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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1562 

To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of 

underage drinking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2011 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. WOLF, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for programs and activities with respect to the 

prevention of underage drinking. 

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 ‘‘Sober Truth on Pre5 venting Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘STOP Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 

2 ACT. 

3 Section 519B of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 290bb–25b) is amended by striking subsections (a) 

5 through (f) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘alcohol beverage industry’ 

8 means the brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, 

9 distributors, and retail or online outlets that sell or 

10 serve beer, wine, and distilled spirits. 

11 ‘‘(2) The term ‘school-based prevention’ means 

12 programs, which are institutionalized, and run by 

13 staff members or school-designated persons or orga14 nizations in any grade of school, kindergarten 

15 through 12th grade. 

16 ‘‘(3) The term ‘youth’ means persons under the 

17 age of 21. 

18 ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

19 Congress that: 

20 ‘‘(1) A multi-faceted effort is needed to more 

21 successfully address the problem of underage drink22 ing in the United States. A coordinated approach to 

23 prevention, intervention, treatment, enforcement, 

24 and research is key to making progress. This section 

25 recognizes the need for a focused national effort, 

26 and addresses particulars of the Federal portion of 


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1 that effort, as well as Federal support for State ac2 tivities. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall continue to conduct 

4 research and collect data on the short and long5 range impact of alcohol use and abuse upon adoles6 cent brain development and other organ systems. 

7 ‘‘(3) States and communities, including colleges 

8 and universities, are encouraged to adopt com9 prehensive prevention approaches, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) evidence-based screening, programs, 

11 and curricula; 

12 ‘‘(B) brief intervention strategies; 

13 ‘‘(C) consistent policy enforcement; and 

14 ‘‘(D) science-based strategies to reduce un15 derage drinking. 

16 ‘‘(4) Public health groups, consumer groups, 

17 and the alcohol beverage industry should continue 

18 and expand evidence-based efforts to prevent and re19 duce underage drinking. 

20 ‘‘(5) The entertainment industries have a pow21 erful impact on youth, and they should use rating 

22 systems and marketing codes to reduce the likeli23 hood that underage audiences will be exposed to 

24 movies, recordings, or television programs with un25 suitable alcohol content. 


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1 ‘‘(6) The National Collegiate Athletic Associa2 tion, its member colleges and universities, and ath3 letic conferences should affirm a commitment to a 

4 policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage 

5 students and other young fans. 

6 ‘‘(7) Alcohol is a unique product and should be 

7 regulated differently than other products by the 

8 States and Federal Government. States have pri9 mary authority to regulate alcohol distribution and 

10 sale, and the Federal Government should support 

11 and supplement these State efforts. States also have 

12 a responsibility to fight youth access to alcohol and 

13 reduce underage drinking. Continued State regula14 tion and licensing of the manufacture, importation, 

15 sale, distribution, transportation and storage of alco16 holic beverages are clearly in the public interest and 

17 are critical to promoting responsible consumption, 

18 preventing illegal access to alcohol by persons under 

19 21 years of age from commercial and non-commer20 cial sources, maintaining industry integrity and an 

21 orderly marketplace, and furthering effective State 

22 tax collection. 

23 ‘‘(8) The age-21 minimum drinking law, en24 acted in 1984, has been a remarkably effective pub25 lic health and safety policy, as evidenced by the fact 


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1 that the percentage of 12th graders who have drunk 

2 alcohol in the past month has fallen by one-third 

3 since the enactment of such law. 

4 ‘‘(9) The age-21 minimum drinking law has 

5 also has been significantly effective in reducing 

6 drinking and driving traffic fatalities, as the Na7 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

8 (NHTSA) estimates that the law has saved over 

9 17,000 lives since its inception. 

10 ‘‘(10) Community awareness, support, and mo11 bilization provide an important context for the effec12 tive enforcement of the age-21 minimum drinking 

13 law. 

14 ‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE; AN15 NUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVEN16 TION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

18 ON THE PREVENTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in col20 laboration with the Federal officials specified in 

21 subparagraph (B), shall continue to support 

22 and enhance the efforts of the interagency co23 ordinating committee, that began operating in 

24 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred 

25 to in this subsection as the ‘Committee’). 


