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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6241 

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

underage drinking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. WAMP, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 

WATT, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. WATSON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 

California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) 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 Act’’ or the ‘‘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 of Health and Human Serv4 ices shall continue to conduct research and collect 

5 data on the short and long-range impact of alcohol 

6 use and abuse upon adolescent brain development 

7 and other organ systems. 

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

9 and universities, are encouraged to adopt com10 prehensive prevention approaches, including— 

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

12 and curricula; 

13 ‘‘(B) brief intervention strategies; 

14 ‘‘(C) consistent policy enforcement; and 

15 ‘‘(D) science-based strategies to reduce un16 derage drinking. 

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

18 and the alcohol beverage industry should continue 

19 and expand evidence-based efforts to prevent and re20 duce underage drinking. 

21 ‘‘(5) The entertainment industries have a pow22 erful impact on youth, and they should use rating 

23 systems and marketing codes to reduce the likeli24 hood that underage audiences will be exposed to 


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1 movies, recordings, or television programs with un2 suitable alcohol content. 

3 ‘‘(6) The National Collegiate Athletic Associa4 tion, its member colleges and universities, and ath5 letic conferences should affirm a commitment to a 

6 policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage 

7 students and other young fans. 

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

9 regulated differently than other products by the 

10 States and Federal Government. States have pri11 mary authority to regulate alcohol distribution and 

12 sale, and the Federal Government should support 

13 and supplement these State efforts. States also have 

14 a responsibility to fight youth access to alcohol and 

15 reduce underage drinking. Continued State regula16 tion and licensing of the manufacture, importation, 

17 sale, distribution, transportation and storage of alco18 holic beverages are clearly in the public interest and 

19 are critical to promoting responsible consumption, 

20 preventing illegal access to alcohol by persons under 

21 21 years of age from commercial and non-commer22 cial sources, maintaining industry integrity and an 

23 orderly marketplace, and furthering effective State 

24 tax collection. 


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1 ‘‘(8) The age-21 minimum drinking law, en2 acted in 1984, has been a remarkably effective pub3 lic health and safety policy, as evidenced by the fact 

4 that the percentage of 12th graders who have drunk 

5 alcohol in the past month has fallen by one third 

6 since its enactment. 

7 ‘‘(9) The age-21 law has also has been signifi8 cantly effective in reducing drinking and driving 

9 traffic fatalities, as the National Highway Traffic 

10 Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the 

11 age-21 law has saved over 17,000 lives since its in12 ception. 

13 ‘‘(10) Community awareness, support, and mo14 bilization provide an important context for the effec15 tive enforcement of the age-21 minimum drinking 

16 law. 

17 ‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE; AN18 NUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVEN19 TION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

21 ON THE PREVENTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in col23 laboration with the Federal officials specified in 

24 subparagraph (B), shall continue to support 

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1 ordinating committee, that began operating in 

2 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred 

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

4 ‘‘(B) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials re5 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are the Secretary 

6 of Education, the Attorney General, the Sec7 retary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur9 geon General, the Director of the Centers for 

10 Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of 

11 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Al12 coholism, the Administrator of the Substance 

13 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra14 tion, the Director of the National Institute on 

15 Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Chil16 dren and Families, the Director of the Office of 

17 National Drug Control Policy, the Adminis18 trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

19 Administration, the Administrator of the Office 

20 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

21 the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commis22 sion, and such other Federal officials as the 

23 Secretary of Health and Human Services deter24 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, however, that nothing in 

8 this section shall be construed as transferring 

9 regulatory or program authority from an Agen10 cy to the Coordinating 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 the Congress a report that sum21 marizes— 

22 ‘‘(I) all programs and policies of 

23 Federal agencies designed to prevent 

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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 specified 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 specified 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, but not 

20 limited to Monitoring the Future, 

21 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 

22 System, the National Survey on Drug 

23 Use and Health, and the Fatality 

24 Analysis Reporting System. 


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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 and 

21 consistency of reporting Federal un22 derage 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). 

