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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1956

To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to initiate public 

awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage pregnancies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

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

A BILL

To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities 

to initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to 

reduce teenage pregnancies.

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 ‘‘HOPE Youth Preg5 nancy Prevention Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 

7 ACT. 

8 Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 
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•S 1956 IS 

1 ‘‘SEC. 399o. YOUTH PREGNANCY PREVENTION. 

2 ‘‘(a) AT-RISK TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION

3 GRANTS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

5 grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to 

6 carry out teenage pregnancy prevention activities 

7 that are targeted at areas with large ethnic minori8 ties and other youth at-risk of becoming pregnant. 

9 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

10 grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall—

11 ‘‘(A) be a State or local government or a 

12 private nonprofit entity; and 

13 ‘‘(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary 

14 an application at such time, in such manner, 

15 and containing such information as the Sec16 retary may require. 

17 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried 

18 out under a grant under this subsection may in19 clude—

20 ‘‘(A) youth development for adolescents; 

21 ‘‘(B) work-related interventions and other 

22 educational activities; 

23 ‘‘(C) parental involvement; 

24 ‘‘(D) teenage outreach; and 

25 ‘‘(E) clinical services. 
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•S 1956 IS 

1 ‘‘(b) MULTIMEDIA PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUT2 REACH GRANTS.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

4 grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to 

5 establish multimedia public awareness campaigns to 

6 combat teenage pregnancy. 

7 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

8 grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) be a State government or a private 

10 nonprofit entity; and 

11 ‘‘(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary 

12 an application at such time, in such manner, 

13 and containing such information as the Sec14 retary may require. 

15 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—The purpose of the cam16 paigns established under a grant under paragraph 

17 (1) shall be to prevent teenage pregnancy through 

18 the use of advertising using television, radio, print 

19 media, billboards, posters, the Internet, and other 

20 methods determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

22 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to appli23 cants that express an intention to carry out activi24 ties that target ethnic minorities and other at-risk 

25 youth. 
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•S 1956 IS 

1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated—

3 ‘‘(1) to carry out subsection (a), $30,000,000 

4 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008; and 

5 ‘‘(2) to carry out subsection (b), $20,000,000 

6 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’.

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