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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 728 

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

underage drinking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 12, 2015 

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

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

A BILL 

To provide for programs and activities with respect to the 

prevention of underage drinking. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sober Truth on Pre5 venting Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘STOP Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 

2 ACT. 

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

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

5 through (f) and inserting the following: 

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

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

8 means the brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, 

9 distributors, and retail and online outlets that sell or 

10 serve beer, wine, or distilled spirits. 

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

12 programs that are institutionalized and run by staff 

13 members or school-designated persons or organiza14 tions in any grade of school, kindergarten through 

15 12th grade. 

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

17 age of 21. 

18 ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con19 gress that: 

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

21 successfully address the problem of underage drink22 ing in the United States. A coordinated approach to 

23 prevention, intervention, treatment, enforcement, 

24 and research is key to making progress. This section 

25 recognizes the need for a focused national effort, 

26 and addresses particulars of the Federal portion of 


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1 that effort, as well as Federal support for State ac2 tivities. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary should continue to conduct 

4 research and collect data on the short and long5 range impact of alcohol use and abuse upon adoles6 cent brain development and other organ systems. 

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

8 and universities, are encouraged to adopt com9 prehensive approaches to preventing alcohol abuse, 

10 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 should use rating systems 

23 and marketing codes to reduce the likelihood that 

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1 cordings, television programs, or other digital media 

2 with unsuitable 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 al18 coholic beverages are clearly in the public interest 

19 and are critical to promoting responsible consump20 tion, preventing illegal access to alcohol by persons 

21 under 21 years of age from commercial and non22 commercial sources, maintaining industry integrity 

23 and an orderly marketplace, and furthering effective 

24 State tax collection. 


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1 ‘‘(8) Section 158 of title 23, United States 

2 Code (commonly known as the National Minimum 

3 Drinking Age Act of 1984) has been a remarkably 

4 effective public health and safety policy, as evidenced 

5 by the fact that the percentage of 12th graders who 

6 have drunk alcohol in the past month has fallen by 

7 one-third since the enactment of such law. 

8 ‘‘(9) The National Minimum Drinking Age Act 

9 of 1984 has been significantly effective in reducing 

10 drinking and driving traffic fatalities, as the Na11 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration esti12 mates that the law has saved over 28,000 lives since 

13 1975. 

14 ‘‘(10) Community awareness, support, and mo15 bilization provide an important context for the effec16 tive enforcement of the age 21 minimum drinking 

17 law. 

18 ‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE; AN19 NUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVEN20 TION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

22 ON THE PREVENTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in col24 laboration with the Federal officials specified in 

25 subparagraph (B), shall continue to support 


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1 and enhance the efforts of the interagency co2 ordinating committee, that began operating in 

3 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred 

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

5 ‘‘(B) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials re6 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are the Secretary 

7 of Education, the Attorney General, the Sec8 retary of Transportation, the Secretary of the 

9 Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur10 geon General, the Director of the Centers for 

11 Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of 

12 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Al13 coholism, the Administrator of the Substance 

14 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra15 tion, the Director of the National Institute on 

16 Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Chil17 dren and Families, the Director of the Office of 

18 National Drug Control Policy, the Adminis19 trator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

20 Administration, the Administrator of the Office 

21 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

22 the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commis23 sion, and such other Federal officials as the 

24 Secretary of Health and Human Services deter25 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 Committee. 

11 ‘‘(E) CONSULTATIONS.—The Committee 

12 shall actively seek the input of and shall consult 

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

16 industry trade associations and companies. 

17 ‘‘(F) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

19 behalf of the Committee, shall annually 

20 submit to Congress a report that summa21 rizes— 

22 ‘‘(I) all programs and policies of 

23 Federal agencies designed to prevent 

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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 Moni20 toring the Future, Youth Risk Behav21 ior Surveillance System, the National 

22 Survey on Drug Use and Health, and 

23 the Fatality Analysis Reporting Sys24 tem. 


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1 ‘‘(II) Measures of the availability 

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

5 ‘‘(III) Measures of the exposure 

6 of underage populations to messages 

7 regarding alcohol in advertising and 

8 the entertainment media. 

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

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

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

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

18 time for such surveillance data. The 

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

21 and consistency of reporting Federal 

22 underage alcohol data. 