23 ‘‘(B) STATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

25 shall develop, in consultation with the 


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1 Committee, a set of measures to be used in 

2 preparing the report on best practices as 

3 they relate to State laws, regulations, poli4 cies and enforcement practices. The Report 

5 shall be designed as a resource tool for 

6 Federal agencies assisting States in the 

7 States’ underage drinking prevention ef8 forts, State public health and law enforce9 ment agencies, State and local policy mak10 ers, and underage drinking prevention coa11 litions including those receiving grants 

12 pursuant to subsection (e)(1). 

13 ‘‘(ii) STATE REPORT CONTENT.—The 

14 State Report shall include updates on 

15 State laws, regulations, and policies in16 cluded in previous Reports to Congress, 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) NEW CATEGORIES.—In addition 

16 to the updates of State laws, regulations, 

17 and policies listed in clause (ii), the Sec18 retary shall consider new categories, in19 cluding 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 $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and 

22 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

23 2015. 

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


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

2 and Human Services, in consultation with the Na3 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall 

4 develop an intensive, multifaceted, adult-oriented na5 tional media campaign to reduce underage drinking 

6 by influencing attitudes regarding underage drink7 ing, increasing the willingness of adults to take ac8 tions to reduce underage drinking, and encouraging 

9 public policy changes known to decrease underage 

10 drinking rates. 

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

12 media campaign described in this section shall be to 

13 achieve the following objectives: 

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

15 reduce underage drinking. 

16 ‘‘(B) Increase specific actions by adults 

17 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under18 age drinking. 

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

20 facilitate or condone underage drinking. 

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

22 for the national media campaign described in this 

23 section, the Secretary shall conduct, in consultation 

24 with appropriate Federal agencies and outside ex25 perts, including in marketing, public relations, mass 


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1 media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use and 

2 abuse, a developmental phase to test specific cam3 paign features prior to beginning an intensive na4 tional strategy. This phase shall include research 

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

6 months, to determine the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Promising messages to promote pub8 lic opinion change. 

9 ‘‘(B) Appropriate channels for reaching 

10 target audiences. 

11 ‘‘(C) Appropriate timing and weight for 

12 utilizing such promising messages and media 

13 channels. 

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

15 local, State, and national policy changes affect16 ing underage drinking, if adopted. 

17 ‘‘(E) Productive collaborative partnerships 

18 with national and local organizations. 

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

20 national media campaign described in this section, 

21 the Secretary shall— 

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

23 health and safety benefits of evidence-based 

24 policies to reduce underage drinking, including 

25 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.—The Secretary shall 

13 produce an annual report on the progress of the de14 velopment or implementation of the media campaign 

15 described in this section, including expenses and pro16 jected costs, and, as such information is available, 

17 report on the effectiveness of such campaign in af18 fecting adult attitudes toward underage drinking 

19 and adult willingness to take actions to decrease un20 derage drinking. 

21 ‘‘(7) RESEARCH ON YOUTH-ORIENTED CAM22 PAIGN.—The Secretary may, based on the avail23 ability of funds, conduct research on the potential 

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1 port any such results to Congress with policy rec2 ommendations on establishing such a campaign. 

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

4 enter into a subcontract with another Federal Agen5 cy to delegate the authority for execution and ad6 ministration of the adult oriented national media 

7 campaign. 

8 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this section $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2011 and 

11 2012 and such sums as necessary for each of the fis12 cal years 2013 through 2015. 

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

14 UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

15 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED COALITION ENHANCE16 MENT GRANTS TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINK17 ING.— 

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

19 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

20 Mental Health Services Administration, in con21 sultation with the Director of the Office of Na22 tional Drug Control Policy, shall award, if the 

23 Administrator determines that the Department 

24 of Health and Human Services is not currently 

25 conducting activities that duplicate activities of 


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1 the type described in this subsection, ‘enhance2 ment grants’ to eligible entities to design, im3 plement, evaluate and disseminate comprehen4 sive strategies to maximize the effectiveness of 

5 community-wide approaches to preventing and 

6 reducing underage drinking. This subsection is 

7 subject to the availability of appropriations. 

