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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1137 

To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing 

teen pregnancies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Teen Pregnancy Pre5 vention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) The United States has the highest teen9 pregnancy rate and teen birth rate in the western inVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:36 Apr 19, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1137.IS S1137

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1 dustrialized world, costing the United States not less 

2 than $7,000,000,000 annually. 

3 (2) About 1 out of 3 of all young women in the 

4 United States becomes pregnant before she reaches 

5 the age of 20. 

6 (3) Teen pregnancy has serious consequences 

7 for young women, their children, and communities 

8 as a whole. Too-early childbearing increases the like9 lihood that a young woman will drop out of high 

10 school and that she and her child will live in poverty. 

11 (4) Statistically, the sons of teen mothers are 

12 more likely to end up in prison. The daughters of 

13 teen mothers are more likely to end up teen mothers 

14 too. 

15 (5) Teens that grow up in disadvantaged eco16 nomical, social, and familial circumstances are more 

17 likely to engage in risky behavior and have a child 

18 during adolescence. 

19 (6) Teens with strong emotional attachments to 

20 their parents are more likely to become sexually ac21 tive at a later age. 7 out of 10 teens say that they 

22 are prepared to listen to things parents thought they 

23 were not ready to hear. 

24 (7) 78 percent of white and 70 percent of Afri25 can American teenagers report that lack of commuVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:36 Apr 19, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1137.IS S1137

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1 nication between a teenage girl and her parents is 

2 frequently a reason a teenage girl has a baby. 

3 (8) One study found that the likelihood of teens 

4 having sex for the first time increased with the num5 ber of unsupervised hours teens have during a week. 

6 (9) After-school programs reduce teen risky be7 havior by involving teens in activities that provide al8 ternatives to sex. Teenage girls who play sports, for 

9 instance, are more likely to delay sex and have fewer 

10 partners and less likely to become pregnant. 

11 (10) After-school programs help prevent teen 

12 pregnancy by advancing good decision-making skills 

13 and providing teens health education and positive 

14 role models in a supervised setting. 

15 (11) 8 in 10 girls and 6 in 10 boys report that 

16 they wish they had waited until they were older to 

17 have sex. 

18 SEC. 3. EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING TEEN 

19 PREGNANCIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec22 retary’’) may make grants to local educational agencies, 

23 State and local public health agencies, and nonprofit pri24 vate entities for the purpose of carrying out projects to 

25 provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. 


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1 (b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 

2 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref3 erence to applicants that will carry out the projects under 

4 such subsection in communities for which the rate of teen 

5 pregnancy is significantly above the average rate in the 

6 United States of such pregnancies. 

7 (c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be 

8 made under subsection (a) only if the applicant for the 

9 grant meets the following conditions with respect to the 

10 project involved: 

11 (1) The applicant agrees that information pro12 vided by the project on pregnancy prevention will be 

13 age-appropriate, factually and medically accurate 

14 and complete, and scientifically-based. 

15 (2) The applicant agrees that the project will 

16 give priority to preventing teen pregnancies by— 

17 (A) encouraging teens to delay sexual ac18 tivity; 

19 (B) providing educational services and 

20 interventions for sexually active teens or teens 

21 at risk of becoming sexually active; 

22 (C) educating both young men and women 

23 about the responsibilities and pressures that 

24 come along with parenting; 


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1 (D) helping parents communicate with 

2 teens about sexuality; or 

3 (E) teaching young people responsible deci4 sion-making. 

5 (d) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 

7 the project to be carried out under subsection (a) by 

8 an applicant, a grant may be made under such sub9 section only if the applicant agrees to make available 

10 (directly or through donations from public or private 

11 entities) non-Federal contributions toward such 

12 costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 

13 of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds pro14 vided in the grant). 

15 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB16 UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para17 graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu18 ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

19 Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 

20 services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex21 tent by the Federal Government, may not be in22 cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed23 eral contributions. 

24 (e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—With respect to the 

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1 ized to be expended, such a grant may be made for a fiscal 

2 year only if the applicant involved agrees to maintain ex3 penditures of non-Federal amounts for such activities at 

4 a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures 

5 maintained by the applicant for the fiscal year preceding 

6 the first fiscal year for which the applicant receives such 

7 a grant. 