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

25 supported under subsection (f). 


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

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

5 regulations, and policies designed to 

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

8 (2)(B)(i). 

9 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE UNDERAGE

10 DRINKING PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI11 TIES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

13 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Sec14 retary shall, with input and collaboration 

15 from other appropriate Federal agencies, 

16 States, Indian tribes, territories, and pub17 lic health, consumer, and alcohol beverage 

18 industry groups, annually issue a report on 

19 the performance of each State in enacting, 

20 enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, 

21 and policies to prevent or reduce underage 

22 drinking based on an assessment of best 

23 practices developed pursuant to paragraph 

24 (1)(F)(ii)(VI) and subparagraph (B)(i). 

25 For purposes of this paragraph, each such 


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1 report, with respect to a year, shall be re2 ferred to as the ‘State Report’. 

3 ‘‘(ii) USE OF STATE REPORTS.—Each 

4 State Report shall be designed as a re5 source tool for Federal agencies assisting 

6 States in underage drinking prevention ef7 forts, State public health and law enforce8 ment agencies, State and local policy9 makers, and underage drinking prevention 

10 coalitions, including such coalitions receiv11 ing grants under subsection (e)(1). 

12 ‘‘(B) STATE REPORT PERFORMANCE MEAS13 URES AND CONTENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

15 shall develop, in consultation with the 

16 Committee, a set of measures to be used in 

17 preparing the report on best practices with 

18 respect to State laws, regulations, policies, 

19 and enforcement practices. 

20 ‘‘(ii) STATE REPORT CONTENT.—Each 

21 State Report shall include updates on 

22 State laws, regulations, and policies, in23 cluding the following: 

24 ‘‘(I) Whether the State has com25 prehensive anti-underage drinking 


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1 laws such as for the illegal sale, pur2 chase, attempt to purchase, consump3 tion, or possession of alcohol; illegal 

4 use of fraudulent identifications; ille5 gal furnishing or obtaining of alcohol 

6 for an individual under 21 years; the 

7 degree of strictness of the penalties 

8 for such offenses; and the prevalence 

9 of the enforcement of each of these in10 fractions. 

11 ‘‘(II) Whether the State has com12 prehensive liability statutes pertaining 

13 to underage access to alcohol such as 

14 dram shop, social host, and house 

15 party laws, and the prevalence of en16 forcement of each of these laws. 

17 ‘‘(III) Whether the State encour18 ages and conducts comprehensive en19 forcement efforts to prevent underage 

20 access to alcohol at retail outlets, such 

21 as random compliance checks and 

22 shoulder tap programs, and the num23 ber of compliance checks within alco24 hol retail outlets measured against the 

25 number of total alcohol retail outlets 


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1 in each State, and the result of such 

2 checks. 

3 ‘‘(IV) Whether the State encour4 ages training on the proper selling 

5 and serving of alcohol for all sellers 

6 and servers of alcohol as a condition 

7 of employment. 

8 ‘‘(V) Whether the State has poli9 cies and regulations with regard to di10 rect sales to consumers and home de11 livery of alcoholic beverages. 

12 ‘‘(VI) Whether the State has pro13 grams or laws to deter adults from 

14 purchasing alcohol for minors, and the 

15 number of adults targeted by these 

16 programs. 

17 ‘‘(VII) Whether the State has en18 acted graduated drivers licenses and 

19 the extent of those provisions. 

20 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES.—In 

21 addition to the updates of State laws, reg22 ulations, and policies described in clause 

23 (ii), the Secretary shall consider— 

24 ‘‘(I) whether States have adopted 

25 laws, regulations, and policies that 


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1 deter underage alcohol use, as de2 scribed in the 2007 report of the Sur3 geon General entitled, ‘Call to Action 

4 To Prevent and Reduce Underage 

5 Drinking’, including restrictions on 

6 low-price, high-volume drink specials, 

7 and wholesaler pricing provisions; 

8 ‘‘(II) whether States have adopt9 ed laws, regulations, and policies de10 signed to reduce alcohol advertising 

11 messages attractive to youth and 

12 youth exposure to alcohol advertising 

13 and marketing in measured and 

14 unmeasured media; 

