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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1717 

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

underage drinking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2015 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BASS, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, 

Ms. DELBENE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 

GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HINOJOSA, 

Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PEARCE, 

Mr. PETERSON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sober Truth on Pre3 venting Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘STOP Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 

6 ACT. 

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

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

9 through (f) and inserting the following: 

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

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

12 means the brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, 

13 distributors, and retail or online outlets that sell or 

14 serve beer, wine, and distilled spirits. 

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

16 programs, which are institutionalized, and run by 

17 staff members or school-designated persons or orga18 nizations in any grade of school, kindergarten 

19 through 12th grade. 

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

21 age of 21. 

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

23 Congress that: 

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

25 successfully address the problem of underage drink26 ing in the United States. A coordinated approach to 


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1 prevention, intervention, treatment, enforcement, 

2 and research is key to making progress. This section 

3 recognizes the need for a focused national effort, 

4 and addresses particulars of the Federal portion of 

5 that effort, as well as Federal support for State ac6 tivities. 

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

8 research and collect data on the short- and long9 range impact of alcohol use and abuse upon adoles10 cent brain development and other organ systems. 

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

12 and universities, are encouraged to adopt com13 prehensive prevention approaches, including— 

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

15 and curricula; 

16 ‘‘(B) brief intervention strategies; 

17 ‘‘(C) consistent policy enforcement; and 

18 ‘‘(D) science-based strategies to reduce un19 derage drinking. 

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

21 and the alcohol beverage industry should continue 

22 and expand evidence-based efforts to prevent and re23 duce underage drinking. 

24 ‘‘(5) The entertainment industries have a pow25 erful impact on youth, and they should use rating 


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1 systems and marketing codes to reduce the likeli2 hood that underage audiences will be exposed to 

3 movies, recordings, television programs, or other dig4 ital media with unsuitable alcohol content. 

5 ‘‘(6) The National Collegiate Athletic Associa6 tion, its member colleges and universities, and ath7 letic conferences should affirm a commitment to a 

8 policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage 

9 students and other young fans. 

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

11 regulated differently than other products by the 

12 States and Federal Government. States have pri13 mary authority to regulate alcohol distribution and 

14 sale, and the Federal Government should support 

15 and supplement these State efforts. States also have 

16 a responsibility to fight youth access to alcohol and 

17 reduce underage drinking. Continued State regula18 tion and licensing of the manufacture, importation, 

19 sale, distribution, transportation and storage of alco20 holic beverages are clearly in the public interest and 

21 are critical to promoting responsible consumption, 

22 preventing illegal access to alcohol by persons under 

23 21 years of age from commercial and non-commer24 cial sources, maintaining industry integrity and an 


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1 orderly marketplace, and furthering effective State 

2 tax collection. 

3 ‘‘(8) The age-21 minimum drinking law, en4 acted in 1984, has been a remarkably effective pub5 lic health and safety policy, as evidenced by the fact 

6 that the percentage of 12th graders who have drunk 

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

8 since the enactment of such law. 

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

10 also has been significantly effective in reducing 

11 drinking and driving traffic fatalities, as the Na12 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

13 (NHTSA) estimates that the law has saved over 

14 28,000 lives since 1975. 

15 ‘‘(10) Community awareness, support, and mo16 bilization provide an important context for the effec17 tive enforcement of the age-21 minimum drinking 

18 law. 

19 ‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE; AN20 NUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVEN21 TION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

23 ON THE PREVENTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in col25 laboration with the Federal officials specified in 


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1 subparagraph (B), shall continue to support 

2 and enhance the efforts of the interagency co3 ordinating committee, that began operating in 

4 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred 

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

6 ‘‘(B) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials re7 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are the Secretary 

8 of Education, the Attorney General, the Sec9 retary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur11 geon General, the Director of the Centers for 

12 Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of 

13 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Al14 coholism, the Administrator of the Substance 

15 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra16 tion, the Director of the National Institute on 

17 Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Chil18 dren and Families, the Director of the Office of 

19 National Drug Control Policy, the Adminis20 trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

21 Administration, the Administrator of the Office 

22 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

23 the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commis24 sion, and such other Federal officials as the 


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1 Secretary of Health and Human Services deter2 mines to be appropriate. 