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1 ‘‘(B) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials re2 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are the Secretary 

3 of Education, the Attorney General, the Sec4 retary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur6 geon General, the Director of the Centers for 

7 Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of 

8 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Al9 coholism, the Administrator of the Substance 

10 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra11 tion, the Director of the National Institute on 

12 Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Chil13 dren and Families, the Director of the Office of 

14 National Drug Control Policy, the Adminis15 trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

16 Administration, the Administrator of the Office 

17 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

18 the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commis19 sion, and such other Federal officials as the 

20 Secretary of Health and Human Services deter21 mines to be appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(C) CHAIR.—The Secretary of Health 

23 and Human Services shall serve as the chair of 

24 the Committee. 


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1 ‘‘(D) DUTIES.—The Committee shall guide 

2 policy and program development across the 

3 Federal Government with respect to underage 

4 drinking, provided, however, that nothing in 

5 this section shall be construed as transferring 

6 regulatory or program authority from an Agen7 cy to the Coordinating Committee. 

8 ‘‘(E) CONSULTATIONS.—The Committee 

9 shall actively seek the input of and shall consult 

10 with all appropriate and interested parties, in11 cluding States, public health research and inter12 est groups, foundations, and alcohol beverage 

13 industry trade associations and companies. 

14 ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, on 

16 behalf of the Committee, shall annually 

17 submit to the Congress a report that sum18 marizes— 

19 ‘‘(I) all programs and policies of 

20 Federal agencies designed to prevent 

21 and reduce underage drinking, focus22 ing particularly on programs and poli23 cies that support the adoption and en24 forcement of State policies designed to 


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1 prevent and reduce underage drinking 

2 as specified in paragraph (2); 

3 ‘‘(II) the extent of progress in 

4 preventing and reducing underage 

5 drinking at State and national levels; 

6 ‘‘(III) data that the Secretary 

7 shall collect with respect to the infor8 mation specified in clause (ii); and 

9 ‘‘(IV) such other information re10 garding underage drinking as the Sec11 retary determines to be appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The 

13 report under clause (i) shall include infor14 mation on the following: 

15 ‘‘(I) Patterns and consequences 

16 of underage drinking as reported in 

17 research and surveys such as, but not 

18 limited to, Monitoring the Future, 

19 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 

20 System, the National Survey on Drug 

21 Use and Health, and the Fatality 

22 Analysis Reporting System. 

23 ‘‘(II) Measures of the availability 

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1 commercial sources to underage popu2 lations. 

3 ‘‘(III) Measures of the exposure 

4 of underage populations to messages 

5 regarding alcohol in advertising and 

6 the entertainment media. 

7 ‘‘(IV) Surveillance data, includ8 ing information on the onset and 

9 prevalence of underage drinking, con10 sumption patterns, beverage pref11 erences, prevalence of drinking among 

12 students at institutions of higher edu13 cation, correlations between adult and 

14 youth drinking, and the means of un15 derage access, including trends over 

16 time for these surveillance data. The 

17 Secretary shall develop a plan to im18 prove the collection, measurement, 

19 and consistency of reporting Federal 

20 underage alcohol data. 

21 ‘‘(V) Any additional findings re22 sulting from research conducted or 

23 supported under subsection (f). 

24 ‘‘(VI) Evidence-based best prac25 tices to prevent and reduce underage 


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1 drinking including a review of the re2 search literature related to State laws, 

3 regulations, and policies designed to 

4 prevent and reduce underage drink5 ing, as described in paragraph 

6 (2)(B)(i). 

7 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE

8 DRINKING PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI9 TIES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 

11 with input and collaboration from other appro12 priate Federal agencies, States, Indian tribes, 

13 territories, and public health, consumer, and al14 cohol beverage industry groups, annually issue 

15 a report on each State’s performance in enact16 ing, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, 

17 and policies to prevent or reduce underage 

18 drinking based on an assessment of best prac19 tices developed pursuant to paragraph 

20 (1)(F)(ii)(VI) and subparagraph (B)(i). For 

21 purposes of this paragraph each such report, 

22 with respect to a year, shall be referred to as 

23 the ‘State Report’. Each State Report shall be 

24 designed as a resource tool for Federal agencies 

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1 ing prevention efforts, State public health and 

2 law enforcement agencies, State and local policy 

3 makers, and underage drinking prevention coa4 litions including those receiving grants pursuant 

5 to subsection (e)(1). 