15 ‘‘(III) whether States have laws 

16 and policies that promote underage 

17 drinking prevention policy develop18 ment by local jurisdictions; 

19 ‘‘(IV) whether States have adopt20 ed laws, regulations, and policies to 

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1 ed alcoholic beverages, and flavored 

2 malt beverages; 

3 ‘‘(V) whether States have adopt4 ed uniform best practices protocols for 

5 conducting compliance checks and 

6 shoulder tap programs; and 

7 ‘‘(VI) whether States have adopt8 ed uniform best practices penalty pro9 tocols for violations of laws prohib10 iting retail licensees from selling or 

11 furnishing of alcohol to minors. 

12 ‘‘(iv) UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM.—For 

13 performance measures related to enforce14 ment of underage drinking laws as de15 scribed in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Sec16 retary shall develop and test a uniform 

17 data system for reporting State enforce18 ment data, including the development of a 

19 pilot program for this purpose. The pilot 

20 program shall include procedures for col21 lecting enforcement data from both State 

22 and local law enforcement jurisdictions. 

23 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

24 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 


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

2 years 2016 through 2019. 

3 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UN4 DERAGE DRINKING.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad7 ministration, shall develop an intensive, multifaceted, 

8 adult-oriented national media campaign to reduce 

9 underage drinking by influencing attitudes regarding 

10 underage drinking, increasing the willingness of 

11 adults to take action to reduce underage drinking, 

12 and encouraging public policy changes known to de13 crease underage drinking rates. 

14 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the national 

15 media campaign described in this section shall be 

16 to— 

17 ‘‘(A) instill a broad societal commitment to 

18 reduce underage drinking; 

19 ‘‘(B) increase specific actions by adults 

20 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under21 age drinking; and 

22 ‘‘(C) decrease adult conduct that tends to 

23 facilitate or condone underage drinking. 

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

25 for the national media campaign described in this 


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1 subsection, the Secretary shall conduct, in consulta2 tion with appropriate Federal agencies and outside 

3 experts, including in marketing, public relations, 

4 mass media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use 

5 and abuse, a developmental phase to test specific 

6 campaign features prior to beginning an intensive 

7 national strategy. This phase shall include research 

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

9 years, to determine the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Promising messages to promote pub11 lic opinion change. 

12 ‘‘(B) Appropriate channels for reaching 

13 target audiences. 

14 ‘‘(C) Appropriate timing and weight for 

15 utilizing such promising messages and media 

16 channels. 

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

18 local, State, and national policy changes affect19 ing underage drinking, if adopted. 

20 ‘‘(E) Productive collaborative partnerships 

21 with national and local organizations. 

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

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

2 health and safety benefits of evidence-based 

3 policies to reduce underage drinking, including 

4 minimum legal drinking age laws, and build 

5 public and parental support for and cooperation 

6 with enforcement of such policies; 

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

8 consequences of underage drinking; 

9 ‘‘(C) promote specific actions by adults 

10 that are meant to discourage or inhibit under11 age drinking, including positive behavior mod12 eling, general parental monitoring, and con13 sistent and appropriate discipline; 

14 ‘‘(D) discourage adult conduct that tends 

15 to facilitate underage drinking, including the 

16 hosting of underage parties with alcohol and 

17 the purchasing of alcoholic beverages on behalf 

18 of underage youth; 

19 ‘‘(E) establish collaborative relationships 

20 with local and national organizations and insti21 tutions to further the goals of the campaign 

22 and assure that the messages of the campaign 

23 are disseminated from a variety of sources; 

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

2 changing demographics and cultural and lin3 guistic factors. 

4 ‘‘(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In devel5 oping and implementing the national media cam6 paign described in this subsection, the Secretary 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) consider recommendations for reduc9 ing underage drinking published by the Na10 tional Academy of Sciences; and 

11 ‘‘(B) consult with interested parties includ12 ing medical, public health, and consumer and 

13 parent groups, law enforcement, institutions of 

14 higher education, community organizations and 

15 coalitions, and other stakeholders supportive of 

16 the goals of the campaign. 