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

4 and Human Services shall serve as the chair of 

5 the Committee. 

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

7 policy and program development across the 

8 Federal Government with respect to underage 

9 drinking, provided, however, that nothing in 

10 this section shall be construed as transferring 

11 regulatory or program authority from an Agen12 cy to the Coordinating Committee. 

13 ‘‘(E) CONSULTATIONS.—The Committee 

14 shall actively seek the input of and shall consult 

15 with all appropriate and interested parties, in16 cluding States, public health research and inter17 est groups, foundations, and alcohol beverage 

18 industry trade associations and companies. 

19 ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

21 behalf of the Committee, shall annually 

22 submit to the Congress a report that sum23 marizes— 

24 ‘‘(I) all programs and policies of 

25 Federal agencies designed to prevent 


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1 and reduce underage drinking, focus2 ing particularly on programs and poli3 cies that support the adoption and en4 forcement of State policies designed to 

5 prevent and reduce underage drinking 

6 as specified in paragraph (2); 

7 ‘‘(II) the extent of progress in 

8 preventing and reducing underage 

9 drinking at State and national levels; 

10 ‘‘(III) data that the Secretary 

11 shall collect with respect to the infor12 mation specified in clause (ii); and 

13 ‘‘(IV) such other information re14 garding underage drinking as the Sec15 retary determines to be appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The 

17 report under clause (i) shall include infor18 mation on the following: 

19 ‘‘(I) Patterns and consequences 

20 of underage drinking as reported in 

21 research and surveys such as, but not 

22 limited to, Monitoring the Future, 

23 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 

24 System, the National Survey on Drug 


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1 Use and Health, and the Fatality 

2 Analysis Reporting System. 

3 ‘‘(II) Measures of the availability 

4 of alcohol from commercial and non5 commercial sources to underage popu6 lations. 

7 ‘‘(III) Measures of the exposure 

8 of underage populations to messages 

9 regarding alcohol in advertising and 

10 the entertainment media. 

11 ‘‘(IV) Surveillance data, includ12 ing information on the onset and 

13 prevalence of underage drinking, con14 sumption patterns, beverage pref15 erences, prevalence of drinking among 

16 students at institutions of higher edu17 cation, correlations between adult and 

18 youth drinking, and the means of un19 derage access, including trends over 

20 time for these surveillance data. The 

21 Secretary shall develop a plan to im22 prove the collection, measurement, 

23 and consistency of reporting Federal 

24 underage alcohol data. 


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1 ‘‘(V) Any additional findings re2 sulting from research conducted or 

3 supported under subsection (f). 

4 ‘‘(VI) Evidence-based best prac5 tices to prevent and reduce underage 

6 drinking including a review of the re7 search literature related to State laws, 

8 regulations, and policies designed to 

9 prevent and reduce underage drink10 ing, as described in paragraph 

11 (2)(B)(i). 

12 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE

13 DRINKING PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI14 TIES.— 

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

16 with input and collaboration from other appro17 priate Federal agencies, States, Indian tribes, 

18 territories, and public health, consumer, and al19 cohol beverage industry groups, annually issue 

20 a report on each State’s performance in enact21 ing, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, 

22 and policies to prevent or reduce underage 

23 drinking based on an assessment of best prac24 tices developed pursuant to paragraph 

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


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1 purposes of this paragraph, each such report, 

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

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

4 designed as a resource tool for Federal agencies 

5 assisting States in the States’ underage drink6 ing prevention efforts, State public health and 

7 law enforcement agencies, State and local policy 

8 makers, and underage drinking prevention coa9 litions including those receiving grants pursuant 

10 to subsection (e)(1). 

11 ‘‘(B) STATE REPORT PERFORMANCE MEAS12 URES AND CONTENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

14 shall develop, in consultation with the 

15 Committee, a set of measures to be used in 

16 preparing the report on best practices as 

17 they relate to State laws, regulations, poli18 cies, and enforcement practices. 

