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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3581
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award on
a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish
or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 20, 2001
Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Ms. PELOSI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to award on a competitive basis grants to public and
private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy
prevention programs.
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 ‘‘Preventing Teen Preg-
nancy Act’’.
SEC. 2. TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION.
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘TITLE XXVIII—TEENAGE PREGNANCY
PREVENTION
‘‘SEC. 2801. TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION GRANTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award on a
competitive basis grants to public and private entities to
establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention pro-
grams.
‘‘(b) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Grant recipients under
this section may include State and local not-for-profit coa-
litions working to prevent teenage pregnancy, State, local,
and tribal agencies, schools, entities that provide after-
school programs, and community and faith-based groups.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients under
this section, the Secretary shall give—
‘‘(1) highest priority to applicants seeking as-
sistance for programs targeting communities or pop-
ulations in which—
‘‘(A) teenage pregnancy or birth rates are
higher than the corresponding State average; or
‘‘(B) teenage pregnancy or birth rates are
increasing; and
‘‘(2) priority to applicants seeking assistance
for programs that—
‘‘(A) will benefit underserved or at-risk
populations such as young males or immigrant
youths; or
‘‘(B) will take advantage of other available
resources and be coordinated with other pro-
grams that serve youth, such as workforce de-
velopment and afterschool programs.
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds received by an entity
as a grant under this section shall be used for programs
that—
‘‘(1) replicate or substantially incorporate the
elements of one or more teenage pregnancy preven-
tion programs that have been proven (on the basis
of rigorous scientific research) to delay sexual inter-
course or sexual activity, increase condom or contra-
ceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), or
reduce teenage pregnancy; and
‘‘(2) incorporate one or more of the following
strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: encour-
aging teenagers to delay sexual activity; sex and
HIV education; interventions for sexually active
teenagers; preventive health services; youth develop-
ment programs; service learning programs; and out-
reach or media programs.
‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.—Each entity seeking a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
may require.
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not
award a grant to an applicant for a program under
this section unless the applicant demonstrates that
it will pay, from funds derived from non-Federal
sources, at least 25 percent of the cost of the pro-
gram.
‘‘(2) APPLICANT’S
SHARE.—The applicant’s
share of the cost of a program shall be provided in
cash or in kind.
‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS.—An entity that
receives funds as a grant under this section shall use the
funds to supplement and not supplant funds that would
otherwise be available to the entity for teenage pregnancy
prevention.
‘‘(h) EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) conduct or provide for a rigorous
evaluation of 10 percent of programs for which
a grant is awarded under this section;
‘‘(B) collect basic data on each program
for which a grant is awarded under this section;
and
‘‘(C) upon completion of the evaluations
referred to in subparagraph (A), submit to the
Congress a report that includes a detailed state-
ment on the effectiveness of grants under this
section.
‘‘(2) COOPERATION BY GRANTEES.—Each grant
recipient under this section shall provide such infor-
mation and cooperation as may be required for an
evaluation under paragraph (1).
‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘rigorous scientific research’ means based on a pro-
gram evaluation that:
‘‘(1) Measured impact on sexual or contracep-
tive behavior, pregnancy or childbearing.
‘‘(2) Employed an experimental or quasi-experi-
mental design with well-constructed and appropriate
comparison groups.
‘‘(3) Had a sample size large enough (at least
100 in the combined treatment and control group)
and a follow-up interval long enough (at least six
months) to draw valid conclusions about impact.
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may
be necessary thereafter. In addition, there are authorized
to be appropriated for evaluations under subsection (h)
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and
each fiscal year thereafter.’’.
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