ing practical skills that promote self-regulation, 
goal setting, and a focus on the future. 
(B) The clear advantage of reserving 
human sexual activity for marriage, as a key 
contributing factor in the prevention of poverty 
and the preservation of physical and emotional 
health, based on social science research. 
(C) The foundational components of a 
healthy relationship and related research re-
garding the individual, economic, and societal 
advantages of bearing children within the con-
text of a committed marital relationship in 
order to form healthy marriages and safe and 
stable families. 
(D) The skills needed to resist the negative 
influences of the pervasive sex-saturated culture 
that presents teenage sexual activity as an ex-
pected norm, with few risks or negative con-
sequences. 
(E) The understanding of how drugs, alco-
hol, and the irresponsible use of social media 
can influence sexual decisionmaking and can 
contribute to risky and often aggressive sexual 
behavior. 
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(F) A focused priority on the superior 
health benefits of sexual abstinence, ensuring 
that any information provided on contraception 
does not exaggerate its effectiveness in pre-
venting sexually transmitted diseases and preg-
nancies. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
give priority to applicants proposing programs to provide 
qualified sexual risk avoidance education that— 
(1) will serve youth spanning ages 12 to 19; 
and 
(2) will promote protective benefits of parent- 
child communication regarding healthy sexual deci-
sionmaking. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘age appropriate’’ means appro-
priate for the general developmental and social ma-
turity of the age group (as opposed to the cognitive 
ability to understand a topic or the atypical develop-
ment of a small segment of the targeted population). 
(2) The term ‘‘evidence-based approach’’ means 
an approach that— 
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(A) has a clear theoretical base that inte-
grates research findings with practical imple-
mentation expertise that is relevant to the field; 
(B) matches the needs and desired out-
comes for the intended audience; and 
(C) if implemented well, will demonstrate 
improved outcomes for the targeted population. 
(3) The term ‘‘medically accurate’’ means ref-
erenced to peer-reviewed research by medical, edu-
cational, scientific, governmental, or public health 
publications, organizations, or agencies. 
(4) The term ‘‘sexual abstinence’’ means volun-
tarily refraining from sexual activity. 
(5) The term ‘‘sexual activity’’ means genital 
contact or sexual stimulation including, but not lim-
ited to, sexual intercourse. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017 to carry out this Act. Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sen-
tence shall be derived exclusively from amounts in 
the Prevention and Public Health Fund established 
by section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11). 
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(2) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year— 
(A) not more than $1,000,000 are author-
ized to be used for Federal administrative costs; 
and 
(B) of the amount used by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services for administra-
tive costs, at least 40 percent shall be used for 
training and technical assistance by qualified 
organizations— 
(i) whose sole focus is the develop-
ment and advancement of abstinence edu-
cation; 
(ii) that have expertise in theory- 
based abstinence education curriculum de-
velopment and implementation; 
(iii) that have direct experience in de-
veloping sexual risk avoidance evaluation 
instruments; and 
(iv) that can offer technical assistance 
and training on a wide range of topics rel-
evant to the sexual risk avoidance (or ab-
stinence education) field. 
Æ 
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