6 ‘‘(B) STATE REPORT PERFORMANCE MEAS7 URES AND CONTENT.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

9 shall develop, in consultation with the 

10 Committee, a set of measures to be used in 

11 preparing the report on best practices as 

12 they relate to State laws, regulations, poli13 cies, and enforcement practices. 

14 ‘‘(ii) STATE REPORT CONTENT.—Each 

15 State Report shall include updates on 

16 State laws, regulations, and policies, in17 cluding, but not limited to the following: 

18 ‘‘(I) Whether or not the State 

19 has comprehensive anti-underage 

20 drinking laws such as for the illegal 

21 sale, purchase, attempt to purchase, 

22 consumption, or possession of alcohol; 

23 illegal use of fraudulent ID; illegal 

24 furnishing or obtaining of alcohol for 

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1 gree of strictness of the penalties for 

2 such offenses; and the prevalence of 

3 the enforcement of each of these in4 fractions. 

5 ‘‘(II) Whether or not the State 

6 has comprehensive liability statutes 

7 pertaining to underage access to alco8 hol such as dram shop, social host, 

9 and house party laws, and the preva10 lence of enforcement of each of these 

11 laws. 

12 ‘‘(III) Whether or not the State 

13 encourages and conducts comprehen14 sive enforcement efforts to prevent 

15 underage access to alcohol at retail 

16 outlets, such as random compliance 

17 checks and shoulder tap programs, 

18 and the number of compliance checks 

19 within alcohol retail outlets measured 

20 against the number of total alcohol re21 tail outlets in each State, and the re22 sult of such checks. 

23 ‘‘(IV) Whether or not the State 

24 encourages training on the proper 

25 selling and serving of alcohol for all 


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1 sellers and servers of alcohol as a con2 dition of employment. 

3 ‘‘(V) Whether or not the State 

4 has policies and regulations with re5 gard to direct sales to consumers and 

6 home delivery of alcoholic beverages. 

7 ‘‘(VI) Whether or not the State 

8 has programs or laws to deter adults 

9 from purchasing alcohol for minors; 

10 and the number of adults targeted by 

11 these programs. 

12 ‘‘(VII) Whether or not the State 

13 has enacted graduated drivers licenses 

14 and the extent of those provisions. 

15 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES.—In 

16 addition to the updates of State laws, reg17 ulations, and policies listed in clause (ii), 

18 the Secretary shall consider the following 

19 categories, including but not limited to— 

20 ‘‘(I) whether or not States have 

21 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

22 that deter underage alcohol use, as 

23 described in the Surgeon General’s 

24 2007 Call to Action to Prevent and 

25 Reduce Underage Drinking, including 


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1 restrictions on low-price, high-volume 

2 drink specials, and wholesaler pricing 

3 provisions; 

4 ‘‘(II) whether or not States have 

5 adopted laws, regulations and policies 

6 designed to reduce alcohol advertising 

7 messages attractive to youth and 

8 youth exposure to alcohol advertising 

9 and marketing in measured and 

10 unmeasured media; 

11 ‘‘(III) whether or not States have 

12 laws and policies that promote under13 age drinking prevention policy devel14 opment by local jurisdictions; 

15 ‘‘(IV) whether or not States have 

16 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

17 to restrict youth access to alcoholic 

18 beverages that may pose special risks 

19 to youth, including but not limited to 

20 alcoholic mists, gelatins, freezer pops, 

21 pre-mixed caffeinated alcoholic bev22 erages, and flavored malt beverages; 

23 ‘‘(V) whether or not States have 

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1 cols for conducting compliance checks 

2 and shoulder tap programs; and 

3 ‘‘(VI) whether or not States have 

4 adopted uniform best practices pen5 alty protocols for violations of laws 

6 prohibiting retail licensees from sell7 ing or furnishing of alcohol to minors. 

8 ‘‘(iv) UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM.—For 

9 performance measures related to enforce10 ment of underage drinking laws as speci11 fied in clause (ii) and (iii), the Secretary 

12 shall develop and test a uniform data sys13 tem for reporting State enforcement data, 

14 including the development of a pilot pro15 gram for this purpose. The pilot program 

16 shall include procedures for collecting en17 forcement data from both State and local 

18 law enforcement jurisdictions. 

19 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 this subsection $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and 

22 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

23 2016. 

