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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 854 

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

underage drinking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2011 

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

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

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 Con19 gress 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 should 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 such industries should 

22 use rating systems and marketing codes to reduce 

23 the likelihood that underage audiences will be ex24 posed to movies, recordings, or television programs 

25 with unsuitable 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) Section 158 of title 23 (commonly known 

24 as the ‘National Minimum Drinking Age Law’), en25 acted in 1984, has been a remarkably effective pubmstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 lic health and safety policy, as evidenced by the fact 

2 that the percentage of 12th graders who have drunk 

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

4 since the enactment of such law. 

5 ‘‘(9) The age-21 minimum drinking law also 

6 has been significantly effective in reducing drinking 

7 and driving traffic fatalities, as the National High8 way Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 

9 the law has saved more than 17,000 lives since its 

10 inception. 

11 ‘‘(10) Community awareness, support, and mo12 bilization provide an important context for the effec13 tive enforcement of the age-21 minimum drinking 

14 law. 

15 ‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE; AN16 NUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVEN17 TION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

19 ON THE PREVENTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in col21 laboration with the Federal officials described 

22 in subparagraph (B), shall continue to support 

23 and enhance the efforts of the interagency co24 ordinating committee, that began operating in 

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1 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred 

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

3 ‘‘(B) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials de4 scribed in this subparagraph are the Secretary 

5 of Education, the Attorney General, the Sec6 retary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 

7 Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur8 geon General, the Director of the Centers for 

9 Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of 

10 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Al11 coholism, the Administrator of the Substance 

12 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra13 tion, the Director of the National Institute on 

14 Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Chil15 dren and Families, the Director of the Office of 

16 National Drug Control Policy, the Adminis17 trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

18 Administration, the Administrator of the Office 

19 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

20 the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commis21 sion, and such other Federal officials as the 

22 Secretary of Health and Human Services deter23 mines to be appropriate. 

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

2 and Human Services shall serve as the chair of 

3 the Committee. 

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

5 policy and program development across the 

6 Federal Government with respect to underage 

7 drinking, provided that nothing in this section 

8 shall be construed as transferring regulatory or 

9 program authority from an Agency to the Co10 ordinating Committee. 

11 ‘‘(E) CONSULTATIONS.—The Committee 

12 shall actively seek the input of and shall consult 

13 with all appropriate and interested parties, in14 cluding States, public health research and inter15 est groups, foundations, and alcohol beverage 

16 industry trade associations and companies. 

17 ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

19 behalf of the Committee, shall annually 

20 submit to Congress a report that summa21 rizes— 

22 ‘‘(I) all programs and policies of 

23 Federal agencies designed to prevent 

24 and reduce underage drinking, focus25 ing particularly on programs and polimstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 cies that support the adoption and en2 forcement of State policies designed to 

3 prevent and reduce underage drinking 

4 as described in paragraph (2); 

5 ‘‘(II) the extent of progress in 

6 preventing and reducing underage 

7 drinking at State and national levels; 

8 ‘‘(III) data that the Secretary 

9 shall collect with respect to the infor10 mation described in clause (ii); and 

11 ‘‘(IV) such other information re12 garding underage drinking as the Sec13 retary determines to be appropriate. 

14 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The 

15 report under clause (i) shall include infor16 mation on the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) Patterns and consequences 

18 of underage drinking as reported in 

19 research and surveys such as Moni20 toring the Future, Youth Risk Behav21 ior Surveillance System, the National 

22 Survey on Drug Use and Health, and 

23 the Fatality Analysis Reporting Sys24 tem. 

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1 ‘‘(II) Measures of the availability 

2 of alcohol from commercial and non3 commercial sources to underage popu4 lations. 

5 ‘‘(III) Measures of the exposure 

6 of underage populations to messages 

7 regarding alcohol in advertising and 

8 the entertainment media. 

9 ‘‘(IV) Surveillance data, includ10 ing information on the onset and 

11 prevalence of underage drinking, con12 sumption patterns, beverage pref13 erences, prevalence of drinking among 

14 students at institutions of higher edu15 cation, correlations between adult and 

16 youth drinking, and the means of un17 derage access, including trends over 

18 time for these surveillance data. The 

19 Secretary shall develop a plan to im20 prove the collection, measurement, 

21 and consistency of reporting Federal 

22 underage alcohol data. 