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

9 paragraph are to— 

10 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

11 among youth in communities throughout 

12 the United States; 

13 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

14 communities, the Federal Government, and 

15 State, local, and tribal governments; 

16 ‘‘(iii) enhance intergovernmental co17 operation and coordination on the issue of 

18 alcohol use among youth; 

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

20 citizen participation and greater collabora21 tion among all sectors and organizations of 

22 a community that first demonstrates a 

23 long-term commitment to reducing alcohol 

24 use among youth; 


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1 ‘‘(v) implement state-of-the-art 

2 science-based strategies to prevent and re3 duce underage drinking by changing local 

4 conditions in communities; and 

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

6 local community initiatives for preventing 

7 and reducing alcohol use among youth. 

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity de9 siring an enhancement grant under this para10 graph shall submit an application to the Admin11 istrator at such time, and in such manner, and 

12 accompanied by such information as the Admin13 istrator may require. Each application shall in14 clude— 

15 ‘‘(i) a complete description of the enti16 ty’s current underage alcohol use preven17 tion initiatives and how the grant will ap18 propriately enhance the focus on underage 

19 drinking issues; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) a complete description of the en21 tity’s current initiatives, and how it will 

22 use this grant to enhance those initiatives 

23 by adding a focus on underage drinking 

24 prevention. 


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1 ‘‘(D) 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 submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) and 

6 obtain specialized training and technical assist7 ance by the entity funded under section 4 of 

8 Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public Law 

9 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note). Grants under 

10 this paragraph shall not exceed $50,000 per 

11 year and may not exceed four years. 

12 ‘‘(E) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

13 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

14 shall be used to supplement, not supplant, Fed15 eral and non-Federal funds available for car16 rying out the activities described in this para17 graph. 

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

19 paragraph shall be subject to the same evalua20 tion requirements and procedures as the evalua21 tion requirements and procedures imposed on 

22 recipients of drug free community grants. 

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

24 paragraph, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an 

25 organization that is currently receiving or has 


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1 received grant funds under the Drug-Free Com2 munities Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.). 

3 ‘‘(H) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

4 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para5 graph may be expended for administrative ex6 penses. 

7 ‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA8 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro9 priated to carry out this paragraph $9,000,000 

10 for fiscal year 2011, and $9,000,000 for each 

11 of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015. 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

13 COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF

14 HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

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

16 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

17 Mental Health Services Administration, in co18 ordination with the Director of the Office of 

19 National Drug Control Policy may make sup20 plemental grants to eligible entities to enable 

21 the entities to prevent and reduce the rate of 

22 underage alcohol consumption including binge 

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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 that desires to receive a grant under this para19 graph shall submit an application to the Admin20 istrator at such time, in such manner, and ac21 companied by such information as the Adminis22 trator may require. 

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

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1 trator shall require an eligible entity to dem2 onstrate— 

3 ‘‘(i) the active participation of institu4 tion(s) of higher education in their coali5 tion; 

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

7 entity will work with institution(s) of high8 er education to target underage students; 

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

10 entity intends to ensure that a partnership 

11 between local coalition(s) and institution(s) 

12 of higher education is actually imple13 menting the purpose of this section and 

14 moving toward indicators described in this 

15 subsection; 

16 ‘‘(iv) a list of the members of the local 

17 coalition and the institution(s) of higher 

18 education that will be involved in the work 

19 of the eligible entity; 

20 ‘‘(v) the implementation of state-of21 the-art science-based strategies to prevent 

22 and reduce underage drinking by changing 

23 local conditions at institutions of higher 

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1 ‘‘(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 

2 provided under this paragraph in pre3 venting and reducing the rates of underage 

4 alcohol use; 

5 ‘‘(vii) outreach strategies, including 

6 ways in which the eligible entity proposes 

7 to— 

8 ‘‘(I) reach out to students and 

9 community stakeholders; 

10 ‘‘(II) promote the purpose of this 

11 paragraph; 

12 ‘‘(III) address the range of needs 

13 of the students and the surrounding 

14 communities; 

15 ‘‘(IV) address community policies 

16 affecting underage students regarding 

17 alcohol use; and 

18 ‘‘(V) implement other science19 based strategies to reduce underage 

20 drinking; and 

21 ‘‘(viii) such additional information as 

22 required by the Administrator. 