24 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UN25 DERAGE DRINKING.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta2 tion with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad3 ministration, shall develop an intensive, multifaceted, 

4 adult-oriented national media campaign to reduce 

5 underage drinking by influencing attitudes regarding 

6 underage drinking, increasing the willingness of 

7 adults to take actions to reduce underage drinking, 

8 and encouraging public policy changes known to de9 crease underage drinking rates. 

10 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the national 

11 media campaign described in this section shall be to 

12 achieve the following objectives: 

13 ‘‘(A) Instill a broad societal commitment to 

14 reduce underage drinking. 

15 ‘‘(B) Increase specific actions by adults 

16 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under17 age drinking. 

18 ‘‘(C) Decrease adult conduct that tends to 

19 facilitate or condone underage drinking. 

20 ‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE.—In preparation 

21 for the national media campaign described in this 

22 section, the Secretary shall conduct, in consultation 

23 with appropriate Federal agencies and outside ex24 perts, including in marketing, public relations, mass 

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1 abuse, a developmental phase to test specific cam2 paign features prior to beginning an intensive na3 tional strategy. This phase shall include research 

4 and testing, limited to a period not to exceed 24 

5 months, to determine the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) Promising messages to promote pub7 lic opinion change. 

8 ‘‘(B) Appropriate channels for reaching 

9 target audiences. 

10 ‘‘(C) Appropriate timing and weight for 

11 utilizing such promising messages and media 

12 channels. 

13 ‘‘(D) Methods for linking the campaign to 

14 local, State, and national policy changes affect15 ing underage drinking, if adopted. 

16 ‘‘(E) Productive collaborative partnerships 

17 with national and local organizations. 

18 ‘‘(4) COMPONENTS.—When implementing the 

19 national media campaign described in this section, 

20 the Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) educate the public about the public 

22 health and safety benefits of evidence-based 

23 policies to reduce underage drinking, including 

24 minimum legal drinking age laws, and build 


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1 public and parental support for and cooperation 

2 with enforcement of such policies; 

3 ‘‘(B) educate the public about the negative 

4 consequences of underage drinking; 

5 ‘‘(C) promote specific actions by adults 

6 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under7 age drinking, including positive behavior mod8 eling, general parental monitoring, and con9 sistent and appropriate discipline; 

10 ‘‘(D) discourage adult conduct that tends 

11 to facilitate underage drinking, including the 

12 hosting of underage parties with alcohol and 

13 the purchasing of alcoholic beverages on behalf 

14 of underage youth; 

15 ‘‘(E) establish collaborative relationships 

16 with local and national organizations and insti17 tutions to further the goals of the campaign 

18 and assure that the messages of the campaign 

19 are disseminated from a variety of sources; 

20 ‘‘(F) conduct the campaign through multi21 media sources; and 

22 ‘‘(G) conduct the campaign with regard to 

23 changing demographics and cultural and lin24 guistic factors. 


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1 ‘‘(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In devel2 oping and implementing the national media cam3 paign described in this section, the Secretary shall 

4 consult recommendations for reducing underage 

5 drinking published by the National Academy of 

6 Sciences. The Secretary shall also consult with inter7 ested parties including medical, public health, and 

8 consumer and parent groups, law enforcement, insti9 tutions of higher education, community organiza10 tions and coalitions, and other stakeholders sup11 portive of the goals of the campaign. 

12 ‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning 12 months 

13 after the date of the enactment of the Sober Truth 

14 on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization 

15 Act, the Secretary shall produce an annual report on 

16 the progress of the development or implementation 

17 of the media campaign described in this section, in18 cluding expenses and projected costs, and, as such 

19 information is available, report on the effectiveness 

20 of such campaign in affecting adult attitudes toward 

21 underage drinking and adult willingness to take ac22 tions to decrease underage drinking. 

23 ‘‘(7) RESEARCH ON YOUTH-ORIENTED CAM24 PAIGN.—The Secretary may, based on the avail25 ability of funds, conduct research on the potential 


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1 success of a youth-oriented national media campaign 

2 to reduce underage drinking. The Secretary shall re3 port any such results to Congress with policy rec4 ommendations on establishing such a campaign. 

5 ‘‘(8) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may 

6 enter into a subcontract with another Federal Agen7 cy to delegate the authority for execution and ad8 ministration of the adult oriented national media 

9 campaign. 

10 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

12 this section $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 and 

13 2013 and such sums as necessary for each of the fis14 cal years 2014 through 2016. 