23 ‘‘(V) Any additional findings re24 sulting from research conducted or 

25 supported under subsection (f). 

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1 ‘‘(VI) Evidence-based best prac2 tices to prevent and reduce underage 

3 drinking including a review of the re4 search literature related to State laws, 

5 regulations, and policies designed to 

6 prevent and reduce underage drink7 ing, as described in paragraph 

8 (2)(B)(i). 

9 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE

10 DRINKING PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI11 TIES.— 

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

13 with input and collaboration from other appro14 priate Federal agencies, States, Indian tribes, 

15 territories, and public health, consumer, and al16 cohol beverage industry groups, annually issue 

17 a report on each State’s performance in enact18 ing, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, 

19 and policies to prevent or reduce underage 

20 drinking based on an assessment of best prac21 tices developed pursuant to paragraph 

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

23 purposes of this paragraph each such report, 

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

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

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1 designed as a resource tool for Federal agencies 

2 assisting States in the States’ underage drink3 ing prevention efforts, State public health and 

4 law enforcement agencies, State and local policy 

5 makers, and underage drinking prevention coa6 litions including those receiving grants pursuant 

7 to subsection (e)(1). 

8 ‘‘(B) STATE REPORT PERFORMANCE MEAS9 URES AND CONTENT.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

11 shall develop, in consultation with the 

12 Committee, a set of measures to be used in 

13 preparing the report on best practices as 

14 they relate to State laws, regulations, poli15 cies, and enforcement practices. 

16 ‘‘(ii) STATE REPORT CONTENT.—Each 

17 State Report shall include updates on 

18 State laws, regulations, and policies, in19 cluding the following: 

20 ‘‘(I) Whether or not the State 

21 has comprehensive anti-underage 

22 drinking laws such as for the illegal 

23 sale, purchase, attempt to purchase, 

24 consumption, or possession of alcohol; 

25 illegal use of fraudulent ID; illegal 

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1 furnishing or obtaining of alcohol for 

2 an individual under 21 years; the de3 gree of strictness of the penalties for 

4 such offenses; and the prevalence of 

5 the enforcement of each of these in6 fractions. 

7 ‘‘(II) Whether or not the State 

8 has comprehensive liability statutes 

9 pertaining to underage access to alco10 hol such as dram shop, social host, 

11 and house party laws, and the preva12 lence of enforcement of each of these 

13 laws. 

14 ‘‘(III) Whether or not the State 

15 encourages and conducts comprehen16 sive enforcement efforts to prevent 

17 underage access to alcohol at retail 

18 outlets, such as random compliance 

19 checks and shoulder tap programs, 

20 and the number of compliance checks 

21 within alcohol retail outlets measured 

22 against the number of total alcohol re23 tail outlets in each State, and the re24 sult of such checks. 

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1 ‘‘(IV) Whether or not the State 

2 encourages training on the proper 

3 selling and serving of alcohol for all 

4 sellers and servers of alcohol as a con5 dition of employment. 

6 ‘‘(V) Whether or not the State 

7 has policies and regulations with re8 gard to direct sales to consumers and 

9 home delivery of alcoholic beverages. 

10 ‘‘(VI) Whether or not the State 

11 has programs or laws to deter adults 

12 from purchasing alcohol for minors; 

13 and the number of adults targeted by 

14 these programs. 

15 ‘‘(VII) Whether or not the State 

16 has enacted graduated drivers licenses 

17 and the extent of those provisions. 