19 ‘‘(ii) STATE REPORT CONTENT.—Each 

20 State Report shall include updates on 

21 State laws, regulations, and policies, in22 cluding, but not limited to the following: 

23 ‘‘(I) Whether or not the State 

24 has comprehensive anti-underage 

25 drinking laws such as for the illegal 


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1 sale, purchase, attempt to purchase, 

2 consumption, or possession of alcohol; 

3 illegal use of fraudulent ID; illegal 

4 furnishing or obtaining of alcohol for 

5 an individual under 21 years; the de6 gree of strictness of the penalties for 

7 such offenses; and the prevalence of 

8 the enforcement of each of these in9 fractions. 

10 ‘‘(II) Whether or not the State 

11 has comprehensive liability statutes 

12 pertaining to underage access to alco13 hol such as dram shop, social host, 

14 and house party laws, and the preva15 lence of enforcement of each of these 

16 laws. 

17 ‘‘(III) Whether or not the State 

18 encourages and conducts comprehen19 sive enforcement efforts to prevent 

20 underage access to alcohol at retail 

21 outlets, such as random compliance 

22 checks and shoulder tap programs, 

23 and the number of compliance checks 

24 within alcohol retail outlets measured 

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1 tail outlets in each State, and the re2 sult of such checks. 

3 ‘‘(IV) Whether or not the State 

4 encourages training on the proper 

5 selling and serving of alcohol for all 

6 sellers and servers of alcohol as a con7 dition of employment. 

8 ‘‘(V) Whether or not the State 

9 has policies and regulations with re10 gard to direct sales to consumers and 

11 home delivery of alcoholic beverages. 

12 ‘‘(VI) Whether or not the State 

13 has programs or laws to deter adults 

14 from purchasing alcohol for minors; 

15 and the number of adults targeted by 

16 these programs. 

17 ‘‘(VII) Whether or not the State 

18 has enacted graduated drivers licenses 

19 and the extent of those provisions. 

20 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES.—In 

21 addition to the updates of State laws, reg22 ulations, and policies listed in clause (ii), 

23 the Secretary shall consider the following 

24 categories, including but not limited to— 


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1 ‘‘(I) whether or not States have 

2 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

3 that deter underage alcohol use, as 

4 described in the Surgeon General’s 

5 2007 Call to Action to Prevent and 

6 Reduce Underage Drinking, including 

7 restrictions on low-price, high-volume 

8 drink specials, and wholesaler pricing 

9 provisions; 

10 ‘‘(II) whether or not States have 

11 adopted laws, regulations and policies 

12 designed to reduce alcohol advertising 

13 messages attractive to youth and 

14 youth exposure to alcohol advertising 

15 and marketing in measured and 

16 unmeasured media; 

17 ‘‘(III) whether or not States have 

18 laws and policies that promote under19 age drinking prevention policy devel20 opment by local jurisdictions; 

21 ‘‘(IV) whether or not States have 

22 adopted laws, regulations, and policies 

23 to restrict youth access to alcoholic 

24 beverages that may pose special risks 

25 to youth, including but not limited to 


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1 alcoholic mists, gelatins, freezer pops, 

2 pre-mixed caffeinated alcoholic bev3 erages, and flavored malt beverages; 

4 ‘‘(V) whether or not States have 

5 adopted uniform best practices proto6 cols for conducting compliance checks 

7 and shoulder tap programs; and 

8 ‘‘(VI) whether or not States have 

9 adopted uniform best practices pen10 alty protocols for violations of laws 

11 prohibiting retail licensees from sell12 ing or furnishing of alcohol to minors. 

13 ‘‘(iv) UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM.—For 

14 performance measures related to enforce15 ment of underage drinking laws as speci16 fied in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Secretary 

17 shall develop and test a uniform data sys18 tem for reporting State enforcement data, 

19 including the development of a pilot pro20 gram for this purpose. The pilot program 

21 shall include procedures for collecting en22 forcement data from both State and local 

23 law enforcement jurisdictions. 