17 ‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning 1 year after 

18 the date of the enactment of the Sober Truth on 

19 Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act, 

20 the Secretary shall produce an annual report on the 

21 progress of the development or implementation of 

22 the media campaign described in this subsection, in23 cluding expenses and projected costs, and, as such 

24 information is available, report on the effectiveness 

25 of such campaign in affecting adult attitudes toward 


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1 underage drinking and adult willingness to take ac2 tions to decrease underage drinking. 

3 ‘‘(7) RESEARCH ON YOUTH-ORIENTED CAM4 PAIGN.—The Secretary may, based on the avail5 ability of funds, conduct research on the potential 

6 success of a youth-oriented national media campaign 

7 to reduce underage drinking. The Secretary shall re8 port any such results to Congress with policy rec9 ommendations on establishing such a campaign. 

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

11 enter into a subcontract with another Federal Agen12 cy to delegate the authority for execution and ad13 ministration of the adult oriented national media 

14 campaign. 

15 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

18 such sums as necessary for each of the fiscal years 

19 2017 through 2019. 

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

21 UNDERAGE DRINKING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED COALITION ENHANCE23 MENT GRANTS TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINK24 ING.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—If 

2 the Administrator determines that the Depart3 ment of Health and Human Services is not oth4 erwise conducting activities described in this 

5 subsection, the Administrator, in consultation 

6 with the Director of the Office of National 

7 Drug Control Policy, shall award ‘enhancement 

8 grants’ to eligible entities to design, implement, 

9 evaluate, and disseminate comprehensive strate10 gies to maximize the effectiveness of commu11 nity-wide approaches to preventing and reduc12 ing underage drinking. 

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

14 paragraph are to— 

15 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

16 among youth in communities throughout 

17 the United States; 

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

19 citizen participation and greater collabora20 tion among all sectors and organizations of 

21 a community that first demonstrates a 

22 long-term commitment to reducing alcohol 

23 use among youth; 

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1 duce underage drinking by changing local 

2 conditions in communities; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) enhance, but not supplant, effec4 tive local community initiatives for pre5 venting and reducing alcohol use among 

6 youth. 

7 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity de8 siring an enhancement grant under this para9 graph shall submit an application to the Admin10 istrator at such time, and in such manner, and 

11 accompanied by such information as the Admin12 istrator may require in accordance with the 

13 purposes described in subparagraph (B). Each 

14 application shall include— 

15 ‘‘(i) a complete description of the ex16 isting underage alcohol use prevention ini17 tiatives of the entity and how the grant 

18 will appropriately enhance the focus on un19 derage drinking issues; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) a complete description of the ex21 isting initiatives of the entity, and how the 

22 entity will use the grant to enhance those 

23 initiatives by adding a focus on underage 

24 drinking 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 the application submitted 

5 pursuant to subparagraph (C) and obtain spe6 cialized training and technical assistance by the 

7 entity awarded a grant under section 4 of Pub8 lic Law 107–82, as amended (21 U.S.C. 1521 

9 note), reauthorizing the Drug-Free Commu10 nities Support Program. Grants under this 

11 paragraph shall not exceed $50,000 per year 

12 and may not exceed 4 years. 

13 ‘‘(E) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

14 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

15 shall be used to supplement, but not supplant, 

16 Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

17 carrying out the activities described in this 

18 paragraph. 

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

20 paragraph shall be subject to the same evalua21 tion requirements and procedures as the evalua22 tion requirements and procedures imposed on 

23 recipients of drug free community grants. 

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

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1 organization that, at the time of application for 

2 a grant, is receiving or has received grant funds 

3 under chapter 2 of the National Narcotics 

4 Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et 

5 seq.). 

6 ‘‘(H) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

7 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para8 graph may be expended for administrative ex9 penses. 

10 ‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA11 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro12 priated to carry out this paragraph $6,000,000 

13 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2019. 

14 ‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

15 COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF

16 HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

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

18 Administrator, in coordination with the Direc19 tor of the Office of National Drug Control Pol20 icy, may make grants to eligible entities to en21 able the entities to prevent, and reduce the rate 

22 of, underage alcohol consumption, including 

23 binge drinking among students at institutions 

24 of higher education. 