15 ‘‘(e) COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS TO PREVENT

16 UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED COALITION ENHANCE18 MENT GRANTS TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINK19 ING.— 

20 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The 

21 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

22 Mental Health Services Administration, in con23 sultation with the Director of the Office of Na24 tional Drug Control Policy, shall award, if the 

25 Administrator determines that the Department 


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1 of Health and Human Services is not currently 

2 conducting activities that duplicate activities of 

3 the type described in this subsection, ‘enhance4 ment grants’ to eligible entities to design, im5 plement, evaluate, and disseminate comprehen6 sive strategies to maximize the effectiveness of 

7 community-wide approaches to preventing and 

8 reducing underage drinking. This subsection is 

9 subject to the availability of appropriations. 

10 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this 

11 paragraph are to— 

12 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

13 among youth in communities throughout 

14 the United States; 

15 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

16 communities, the Federal Government, and 

17 State, local, and tribal governments; 

18 ‘‘(iii) enhance intergovernmental co19 operation and coordination on the issue of 

20 alcohol use among youth; 

21 ‘‘(iv) serve as a catalyst for increased 

22 citizen participation and greater collabora23 tion among all sectors and organizations of 

24 a community that first demonstrates a 


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1 long-term commitment to reducing alcohol 

2 use among youth; 

3 ‘‘(v) implement state-of-the-art 

4 science-based strategies to prevent and re5 duce underage drinking by changing local 

6 conditions in communities; and 

7 ‘‘(vi) enhance, not supplant, effective 

8 local community initiatives for preventing 

9 and reducing alcohol use among youth. 

10 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity de11 siring an enhancement grant under this para12 graph shall submit an application to the Admin13 istrator at such time, and in such manner, and 

14 accompanied by such information as the Admin15 istrator may require. Each application shall in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(i) a complete description of the enti18 ty’s current underage alcohol use preven19 tion initiatives and how the grant will ap20 propriately enhance the focus on underage 

21 drinking issues; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) a complete description of the en23 tity’s current initiatives, and how it will 

24 use this grant to enhance those initiatives 


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1 by adding a focus on underage drinking 

2 prevention. 

3 ‘‘(D) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti4 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

5 shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac6 tivities described in such entity’s application 

7 submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) and 

8 obtain specialized training and technical assist9 ance by the entity awarded a grant under sec10 tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended (21 

11 U.S.C. 1521 note), reauthorizing the Drug-Free 

12 Communities Support Program. Grants under 

13 this paragraph shall not exceed $50,000 per 

14 year and may not exceed four years. 

15 ‘‘(E) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

16 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

17 shall be used to supplement, not supplant, Fed18 eral and non-Federal funds available for car19 rying out the activities described in this para20 graph. 

21 ‘‘(F) EVALUATION.—Grants under this 

22 paragraph shall be subject to the same evalua23 tion requirements and procedures as the evalua24 tion requirements and procedures imposed on 

25 recipients of drug free community grants. 


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1 ‘‘(G) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

2 paragraph, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an 

3 organization that is currently receiving or has 

4 received grant funds under the Drug-Free Com5 munities Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.). 

6 ‘‘(H) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

7 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para8 graph may be expended for administrative ex9 penses. 

10 ‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA11 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro12 priated to carry out this paragraph $6,000,000 

13 for fiscal year 2012, and $6,000,000 for each 

14 of the fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 

15 ‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

16 COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF

17 HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The 

19 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

20 Mental Health Services Administration, in co21 ordination with the Director of the Office of 

22 National Drug Control Policy, may make grants 

23 to eligible entities to enable the entities to pre24 vent, and reduce the rate of, underage alcohol 


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1 consumption, including binge drinking among 

2 students at institutions of higher education. 

3 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this 

4 paragraph are to— 

5 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

6 among underage students at institutions of 

7 higher education and the surrounding com8 munity; 

9 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

10 communities and institutions of higher 

11 education; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) disseminate to institutions of 

13 higher education timely information re14 garding state-of-the-art science-based 

15 strategies to prevent and reduce underage 

16 drinking by changing local conditions at in17 stitutions of higher education and in the 

18 surrounding community. 

19 ‘‘(C) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity 

20 (as defined in subparagraph (H)) that desires 

21 to receive a grant under this paragraph shall 

22 submit an application to the Administrator at 

23 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

24 such information as the Administrator may re25 quire. 