24 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

25 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 


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1 this subsection $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and 

2 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 

3 2020. 

4 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UN5 DERAGE DRINKING.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta7 tion with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad8 ministration, shall develop an intensive, multifaceted, 

9 adult-oriented national media campaign to reduce 

10 underage drinking by influencing attitudes regarding 

11 underage drinking, increasing the willingness of 

12 adults to take actions to reduce underage drinking, 

13 and encouraging public policy changes known to de14 crease underage drinking rates. 

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

16 media campaign described in this section shall be to 

17 achieve the following objectives: 

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

19 reduce underage drinking. 

20 ‘‘(B) Increase specific actions by adults 

21 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under22 age drinking. 

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

24 facilitate or condone underage drinking. 


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

2 for the national media campaign described in this 

3 section, the Secretary shall conduct, in consultation 

4 with appropriate Federal agencies and outside ex5 perts, including in marketing, public relations, mass 

6 media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use and 

7 abuse, a developmental phase to test specific cam8 paign features prior to beginning an intensive na9 tional strategy. This phase shall include research 

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

11 months, to determine the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) Promising messages to promote pub13 lic opinion change. 

14 ‘‘(B) Appropriate channels for reaching 

15 target audiences. 

16 ‘‘(C) Appropriate timing and weight for 

17 utilizing such promising messages and media 

18 channels. 

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

20 local, State, and national policy changes affect21 ing underage drinking, if adopted. 

22 ‘‘(E) Productive collaborative partnerships 

23 with national and local organizations. 


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

2 national media campaign described in this section, 

3 the Secretary shall— 

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

5 health and safety benefits of evidence-based 

6 policies to reduce underage drinking, including 

7 minimum legal drinking age laws, and build 

8 public and parental support for and cooperation 

9 with enforcement of such policies; 

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

11 consequences of underage drinking; 

12 ‘‘(C) promote specific actions by adults 

13 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under14 age drinking, including positive behavior mod15 eling, general parental monitoring, and con16 sistent and appropriate discipline; 

17 ‘‘(D) discourage adult conduct that tends 

18 to facilitate underage drinking, including the 

19 hosting of underage parties with alcohol and 

20 the purchasing of alcoholic beverages on behalf 

21 of underage youth; 

22 ‘‘(E) establish collaborative relationships 

23 with local and national organizations and insti24 tutions to further the goals of the campaign 


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1 and assure that the messages of the campaign 

2 are disseminated from a variety of sources; 

3 ‘‘(F) conduct the campaign through multi4 media sources; and 

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

6 changing demographics and cultural and lin7 guistic factors. 

8 ‘‘(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In devel9 oping and implementing the national media cam10 paign described in this section, the Secretary shall 

11 consult recommendations for reducing underage 

12 drinking published by the National Academy of 

13 Sciences. The Secretary shall also consult with inter14 ested parties including medical, public health, and 

15 consumer and parent groups, law enforcement, insti16 tutions of higher education, community organiza17 tions and coalitions, and other stakeholders sup18 portive of the goals of the campaign. 

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

20 after the date of the enactment of the Sober Truth 

21 on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization 

22 Act, the Secretary shall produce an annual report on 

23 the progress of the development or implementation 

24 of the media campaign described in this section, in25 cluding expenses and projected costs, and, as such 


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1 information is available, report on the effectiveness 

2 of such campaign in affecting adult attitudes toward 

3 underage drinking and adult willingness to take ac4 tions to decrease underage drinking. 

5 ‘‘(7) RESEARCH ON YOUTH-ORIENTED CAM6 PAIGN.—The Secretary may, based on the avail7 ability of funds, conduct research on the potential 

8 success of a youth-oriented national media campaign 

9 to reduce underage drinking. The Secretary shall re10 port any such results to Congress with policy rec11 ommendations on establishing such a campaign. 

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

13 enter into a subcontract with another Federal agen14 cy to delegate the authority for execution and ad15 ministration of the adult oriented national media 

16 campaign. 

17 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

19 this section $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2016 and 

20 2017 and such sums as necessary for each of the fis21 cal years 2018 through 2020. 