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

2 paragraph are to— 

3 ‘‘(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use 

4 among underage students at institutions of 

5 higher education and the surrounding com6 munity; 

7 ‘‘(ii) strengthen collaboration among 

8 communities and institutions of higher 

9 education; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) disseminate to institutions of 

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

13 strategies to prevent and reduce underage 

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

16 surrounding community. 

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

18 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 one or 

4 more institutions of higher education in 

5 the relevant eligible entity coalition; 

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

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

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

11 entity intends to ensure that it has a part12 nership with one or more institutions of 

13 higher education and how it intends to im14 plement the purpose of this section and 

15 move toward indicators described in sub16 paragraph (F); 

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

18 local coalition and institution of higher 

19 education that will be involved in the work 

20 of the eligible entity; 

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

23 and reduce underage drinking by changing 

24 local conditions at institutions of higher 


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1 education and in the surrounding commu2 nity; 

3 ‘‘(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 

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

6 alcohol use; 

7 ‘‘(vii) outreach strategies, including 

8 ways in which the eligible entity proposes 

9 to— 

10 ‘‘(I) reach out to students and 

11 community stakeholders; 

12 ‘‘(II) promote the purpose of this 

13 paragraph; 

14 ‘‘(III) address the range of needs 

15 of underage students and the sur16 rounding communities; 

17 ‘‘(IV) address community policies 

18 affecting underage students regarding 

19 alcohol use; and 

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

22 drinking; and 

23 ‘‘(viii) such additional information as 

24 required by the Administrator. 


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1 ‘‘(E) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti2 ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 

3 shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac4 tivities described in the application pursuant to 

5 subparagraph (D). Grants under this paragraph 

6 shall not exceed $100,000 per year and may not 

7 exceed 4 years. 

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

9 which the Administrator first publishes a notice 

10 in the Federal Register soliciting applications 

11 for grants under this paragraph, the Adminis12 trator shall include in the notice achievement 

13 indicators for the program authorized under 

14 this paragraph. The achievement indicators 

15 shall be designed to— 

16 ‘‘(i) measure the impact that the coa17 lition assisted under this paragraph is hav18 ing on the institution of higher education 

19 and the surrounding communities, includ20 ing changes in the number of incidents of 

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

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1 ruptions of student studies, mental health 

2 referrals, illnesses, alcohol-related trans3 ports to emergency departments, or 

4 deaths); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) provide such other measures of 

6 program impact as the Administrator de7 termines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(G) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

9 Grant funds provided under this paragraph 

10 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

11 Federal and non-Federal funds available for 

12 carrying out the activities described in this 

13 paragraph. 

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

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el17 igible entity’ means an organization that— 

18 ‘‘(I) on or before the date of sub19 mitting an application for a grant 

20 under this subsection is receiving or 

21 has received grant funds under the 

22 chapter 2 of the National Narcotics 

23 Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 

24 1521 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(II) can provide evidence of pre2 existing involvement of one or more 

3 institutions of higher education; and 

4 ‘‘(III) has a documented strategy 

5 to prevent and reduce underage drink6 ing by students at institutions of 

7 higher education as part of its multi8 sector, community-based strategy. 

9 ‘‘(ii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU10 CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher 

11 education’ has the meaning given the term 

12 in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

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

14 ‘‘(iii) SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.— 

15 The term ‘surrounding community’ means 

16 the community— 

17 ‘‘(I) that surrounds an institution 

18 of higher education; 

19 ‘‘(II) where the students from 

20 the institution of higher education 

21 take part in the community; and 

22 ‘‘(III) where students from the 

23 institution of higher education live in 

24 off-campus housing. 


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1 ‘‘(I) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

2 more than 6 percent of a grant under this para3 graph may be expended for administrative ex4 penses. 

5 ‘‘(J) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA6 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out this paragraph $2,500,000 

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

9 of the fiscal years 2017 through 2019. 

10 ‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH

11 SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE

13 PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.—The 

14 Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall 

15 make one or more grants to professional pediatric 

16 provider organizations to increase among the mem17 bers of such organizations effective practices to re18 duce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals 

19 under the age of 21, including college students. 

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

21 shall be made to promote the practices of— 

22 ‘‘(A) screening youth for alcohol use; 

23 ‘‘(B) offering brief interventions to youth 

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1 ‘‘(C) educating parents about the dangers 

2 of and methods of discouraging such use; 

3 ‘‘(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse 

4 disorders; and 

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

6 other appropriate care. 