23 ‘‘(E) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti24 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

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1 tivities described in such entity’s application 

2 submitted pursuant to subparagraph (D). 

3 Grants under this paragraph shall not exceed 

4 $100,000 per year and may not exceed four 

5 years. 

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

7 which the Administrator first publishes a notice 

8 in the Federal Register soliciting applications 

9 for grants under this paragraph, the Adminis10 trator shall include in the notice achievement 

11 indicators for the program authorized under 

12 this paragraph. The achievement indicators 

13 shall be designed to— 

14 ‘‘(i) measure the impact that the coa15 lition assisted under this paragraph is hav16 ing on the institution of higher education 

17 and the surrounding communities, includ18 ing changes in the number of incidents of 

19 any kind in which students have abused al20 cohol or consumed alcohol while under the 

21 age of 21 (including violations, physical as22 saults, sexual assaults, reports of intimida23 tion, disruptions of school functions, dis24 ruptions of student studies, mental health 

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1 ports to emergency departments, or 

2 deaths); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) provide such other measures of 

4 program impact as the Administrator de5 termines appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(G) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

7 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

8 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

9 Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

10 carrying out the activities described in this 

11 paragraph. 

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

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el15 igible entity’ means an organization that— 

16 ‘‘(I) on or before the date of sub17 mitting an application for a grant 

18 under this subsection is currently re19 ceiving or has received grant funds 

20 under the Drug-Free Communities 

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

22 ‘‘(II) can provide evidence of pre23 existing involvement of institutions of 

24 higher education in their coalition; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(III) has a documented strategy 

2 to prevent and reduce underage drink3 ing by students at institutions of 

4 higher education as part of its multi5 sector, community based strategy. 

6 ‘‘(ii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU7 CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher 

8 education’ has the meaning given the term 

9 in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

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

11 ‘‘(iii) SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.— 

12 The term ‘surrounding community’ means 

13 the community— 

14 ‘‘(I) that surrounds an institution 

15 of higher education participating in a 

16 coalition; 

17 ‘‘(II) where the students from 

18 the institution of higher education 

19 take part in the community; and 

20 ‘‘(III) where students from the 

21 institution of higher education live in 

22 off-campus housing. 

23 ‘‘(I) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

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1 graph may be expended for administrative ex2 penses. 

3 ‘‘(J) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA4 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out this paragraph $2,500,000 

6 for fiscal year 2011, and $2,500,000 for each 

7 of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015. 

8 ‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH

9 SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE

11 PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services, acting through the 

14 Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 

15 Mental Health Services Administration, shall 

16 make one or more grants to professional pedi17 atric provider organizations to increase among 

18 the members of such organizations effective 

19 practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use 

20 among individuals under the age of 21, includ21 ing college students. 

22 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—Grants under this sec23 tion shall be made to promote the practices 

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1 ‘‘(i) screening children and adoles2 cents for alcohol use; 

3 ‘‘(ii) offering brief interventions to 

4 children and adolescents to discourage 

5 such use; 

6 ‘‘(iii) educating parents about the 

7 dangers of and methods of discouraging 

8 such use; 

9 ‘‘(iv) diagnosing and treating alcohol 

10 abuse disorders; and 

11 ‘‘(v) referring patients, when nec12 essary, to other appropriate care. 