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

23 UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED COALITION ENHANCE2 MENT GRANTS TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINK3 ING.— 

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

5 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

6 Mental Health Services Administration, in con7 sultation with the Director of the Office of Na8 tional Drug Control Policy, shall award, if the 

9 Administrator determines that the Department 

10 of Health and Human Services is not currently 

11 conducting activities that duplicate activities of 

12 the type described in this subsection, ‘enhance13 ment grants’ to eligible entities to design, im14 plement, evaluate, and disseminate comprehen15 sive strategies to maximize the effectiveness of 

16 community-wide approaches to preventing and 

17 reducing underage drinking. This subsection is 

18 subject to the availability of appropriations. 

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

20 paragraph are to— 

21 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

22 among youth in communities throughout 

23 the United States; 

24 ‘‘(ii) serve as a catalyst for increased 

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1 tion among all sectors and organizations of 

2 a community that first demonstrates a 

3 long-term commitment to reducing alcohol 

4 use among youth; 

5 ‘‘(iii) implement state-of-the-art 

6 science-based strategies to prevent and re7 duce underage drinking by changing local 

8 conditions in communities; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) enhance, not supplant, effective 

10 local community initiatives for preventing 

11 and reducing alcohol use among youth. 

12 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity de13 siring an enhancement grant under this para14 graph shall submit an application to the Admin15 istrator at such time, and in such manner, and 

16 accompanied by such information as the Admin17 istrator may require in accordance with the 

18 purposes described in subparagraph (B). Each 

19 application shall include— 

20 ‘‘(i) a complete description of the enti21 ty’s current underage alcohol use preven22 tion initiatives and how the grant will ap23 propriately enhance the focus on underage 

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1 ‘‘(ii) a complete description of the en2 tity’s current initiatives, and how it will 

3 use this grant to enhance those initiatives 

4 by adding a focus on underage drinking 

5 prevention. 

6 ‘‘(D) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti7 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

8 shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac9 tivities described in such entity’s application 

10 submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) and 

11 obtain specialized training and technical assist12 ance by the entity awarded a grant under sec13 tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended (21 

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

15 Communities Support Program. Grants under 

16 this paragraph shall not exceed $50,000 per 

17 year and may not exceed four years. 

18 ‘‘(E) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

19 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

20 shall be used to supplement, not supplant, Fed21 eral and non-Federal funds available for car22 rying out the activities described in this para23 graph. 

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

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1 tion requirements and procedures as the evalua2 tion requirements and procedures imposed on 

3 recipients of drug free community grants. 

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

5 paragraph, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an 

6 organization that is currently receiving or has 

7 received grant funds under the Drug-Free Com8 munities Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.). 

9 ‘‘(H) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

10 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para11 graph may be expended for administrative ex12 penses. 

13 ‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA14 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out this paragraph $6,000,000 

16 for fiscal year 2016, and $6,000,000 for each 

17 of the fiscal years 2017 through 2020. 

18 ‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

19 COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF

20 HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

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

22 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

23 Mental Health Services Administration, in co24 ordination with the Director of the Office of 

25 National Drug Control Policy, may make grants 


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1 to eligible entities to enable the entities to pre2 vent, and reduce the rate of, underage alcohol 

3 consumption, including binge drinking among 

4 students at institutions of higher education. 

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

6 paragraph are to— 

7 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

8 among underage students at institutions of 

9 higher education and the surrounding com10 munity; 

11 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

12 communities and institutions of higher 

13 education; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) disseminate to institutions of 

15 higher education timely information re16 garding state-of-the-art science-based 

17 strategies to prevent and reduce underage 

18 drinking by changing local conditions at in19 stitutions of higher education and in the 

20 surrounding community. 

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

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

23 to receive a grant under this paragraph shall 

24 submit an application to the Administrator at 

25 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 


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1 such information as the Administrator may re2 quire. 