7 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization receiv8 ing a grant under this subsection may use such 

9 funding to promote the practices specified in para10 graph (2) among its members by— 

11 ‘‘(A) providing training to health care pro12 viders; 

13 ‘‘(B) disseminating best practices, includ14 ing culturally and linguistically appropriate best 

15 practices, and developing, printing, and distrib16 uting materials; and 

17 ‘‘(C) offering other activities approved by 

18 the Secretary. 

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

20 grant under this subsection shall submit an applica21 tion to the Secretary at such time, and in such man22 ner, and accompanied by such information as the 

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

2 how its members are qualified to provide the 

3 services specified in paragraph (2); 

4 ‘‘(B) a description of activities to be com5 pleted; and 

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

7 activities. 

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

9 subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) The term ‘pediatric health care pro11 vider’ means a provider of primary health care 

12 to individuals under the age of 21. 

13 ‘‘(B) The term ‘professional pediatric pro14 vider organization’ means a national organiza15 tion whose members consist primarily of pedi16 atric health care providers. 

17 ‘‘(C) The term ‘alcohol education’ means 

18 evidence-based education about the effects of al19 cohol use and abuse on youth and adults. 

20 ‘‘(D) The term ‘screening and brief inter21 vention’ means using validated patient interview 

22 techniques to identify and assess the existence 

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1 sight regarding their own alcohol use and any 

2 realized or potential consequences of the behav3 ior, as well as to effect the desired related be4 havioral change. 

5 ‘‘(E) The term ‘caregivers’ means, with re6 spect to a child or adolescent, the parents, fam7 ily members, or legal guardians of the child or 

8 adolescent. 

9 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this subsection $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

12 years 2016 through 2019. 

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

14 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE

15 DRINKING.—The Secretary shall, subject to the 

16 availability of appropriations, collect data, and con17 duct or support research that is not duplicative of 

18 research currently being conducted or supported by 

19 the Department of Health and Human Services, on 

20 underage drinking, to accomplish the following: 

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

22 evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive 

23 community-based programs or strategies and 

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1 early childhood to age 21, such as programs 

2 funded and implemented by government enti3 ties, public health interest groups and founda4 tions, and alcohol beverage companies and trade 

5 associations, through the development of models 

6 of State-level epidemiological surveillance of un7 derage drinking by funding in States or large 

8 metropolitan areas new epidemiologists focused 

9 on excessive drinking including underage alco10 hol use. 

11 ‘‘(B) Obtain and report more precise infor12 mation on the scope of the underage drinking 

13 problem and patterns of underage alcohol con14 sumption, including improved knowledge about 

15 the problem and progress in preventing, reduc16 ing, and treating underage drinking, and infor17 mation on the rate of exposure of youth to ad18 vertising and other media messages encouraging 

19 and discouraging alcohol consumption. 

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

21 disseminate existing research on effective strat22 egies for reducing underage drinking, including 

23 translational research, and make such research 

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1 ‘‘(D) Improve and conduct public health 

2 surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related 

3 conditions in States by increasing the use of 

4 surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor 

5 Surveillance System, to monitor binge and ex6 cessive drinking and related harms among indi7 viduals who are at least 18 years of age, but 

8 not more than 20 years of age, including harm 

9 caused to self or others as a result of alcohol 

10 use that is not duplicative of research otherwise 

11 conducted or supported by the Department of 

12 Health and Human Services. 

13 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

16 years 2016 through 2019.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON POWDERED ALCOHOL. 

18 Title I of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 

19 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 118. POWDERED ALCOHOL. 

22 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS.—The 

23 Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 

24 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in consultation with 

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1 chemical that may be used to convert alcohol in liquid 

2 form to alcohol in powder form. 

3 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED ACTIVITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

5 ‘powdered alcohol’ means any alcohol combined with 

6 a chemical designated under subsection (a). 

7 ‘‘(2) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful to make, 

8 sell, distribute, or possess powdered alcohol. 

9 ‘‘(3) PENALTY.—Any person who violates para10 graph (2) shall be fined not more than $5,000, im11 prisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.’’. 

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