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1 ‘‘(D) CRITERIA.—As part of an application 

2 for a grant under this paragraph, the Adminis3 trator shall require an eligible entity to dem4 onstrate— 

5 ‘‘(i) the active participation of one or 

6 more institutions of higher education in 

7 the relevant eligible entity coalition; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of how the eligible 

9 entity will work with one or more institu10 tions of higher education to target under11 age students; 

12 ‘‘(iii) a description of how the eligible 

13 entity intends to ensure that it has a part14 nership with one or more institutions of 

15 higher education and how it intends to im16 plement the purpose of this section and 

17 move toward indicators described in sub18 paragraph (F); 

19 ‘‘(iv) a list of the members of each 

20 local coalition and institution of higher 

21 education that will be involved in the work 

22 of the eligible entity; 

23 ‘‘(v) the implementation of state-of24 the-art science-based strategies to prevent 

25 and reduce underage drinking by changing 


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1 local conditions at institutions of higher 

2 education and in the surrounding commu3 nity; 

4 ‘‘(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 

5 provided under this paragraph in pre6 venting and reducing the rates of underage 

7 alcohol use; 

8 ‘‘(vii) outreach strategies, including 

9 ways in which the eligible entity proposes 

10 to— 

11 ‘‘(I) reach out to students and 

12 community stakeholders; 

13 ‘‘(II) promote the purpose of this 

14 paragraph; 

15 ‘‘(III) address the range of needs 

16 of underage students and the sur17 rounding communities; 

18 ‘‘(IV) address community policies 

19 affecting underage students regarding 

20 alcohol use; and 

21 ‘‘(V) implement other science22 based strategies to reduce underage 

23 drinking; and 

24 ‘‘(viii) such additional information as 

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1 ‘‘(E) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti2 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

3 shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac4 tivities described in such entity’s application 

5 pursuant to subparagraph (D). Grants under 

6 this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per 

7 year and may not exceed four years. 

8 ‘‘(F) ACCOUNTABILITY.—On the date on 

9 which the Administrator first publishes a notice 

10 in the Federal Register soliciting applications 

11 for grants under this paragraph, the Adminis12 trator shall include in the notice achievement 

13 indicators for the program authorized under 

14 this paragraph. The achievement indicators 

15 shall be designed to— 

16 ‘‘(i) measure the impact that the coa17 lition assisted under this paragraph is hav18 ing on the institution of higher education 

19 and the surrounding communities, includ20 ing changes in the number of incidents of 

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1 ruptions of student studies, mental health 

2 referrals, illnesses, alcohol-related trans3 ports to emergency departments, or 

4 deaths); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) provide such other measures of 

6 program impact as the Administrator de7 termines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(G) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

9 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

10 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

11 Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

12 carrying out the activities described in this 

13 paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(H) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el17 igible entity’ means an organization that— 

18 ‘‘(I) on or before the date of sub19 mitting an application for a grant 

20 under this subsection is currently re21 ceiving or has received grant funds 

22 under the Drug-Free Communities 

23 Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(II) can provide evidence of pre2 existing involvement of one or more 

3 institutions of higher education; and 

4 ‘‘(III) has a documented strategy 

5 to prevent and reduce underage drink6 ing by students at institutions of 

7 higher education as part of its multi8 sector, community-based strategy. 

9 ‘‘(ii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU10 CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher 

11 education’ has the meaning given the term 

12 in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

13 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

14 ‘‘(iii) SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.— 

15 The term ‘surrounding community’ means 

16 the community— 

17 ‘‘(I) that surrounds an institution 

18 of higher education; 

19 ‘‘(II) where the students from 

20 the institution of higher education 

21 take part in the community; and 

22 ‘‘(III) where students from the 

23 institution of higher education live in 

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1 ‘‘(I) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

2 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para3 graph may be expended for administrative ex4 penses. 

5 ‘‘(J) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA6 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out this paragraph $2,500,000 

8 for fiscal year 2012, and $2,500,000 for each 

9 of the fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 

10 ‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH

11 SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE

13 PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.—The 

14 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 

15 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad16 ministration, shall make one or more grants to pro17 fessional pediatric provider organizations to increase 

18 among the members of such organizations effective 

19 practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use 

20 among individuals under the age of 21, including 

21 college students. 