13 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization re14 ceiving a grant under this section may use such 

15 funding to promote the practices specified in 

16 paragraph (B) among its members by— 

17 ‘‘(i) providing training to health care 

18 providers; 

19 ‘‘(ii) disseminating best practices, in20 cluding culturally and linguistically appro21 priate best practices, and developing, print22 ing, and distributing materials; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) offering other activities approved 

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1 ‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—An organization de2 siring a grant under this section shall submit 

3 an application to the Secretary at such time, 

4 and in such manner, and accompanied by such 

5 information as the Secretary may require. Each 

6 application shall include— 

7 ‘‘(i) a description of the organization 

8 and how its members are qualified to pro9 vide the services specified in paragraph 

10 (2); 

11 ‘‘(ii) a description of activities to be 

12 completed; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) a timeline for the completion of 

14 such activities. 

15 ‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of 

16 this subsection: 

17 ‘‘(i) The term ‘pediatric health care 

18 provider’ shall mean a provider of primary 

19 health care to individuals under the age of 

20 21. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘professional pediatric 

22 provider organization’ shall mean a na23 tional organization whose members consist 

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1 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘children and young 

2 adults’ means any person under 21 years 

3 of age. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The term ‘alcohol education’ 

5 means evidence-based education about the 

6 effects of alcohol use and abuse on chil7 dren, young adults, and adults. 

8 ‘‘(v) The term ‘screening and brief 

9 intervention’ shall mean using validated 

10 patient interview techniques to identify and 

11 assess the existence and extent of alcohol 

12 use, then providing brief advice and other 

13 brief motivational enhancement techniques 

14 designed to increase patient insight regard15 ing their own alcohol use and any realized 

16 or potential consequences of this behavior, 

17 as well as to effect the desired related be18 havioral change. 

19 ‘‘(vi) The term ‘caregivers’ means the 

20 parents, family members, or legal guard21 ians of the child or young adult. 

22 ‘‘(F) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out this subsection $3,000,000 


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1 for fiscal year 2011, and $3,000,000 for each 

2 of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015. 

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

4 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE

5 DRINKING.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

7 Health and Human Services shall, subject to 

8 the availability of appropriations, collect data, 

9 and conduct or support research that is not du10 plicative of research currently being conducted 

11 or supported by the Department of Health and 

12 Human Services, on underage drinking, with re13 spect to the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) Improve data collection in sup15 port of evaluation of the effectiveness of 

16 comprehensive community-based programs 

17 or strategies and statewide systems to pre18 vent and reduce underage drinking, across 

19 the underage years from early childhood to 

20 age 21, such as programs funded and im21 plemented by government entities, public 

22 health interest groups and foundations, 

23 and alcohol beverage companies and trade 

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1 veillance of underage drinking by funding 

2 in States or large metropolitan areas new 

3 epidemiologists focused on excessive drink4 ing including underage alcohol use. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Obtain and report more precise 

6 information than is currently collected on 

7 the scope of the underage drinking prob8 lem and patterns of underage alcohol con9 sumption, including improved knowledge 

10 about the problem and progress in pre11 venting, reducing and treating underage 

12 drinking; as well as information on the 

13 rate of exposure of youth to advertising 

14 and other media messages encouraging and 

15 discouraging alcohol consumption. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Synthesize, expand on, and 

17 widely disseminate existing research on ef18 fective strategies for reducing underage 

19 drinking, including translational research, 

20 and make this research easily accessible to 

21 the general public. 

22 ‘‘(iv) Improve and conduct public 

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1 ited to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil2 lance System to monitor binge and exces3 sive drinking and related harms among 18- 

4 to 20-year-olds, including harm caused to 

5 self or others as a result of alcohol use 

6 that is not duplicative of research currently 

7 being conducted or supported by the De8 partment of Health and Human Services. 

9 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA10 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro11 priated to carry out this subsection $6,000,000 

12 for fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 

13 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

14 STUDY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 

16 months after the enactment of the STOP Un17 derage Drinking Reauthorization Act, the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services shall con19 tract with the National Academy of Sciences to 

20 conduct a review of the research literature re21 garding the influence of drinking alcohol on the 

22 development of the adolescent brain and the 

23 public policy implications of this research, and 

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1 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

3 to carry out this subsection $500,000 for fiscal 

4 year 2011.’’. 

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