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

4 for a grant under this paragraph, the Adminis5 trator shall require an eligible entity to dem6 onstrate— 

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

8 more institutions of higher education in 

9 the relevant eligible entity coalition; 

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

11 entity will work with one or more institu12 tions of higher education to target under13 age students; 

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

15 entity intends to ensure that it has a part16 nership with one or more institutions of 

17 higher education and how it intends to im18 plement the purpose of this section and 

19 move toward indicators described in sub20 paragraph (F); 

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

22 local coalition and institution of higher 

23 education that will be involved in the work 

24 of the eligible entity; 


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1 ‘‘(v) the implementation of state-of2 the-art science-based strategies to prevent 

3 and reduce underage drinking by changing 

4 local conditions at institutions of higher 

5 education and in the surrounding commu6 nity; 

7 ‘‘(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 

8 provided under this paragraph in pre9 venting and reducing the rates of underage 

10 alcohol use; 

11 ‘‘(vii) outreach strategies, including 

12 ways in which the eligible entity proposes 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(I) reach out to students and 

15 community stakeholders; 

16 ‘‘(II) promote the purpose of this 

17 paragraph; 

18 ‘‘(III) address the range of needs 

19 of underage students and the sur20 rounding communities; 

21 ‘‘(IV) address community policies 

22 affecting underage students regarding 

23 alcohol use; and 


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1 ‘‘(V) implement other science2 based strategies to reduce underage 

3 drinking; and 

4 ‘‘(viii) such additional information as 

5 required by the Administrator. 

6 ‘‘(E) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti7 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

8 shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac9 tivities described in such entity’s application 

10 pursuant to subparagraph (D). Grants under 

11 this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per 

12 year and may not exceed four years. 

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

14 which the Administrator first publishes a notice 

15 in the Federal Register soliciting applications 

16 for grants under this paragraph, the Adminis17 trator shall include in the notice achievement 

18 indicators for the program authorized under 

19 this paragraph. The achievement indicators 

20 shall be designed to— 

21 ‘‘(i) measure the impact that the coa22 lition assisted under this paragraph is hav23 ing on the institution of higher education 

24 and the surrounding communities, includ25 ing changes in the number of incidents of 


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1 any kind in which students have abused al2 cohol or consumed alcohol while under the 

3 age of 21 (including violations, physical as4 saults, sexual assaults, reports of intimida5 tion, disruptions of school functions, dis6 ruptions of student studies, mental health 

7 referrals, illnesses, alcohol-related trans8 ports to emergency departments, or 

9 deaths); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) provide such other measures of 

11 program impact as the Administrator de12 termines appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(G) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

14 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

15 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

16 Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

17 carrying out the activities described in this 

18 paragraph. 

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

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el22 igible entity’ means an organization that— 

23 ‘‘(I) on or before the date of sub24 mitting an application for a grant 

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1 ceiving or has received grant funds 

2 under the Drug-Free Communities 

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

4 ‘‘(II) can provide evidence of pre5 existing involvement of one or more 

6 institutions of higher education; and 

7 ‘‘(III) has a documented strategy 

8 to prevent and reduce underage drink9 ing by students at institutions of 

10 higher education as part of its multi11 sector, community-based strategy. 

12 ‘‘(ii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU13 CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher 

14 education’ has the meaning given the term 

15 in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

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

17 ‘‘(iii) SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.— 

18 The term ‘surrounding community’ means 

19 the community— 

20 ‘‘(I) that surrounds an institution 

21 of higher education; 

22 ‘‘(II) where the students from 

23 the institution of higher education 

24 take part in the community; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) where students from the 

2 institution of higher education live in 

3 off-campus housing. 

4 ‘‘(I) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

5 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para6 graph may be expended for administrative ex7 penses. 

8 ‘‘(J) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA9 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out this paragraph $2,500,000 

11 for fiscal year 2016, and $2,500,000 for each 

12 of the fiscal years 2017 through 2020. 

13 ‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH

14 SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE

16 PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.—The 

17 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 

18 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad19 ministration, shall make one or more grants to pro20 fessional pediatric provider organizations to increase 

21 among the members of such organizations effective 

22 practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use 

23 among individuals under the age of 21, including 

24 college students. 