18 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES.—In 

19 addition to the updates of State laws, reg20 ulations, and policies listed in clause (ii), 

21 the Secretary shall consider the following 

22 categories, including— 

23 ‘‘(I) whether or not States have 

24 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

25 that deter underage alcohol use, as 

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1 described in the Surgeon General’s 

2 2007 Call to Action to Prevent and 

3 Reduce Underage Drinking, including 

4 restrictions on low-price, high-volume 

5 drink specials, and wholesaler pricing 

6 provisions; 

7 ‘‘(II) whether or not States have 

8 adopted laws, regulations and policies 

9 designed to reduce alcohol advertising 

10 messages attractive to youth and 

11 youth exposure to alcohol advertising 

12 and marketing in measured and 

13 unmeasured media; 

14 ‘‘(III) whether or not States have 

15 laws and policies that promote under16 age drinking prevention policy devel17 opment by local jurisdictions; 

18 ‘‘(IV) whether or not States have 

19 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

20 to restrict youth access to alcoholic 

21 beverages that may pose special risks 

22 to youth, including alcoholic mists, 

23 gelatins, freezer pops, pre-mixed 

24 caffeinated alcoholic beverages, and 

25 flavored malt beverages; 

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1 ‘‘(V) whether or not States have 

2 adopted uniform best practices proto3 cols for conducting compliance checks 

4 and shoulder tap programs; and 

5 ‘‘(VI) whether or not States have 

6 adopted uniform best practices pen7 alty protocols for violations of laws 

8 prohibiting retail licensees from sell9 ing or furnishing of alcohol to minors. 

10 ‘‘(iv) UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM.—For 

11 performance measures related to enforce12 ment of underage drinking laws described 

13 in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall 

14 develop and test a uniform data system for 

15 reporting State enforcement data, includ16 ing the development of a pilot program for 

17 this purpose. The pilot program shall in18 clude procedures for collecting enforcement 

19 data from both State and local law en20 forcement jurisdictions. 

21 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this subsection $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

24 years 2012 through 2016. 

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1 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UN2 DERAGE DRINKING.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta4 tion with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad5 ministration, shall develop an intensive, multifaceted, 

6 adult-oriented national media campaign to reduce 

7 underage drinking by influencing attitudes regarding 

8 underage drinking, increasing the willingness of 

9 adults to take actions to reduce underage drinking, 

10 and encouraging public policy changes known to de11 crease underage drinking rates. 

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

13 media campaign described in this section shall be to 

14 achieve the following objectives: 

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

16 reduce underage drinking. 

17 ‘‘(B) Increase specific actions by adults 

18 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under19 age drinking. 

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

21 facilitate or condone underage drinking. 

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

23 for the national media campaign described in this 

24 section, the Secretary shall conduct, in consultation 

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1 perts, including in marketing, public relations, mass 

2 media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use and 

3 abuse, a developmental phase to test specific cam4 paign features prior to beginning an intensive na5 tional strategy. This phase shall include research 

6 and testing, limited to a period not to exceed 2 

7 years, to determine the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) Promising messages to promote pub9 lic opinion change. 

10 ‘‘(B) Appropriate channels for reaching 

11 target audiences. 

12 ‘‘(C) Appropriate timing and weight for 

13 utilizing such promising messages and media 

14 channels. 

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

16 local, State, and national policy changes affect17 ing underage drinking, if adopted. 

18 ‘‘(E) Productive collaborative partnerships 

19 with national and local organizations. 

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

21 national media campaign described in this section, 

22 the Secretary shall— 

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

24 health and safety benefits of evidence-based 

25 policies to reduce underage drinking, including 

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1 minimum legal drinking age laws, and build 

2 public and parental support for and cooperation 

3 with enforcement of such policies; 

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

5 consequences of underage drinking; 

6 ‘‘(C) promote specific actions by adults 

7 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under8 age drinking, including positive behavior mod9 eling, general parental monitoring, and con10 sistent and appropriate discipline; 

11 ‘‘(D) discourage adult conduct that tends 

12 to facilitate underage drinking, including the 

13 hosting of underage parties with alcohol and 

14 the purchasing of alcoholic beverages on behalf 

15 of underage youth; 

16 ‘‘(E) establish collaborative relationships 

17 with local and national organizations and insti18 tutions to further the goals of the campaign 

19 and ensure that the messages of the campaign 

20 are disseminated from a variety of sources; 

