such as minimum age 

5 drinking laws, zero tolerance laws, and laws and reg6 ulations which restrict availability of alcohol, must 

7 supplement other efforts to reduce underage drink8 ing. 

9 (2) Data collected by the Department of Health 

10 and Human Services and the Department of Trans11 portation indicate that alcohol use by youth has 

12 many negative consequences, such as immediate risk 

13 from acute impairment; traffic fatalities; violence; 

14 suicide; and unprotected sex. 

15 (3) A significant percentage of the total alcohol 

16 consumption in the United States each year is by 

17 underage youth. The Substance Abuse and Mental 

18 Health Services Administration reports that the per19 centage is over 11 percent. 

20 (4) College and university presidents have cited 

21 alcohol abuse as the number one health problem on 

22 college and university campuses. 

23 (5) According to the National Institute on Alco24 hol Abuse and Alcoholism, two of five college stu25 dents are binge drinkers; 1,400 college students die 
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1 each year from alcohol-related injuries, a majority of 

2 which involve motor vehicle crashes; more than 

3 70,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual 

4 assault; and 500,000 students are injured under the 

5 influence of alcohol each year. 

6 (6) Research shows that school-based and com7 munity-based interventions can reduce underage 

8 drinking and associated problems, and that positive 

9 outcomes can be achieved by combining environ10 mental and institutional change with theory-based 

11 health education—a comprehensive, community12 based approach. 

13 SEC. 3. GRANTS DIRECTED AT REDUCING HIGHER-EDU14 CATION ALCOHOL ABUSE. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

16 shall award grants to eligible entities to enable the entities 

17 to reduce the rate of underage alcohol use and binge 

18 drinking among students at institutions of higher edu19 cation. 

20 (b) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity that desires to 

21 receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application 

22 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom23 panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 

24 Each application shall include— 
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1 (1) a description of how the eligible entity will 

2 work to enhance an existing, or where none exists to 

3 build a, statewide coalition; 

4 (2) a description of how the eligible entity will 

5 target underage students in the State; 

6 (3) a description of how the eligible entity in7 tends to ensure that the statewide coalition is actu8 ally implementing the purpose of this Act and mov9 ing toward indicators described in section (d); 

10 (4) a list of the members of the statewide coali11 tion or interested parties involved in the work of the 

12 eligible entity; 

13 (5) a description of how the eligible entity in14 tends to work with State agencies on substance 

15 abuse prevention and education; 

16 (6) the anticipated impact of funds provided 

17 under this Act in reducing the rates of underage al18 cohol use; 

19 (7) outreach strategies, including ways in which 

20 the eligible entity proposes to— 

21 (A) reach out to students; 

22 (B) promote the purpose of this Act; 

23 (C) address the range of needs of the stu24 dents and the surrounding communities; and 
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1 (D) address community norms for under2 age students regarding alcohol use; and 

3 (8) such additional information as required by 

4 the Secretary. 

5 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible entity that re6 ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 

7 to carry out the activities described in such entity’s appli8 cation submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 

9 (d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—On the date on which the 

10 Secretary first publishes a notice in the Federal Register 

11 soliciting applications for grants under this section, the 

12 Secretary shall include in the notice achievement indica13 tors for the program authorized under this section. The 

14 achievement indicators shall be designed— 

15 (1) to measure the impact that the statewide 

16 coalitions assisted under this Act are having on the 

17 institutions of higher education and the surrounding 

18 communities, including changes in the number of al19 cohol incidents of any kind (including violations, 

20 physical assaults, sexual assaults, reports of intimi21 dation, disruptions of school functions, disruptions 

22 of student studies, mental health referrals, illnesses, 

23 or deaths); 
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1 (2) to measure the quality and accessibility of 

2 the programs or information offered by the state3 wide coalitions; and 

4 (3) to provide such other measures of program 

5 impact as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

6 (e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 

7 provided under this Act shall be used to supplement, and 

8 not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

9 carrying out the activities described in this section. 

10 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

11 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti12 ty’’ means a State, institution of higher education, 

13 or nonprofit entity. 

14 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

15 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

16 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

17 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

18 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of Education. 

20 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

21 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

22 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

23 (5) STATEWIDE COALITION.—The term ‘‘state24 wide coalition’’ means a coalition that— 

25 (A) includes— 
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1 (i) institutions of higher education 

2 within a State; and 

3 (ii) a nonprofit group, a community 

4 underage drinking prevention coalition, or 

5 another substance abuse prevention group 

6 within a State; and 

7 (B) works toward lowering the alcohol 

8 abuse rate by targeting underage students at 

9 institutions of higher education throughout the 

10 State and in the surrounding communities. 

11 (6) SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.—The term 

12 ‘‘surrounding community’’ means the community— 

13 (A) that surrounds an institution of higher 

14 education participating in a statewide coalition; 

15 (B) where the students from the institu16 tion of higher education take part in the com17 munity; and 

18 (C) where students from the institution of 

19 higher education live in off-campus housing. 

20 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 

21 percent of a grant under this section may be expended 

22 for administrative expenses. 

23 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

25 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
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1 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 

2 2010. 

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