8 (f) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall 

9 establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under sub10 section (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 

11 only if the applicant involved— 

12 (1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project 

13 in accordance with such criteria; 

14 (2) agrees to submit to the Secretary such re15 ports describing the results of the evaluations as the 

16 Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 

17 (3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 

18 under subsection (g), a plan for conducting the eval19 uations. 

20 (g) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

21 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 

22 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

23 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

24 such agreements, assurances, and information, including 

25 the agreements under subsections (c) through (f) and the 


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1 plan under subsection (f)(3), as the Secretary determines 

2 to be necessary to carry out this section. 

3 (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 

4 1, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

5 describing the extent to which projects under subsection 

6 (a) have been successful in reducing the rate of teen preg7 nancies in the communities in which the projects have 

8 been carried out. 

9 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) AGE-APPROPRIATE.—The term ‘‘age-appro11 priate’’, with respect to information on pregnancy 

12 prevention, means topics, messages, and teaching 

13 methods suitable to particular ages or age groups of 

14 children and adolescents, based on developing cog15 nitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for 

16 the age or age group. 

17 (2) FACTUALLY AND MEDICALLY ACCURATE

18 AND COMPLETE.—The term ‘‘factually and medically 

19 accurate and complete’’ means verified or supported 

20 by the weight of research conducted in compliance 

21 with accepted scientific methods and— 

22 (A) published in peer-reviewed journals, 

23 where applicable; or 

24 (B) comprising information that leading 

25 professional organizations and agencies with 


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1 relevant expertise in the field recognize as accu2 rate, objective, and complete. 

3 (3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

4 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

5 such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

6 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

7 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

8 purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 

9 to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

10 2008 through 2012. 

11 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN AFTER-SCHOOL 

12 PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CEN14 TERS.—Section 4206 of the Elementary and Secondary 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

17 end; 

18 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

19 inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(7) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

22 ‘‘(8) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

23 (b) CAROL M. WHITE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRO24 GRAM.—Section 5401 of the Elementary and Secondary 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

2 IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) PHYSICAL EDUCATION.—In addition to the 

5 amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), 

6 there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for 

7 each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out subpart 

8 10.’’. 

9 (c) FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS.—Section 402A(f) of 

10 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 11(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘$700,000,000 for fiscal 

12 year 1999, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

13 of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009’’. 

15 (d) GEARUP.—Section 404H of the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–28) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such 

18 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 

19 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘$350,000,000 for each of fis20 cal year 2008 and 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CRE2 ATIVE APPROACHES TO TEEN PREGNANCY 

3 PREVENTION AND AFTER-SCHOOL PRO4 GRAMS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

6 to public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of 

7 assisting the entities in demonstrating innovative ap8 proaches to prevent teen pregnancies. 

9 (b) CERTAIN APPROACHES.—Approaches under sub10 section (a) may include the following: 

11 (1) Encouraging teen-driven approaches to 

12 pregnancy prevention. 

13 (2) Exposing teens to realistic simulations of 

14 the physical, emotional, and financial toll of preg15 nancy and parenting. 

16 (3) Facilitating communication between parents 

17 and children, especially programs that have been 

18 evaluated and proven effective. 

19 (c) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 

21 the project to be carried out under subsection (a) by 

22 an applicant, a grant may be made under such sub23 section only if the applicant agrees to make available 

24 (directly or through donations from public or private 

25 entities) non-Federal contributions toward such 

26 costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 


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1 of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds pro2 vided in the grant). 

3 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB4 UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para5 graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu6 ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

7 Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 

8 services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex9 tent by the Federal Government, may not be in10 cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed11 eral contributions. 

12 (d) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall 

13 establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under sub14 section (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 

15 only if the applicant involved— 

16 (1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project 

17 in accordance with such criteria; 

18 (2) agrees to submit to the Secretary such re19 ports describing the results of the evaluations as the 

20 Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 

21 (3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 

22 under subsection (e), a plan for conducting the eval23 uations. 

24 (e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

25 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 


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1 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

2 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

3 such agreements, assurances, and information, including 

4 the agreements under subsections (c) and (d) and the plan 

5 under subsection (d)(3), as the Secretary determines to 

6 be necessary to carry out this section. 

7 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 

8 1, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

9 describing the extent to which projects under subsection 

10 (a) have been successful in reducing the rate of teen preg11 nancies in the communities in which the projects have 

12 been carried out. Such reports shall describe the various 

13 approaches used under subsection (a) and the effective14 ness of each of the approaches. 

15 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

16 purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 

17 to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

18 2008 through 2012. 

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