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

2 shall be made to promote the practices of— 

3 ‘‘(A) screening children and adolescents for 

4 alcohol use; 

5 ‘‘(B) offering brief interventions to chil6 dren and adolescents to discourage such use; 

7 ‘‘(C) educating parents about the dangers 

8 of and methods of discouraging such use; 

9 ‘‘(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse 

10 disorders; and 

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

12 other appropriate care. 

13 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization receiv14 ing a grant under this subsection may use such 

15 funding to promote the practices specified in para16 graph (B) among its members by— 

17 ‘‘(A) providing training to health care pro18 viders; 

19 ‘‘(B) disseminating best practices, includ20 ing culturally and linguistically appropriate best 

21 practices, and developing, printing, and distrib22 uting materials; and 

23 ‘‘(C) offering other activities approved by 

24 the Secretary. 


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

2 grant under this subsection shall submit an applica3 tion to the Secretary at such time, and in such man4 ner, and accompanied by such information as the 

5 Secretary may require. Each application shall in6 clude— 

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

8 how its members are qualified to provide the 

9 services specified in paragraph (2); 

10 ‘‘(B) a description of activities to be com11 pleted; and 

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

13 activities. 

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

15 subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) The term ‘pediatric health care pro17 vider’ means a provider of primary health care 

18 to individuals under the age of 21. 

19 ‘‘(B) The term ‘professional pediatric pro20 vider organization’ means a national organiza21 tion whose members consist primarily of pedi22 atric health care providers. 

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

24 means any person under 21 years of age. 


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

2 evidence-based education about the effects of al3 cohol use and abuse on children, adolescents, 

4 and adults. 

5 ‘‘(E) The term ‘screening and brief inter6 vention’ means using validated patient interview 

7 techniques to identify and assess the existence 

8 and extent of alcohol use, then providing brief 

9 advice and other brief motivational enhance10 ment techniques designed to increase patient in11 sight regarding their own alcohol use and any 

12 realized or potential consequences of this behav13 ior, as well as to effect the desired related be14 havioral change. 

15 ‘‘(F) The term ‘caregivers’ means, with re16 spect to a child or adolescent, the parents, fam17 ily members, or legal guardians of the child or 

18 adolescent. 

19 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 this subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and 

22 $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 

23 2020. 

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


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1 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE

2 DRINKING.—The Secretary shall, subject to the 

3 availability of appropriations, collect data, and con4 duct or support research that is not duplicative of 

5 research currently being conducted or supported by 

6 the Department of Health and Human Services, on 

7 underage drinking, with respect to the following: 

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

9 evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive 

10 community-based programs or strategies and 

11 statewide systems to prevent and reduce under12 age drinking, across the underage years from 

13 early childhood to age 21, such as programs 

14 funded and implemented by government enti15 ties, public health interest groups and founda16 tions, and alcohol beverage companies and trade 

17 associations, through the development of models 

18 of State-level epidemiological surveillance of un19 derage drinking by funding in States or large 

20 metropolitan areas new epidemiologists focused 

21 on excessive drinking including underage alco22 hol use. 

23 ‘‘(B) Obtain and report more precise infor24 mation than is currently collected on the scope 

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1 of underage alcohol consumption, including im2 proved knowledge about the problem and 

3 progress in preventing, reducing, and treating 

4 underage drinking; as well as information on 

5 the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and 

6 other media messages encouraging and discour7 aging alcohol consumption. 

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

9 disseminate existing research on effective strat10 egies for reducing underage drinking, including 

11 translational research, and make this research 

12 easily accessible to the general public. 

13 ‘‘(D) Improve and conduct public health 

14 surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related 

15 conditions in States by increasing the use of 

16 surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor 

17 Surveillance System, to monitor binge and ex18 cessive drinking and related harms among indi19 viduals who are at least 18 years of age, but 

20 not more than 20 years of age, including harm 

21 caused to self or others as a result of alcohol 

22 use that is not duplicative of research currently 

23 being conducted or supported by the Depart24 ment of Health and Human Services. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

4 years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

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