22 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Grants under this subsection 

23 shall be made to promote the practices of— 

24 ‘‘(A) screening children and adolescents for 

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1 ‘‘(B) offering brief interventions to chil2 dren and adolescents to discourage such use; 

3 ‘‘(C) educating parents about the dangers 

4 of and methods of discouraging such use; 

5 ‘‘(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse 

6 disorders; and 

7 ‘‘(E) referring patients, when necessary, to 

8 other appropriate care. 

9 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization receiv10 ing a grant under this subsection may use such 

11 funding to promote the practices specified in para12 graph (B) among its members by— 

13 ‘‘(A) providing training to health care pro14 viders; 

15 ‘‘(B) disseminating best practices, includ16 ing culturally and linguistically appropriate best 

17 practices, and developing, printing, and distrib18 uting materials; and 

19 ‘‘(C) offering other activities approved by 

20 the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—An organization desiring a 

22 grant under this subsection shall submit an applica23 tion to the Secretary at such time, and in such man24 ner, and accompanied by such information as the 


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1 Secretary may require. Each application shall in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(A) a description of the organization and 

4 how its members are qualified to provide the 

5 services specified in paragraph (2); 

6 ‘‘(B) a description of activities to be com7 pleted; and 

8 ‘‘(C) a timeline for the completion of such 

9 activities. 

10 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this 

11 subsection: 

12 ‘‘(A) The term ‘pediatric health care pro13 vider’ means a provider of primary health care 

14 to individuals under the age of 21. 

15 ‘‘(B) The term ‘professional pediatric pro16 vider organization’ means a national organiza17 tion whose members consist primarily of pedi18 atric health care providers. 

19 ‘‘(C) The term ‘children and adolescents’ 

20 means any person under 21 years of age. 

21 ‘‘(D) The term ‘alcohol education’ means 

22 evidence-based education about the effects of al23 cohol use and abuse on children, adolescents, 

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1 ‘‘(E) The term ‘screening and brief inter2 vention’ means using validated patient interview 

3 techniques to identify and assess the existence 

4 and extent of alcohol use, then providing brief 

5 advice and other brief motivational enhance6 ment techniques designed to increase patient in7 sight regarding their own alcohol use and any 

8 realized or potential consequences of this behav9 ior, as well as to effect the desired related be10 havioral change. 

11 ‘‘(F) The term ‘caregivers’ means, with re12 spect to a child or adolescent, the parents, fam13 ily members, or legal guardians of the child or 

14 adolescent. 

15 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

17 this subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and 

18 $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

19 2016. 

20 ‘‘(g) DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE

22 DRINKING.—The Secretary shall, subject to the 

23 availability of appropriations, collect data, and con24 duct or support research that is not duplicative of 

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1 the Department of Health and Human Services, on 

2 underage drinking, with respect to the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Improve data collection in support of 

4 evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive 

5 community-based programs or strategies and 

6 statewide systems to prevent and reduce under7 age drinking, across the underage years from 

8 early childhood to age 21, such as programs 

9 funded and implemented by government enti10 ties, public health interest groups and founda11 tions, and alcohol beverage companies and trade 

12 associations, through the development of models 

13 of State-level epidemiological surveillance of un14 derage drinking by funding in States or large 

15 metropolitan areas new epidemiologists focused 

16 on excessive drinking including underage alco17 hol use. 

18 ‘‘(B) Obtain and report more precise infor19 mation than is currently collected on the scope 

20 of the underage drinking problem and patterns 

21 of underage alcohol consumption, including im22 proved knowledge about the problem and 

23 progress in preventing, reducing, and treating 

24 underage drinking; as well as information on 

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1 other media messages encouraging and discour2 aging alcohol consumption. 

3 ‘‘(C) Synthesize, expand on, and widely 

4 disseminate existing research on effective strat5 egies for reducing underage drinking, including 

6 translational research, and make this research 

7 easily accessible to the general public. 

8 ‘‘(D) Improve and conduct public health 

9 surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related 

10 conditions in States by increasing the use of 

11 surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor 

12 Surveillance System, to monitor binge and ex13 cessive drinking and related harms among indi14 viduals who are at least 18 years of age, but 

15 not more than 20 years of age, including harm 

16 caused to self or others as a result of alcohol 

17 use that is not duplicative of research currently 

18 being conducted or supported by the Depart19 ment of Health and Human Services. 

20 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

22 this subsection $4,500,000 for each of the fiscal 

23 years 2012 through 2016.’’. 

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