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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2560
To establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public
access to defibrillation in schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2001
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mrs. CAPPS, and Mr. KIRK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a program for an information clearinghouse
to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Automatic
Defibrillation in Adam’s Memory Act’’, or the ‘‘ADAM
Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death
in the United States.
(2) 220,000 Americans die each year of sudden
cardiac arrest.
(3) The American Heart Association estimates
that the lives of 50,000 cardiac arrest victims could
be saved each year through initiating a course of ac-
tion known as the chain of survival.
(4) The chain of survival includes prompt noti-
fication 
of 
emergency 
services 
and 
early
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (referred to in this
Act as ‘‘CPR’’), defibrillation, and advanced cardiac
life support.
(5) An important part of United States school
children’s education is learning healthy behaviors,
including proper nutrition and physical activity. This
health education should also include basic emergency
lifesaving skills.
(6) Incorporating these lifesaving training pro-
grams into the health curriculum of elementary and
secondary schools will give school children these
skills.
(7) Project Automatic Defibrillation in Adam’s
Memory (ADAM) has been successful in fostering
awareness of the potential for cardiac arrest in the
childhood and adolescent population, encouraging
improvement of screening procedures, and facili-
tating the training of high school staff and students
in CPR and the use of automatic external
defibrillators (referred to in this Act as ‘‘AED’’).
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION.
(a) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall award a grant to an
organization to establish national information clearing-
house that provides information to increase public access
to defibrillation in schools.
(b) DUTIES.—The health care organization that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall promote public ac-
cess to defibrillation in schools by—
(1) providing timely information to entities re-
garding public access defibrillation program imple-
mentation and development;
(2) developing and providing comprehensive
program materials to establish a public access
defibrillation program in schools;
(3) providing support to CPR and AED train-
ing programs;
(4) fostering new and existing community part-
nerships with and among public and private organi-
zations (such as local educational agencies, nonprofit
organizations, public health organizations, emer-
gency medical service providers, fire and police de-
partments, and parent-teacher associations) to pro-
mote public access to defibrillation in schools;
(5) establishing a data base to gather informa-
tion in a central location regarding sudden cardiac
arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or
conducting further research into the problem; and
(6) providing assistance to communities that
wish to develop screening programs for at risk
youth.
(c) APPLICATION.—A health care organization desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after receipt
of a grant under this section, the health care organization
that receives such grant shall prepare and submit to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services a report that
describes activities carried out with funds received under
this section. Not later than 3 months after receipt of such
report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress an evaluation that reviews such report and evaluates
the success of such clearinghouse.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From
funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002
through 2006 for activities and programs under the De-
partment of Health and Human Services, $800,000 of
such funds may be appropriated to carry out the programs
described in this Act for each of the fiscal years 2002
through 2006.
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