21 ‘‘(F) conduct the campaign through multi22 media sources; and 

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

24 changing demographics and cultural and lin25 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 1 year after 

13 the date of the enactment of the Sober Truth on 

14 Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act, 

15 the Secretary shall produce an annual report on the 

16 progress of the development or implementation of 

17 the media campaign described in this section, includ18 ing expenses and projected costs, and, as such infor19 mation is available, report on the effectiveness of 

20 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 subsection $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 and 

13 2013 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

14 of the fiscal 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 otherwise 

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, in such manner, and ac14 companied by such information as the Adminis15 trator 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 4 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 each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

14 ‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

15 COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF

16 HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

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

18 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

19 Mental Health Services Administration, in co20 ordination with the Director of the Office of 

21 National Drug Control Policy, may make grants 

22 to eligible entities to enable the entities to pre23 vent, and reduce the rate of, underage alcohol 

24 consumption, including binge drinking among 

25 students at institutions of higher education. 

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

2 paragraph are to— 

3 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

4 among underage students at institutions of 

5 higher education and the surrounding com6 munity; 

7 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

8 communities and institutions of higher 

9 education; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) disseminate to institutions of 

11 higher education timely information re12 garding state-of-the-art science-based 

13 strategies to prevent and reduce underage 

14 drinking by changing local conditions at in15 stitutions of higher education and in the 

16 surrounding community. 

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

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

19 to receive a grant under this paragraph shall 

20 submit an application to the Administrator at 

21 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

22 such information as the Administrator may re23 quire. 

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

25 for a grant under this paragraph, the Adminismstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 trator shall require an eligible entity to dem2 onstrate— 

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

4 more institutions of higher education in 

5 the relevant eligible entity coalition; 

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

7 entity will work with one or more institu8 tions of higher education to target under9 age students; 

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

11 entity intends to ensure that such entity 

12 has a partnership with one or more institu13 tions of higher education and how such en14 tity intends to implement the purpose of 

15 this section and move toward indicators de16 scribed in subparagraph (F); 

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

18 local coalition and institution of higher 

19 education that will be involved in the work 

20 of the eligible entity; 

21 ‘‘(v) the implementation of state-of22 the-art science-based strategies to prevent 

23 and reduce underage drinking by changing 

24 local conditions at institutions of higher 

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1 education and in the surrounding commu2 nity; 

3 ‘‘(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 

4 provided under this paragraph in pre5 venting and reducing the rates of underage 

6 alcohol use; 

7 ‘‘(vii) outreach strategies, including 

8 ways in which the eligible entity proposes 

9 to— 

10 ‘‘(I) reach out to students and 

11 community stakeholders; 

12 ‘‘(II) promote the purpose of this 

13 paragraph; 

14 ‘‘(III) address the range of needs 

15 of underage students and the sur16 rounding communities; 

17 ‘‘(IV) address community policies 

18 affecting underage students regarding 

19 alcohol use; and 

20 ‘‘(V) implement other science21 based strategies to reduce underage 

22 drinking; and 

23 ‘‘(viii) such additional information as 

24 required by the Administrator. 

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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 (C). Grants under 

6 this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per 

7 year and may not exceed 4 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 

21 any kind in which students have abused al22 cohol or consumed alcohol while under the 

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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 otherwise 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 

24 off-campus housing. 

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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 each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

9 ‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH

10 SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE

12 PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.—The 

13 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 

14 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad15 ministration, shall make one or more grants to pro16 fessional pediatric provider organizations to increase 

17 among the members of such organizations effective 

18 practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use 

19 among individuals under the age of 21, including 

20 college students. 

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

22 shall be made to promote the practices of— 

23 ‘‘(A) screening children and adolescents for 

24 alcohol use; 

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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 described in para12 graph (2) 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 described 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, 

24 and adults. 

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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 each of the fiscal 

18 years 2012 through 2016. 

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

20 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE

21 DRINKING.—The Secretary shall, subject to the 

22 availability of appropriations, collect data, and con23 duct or support research that is not duplicative of 

24 research otherwise being conducted or supported by 

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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 otherwise 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 

25 the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and 

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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 otherwise 

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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