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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3476
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide incentives to colleges
and universities to develop, implement, and improve alcohol abuse preven-
tion and education programs on their campuses, to strengthen sanctions,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 1996
Mr. 
KENNEDY
of 
Massachusetts 
(for 
himself, 
Mr. 
HINCHEY, 
Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. FATTAH) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportuni-
ties
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide
incentives to colleges and universities to develop, imple-
ment, and improve alcohol abuse prevention and edu-
cation programs on their campuses, to strengthen sanc-
tions, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘College Campus Alco-
hol Abuse Prevention and Education Act’’.
SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL
ABUSE PREVENTION.
(a) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—Section 1213 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end of paragraph (1)(D), by redesignating para-
graph (1)(E) as paragraph (1)(I), and by inserting
after paragraph (1)(D) the following:
‘‘(E) a prohibition on the distribution of
any promotional material that encourages the
consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus;
‘‘(F) a prohibition of the distribution of
free alcoholic beverages for promotional pur-
poses on the campus;
‘‘(G) a prohibition on sponsorship or public
support of any on-campus athletic, musical, cul-
tural, or social program, event, or competition
by any alcoholic beverage company or by any
group of such companies;
‘‘(H) limiting alcoholic beverage advertise-
ments in the institution of higher education’s
newspapers and other publications to price and
product identification; and’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting after and
below paragraph (2)(B) the following: ‘‘Identifica-
tion, referral, or treatment of students and employ-
ees shall not jeopardize the matriculation status of
the students or the employment of the employees.’’;
and
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(E)’’
and inserting ‘‘(a)(1)(I)’’.
(b) STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT.—Sec-
tion 1213(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1145g(b) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such items shall be developed and adopted with
student and employee participation.’’.
(c) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS.—Section 1213(c) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g(c) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Upon application by an institution of higher edu-
cation, the Secretary shall grant a waiver of sanctions au-
thorized by subsection (a)(1)(I) to any institution of high-
er education which demonstrates that it is in the process
of developing and implementing a plan required by sub-
section (a) for up to one year from the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 3. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
(a) GRANT
AND CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section
1213 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (2) U.S.C.
1145g) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(b) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A national recognition
award shall be made under subsection (a) to institu-
tions of higher education which have applied for
such award. Such an application shall contain—
(A) a clear description of the goals and ob-
jectives of the alcohol and drug abuse programs
of the institution applying,
(B) a description of program activities that
focus on alcohol and other drug policy issues,
policy development, modification, or refinement,
policy dissemination and implementation, and
policy enforcement;
(C) a description of activities that encour-
age student and employee participation and in-
volvement in both activity development and im-
plementation;
(D) the objective criteria used to determine
the effectiveness of the methods used in such
programs and the means used to evaluate and
improve the program efforts,
(E) a description of special initiatives used
to reduce high-risk behavior or increase low risk
behavior, or both, and
(F) a description of coordination and
networking efforts that exist in the community
in which the institution is located for purposes
of such programs.
(2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—All institutions of
higher education which are two- and four-year col-
leges and universities that have established a drug
and alcohol prevention and education program are
eligible to apply for a National Recognition Award.
To receive such an Award an institution of higher
education must be nominated to receive it. An insti-
tution of higher education may nominate itself or be
nominated by others such as professional associa-
tions or student organizations.
(3) APPLICATION
REVIEW.—The Secretary of
Education shall appoint a committee to review appli-
cations submitted under paragraph (1). The commit-
tee may include representatives of Federal depart-
ments or agencies whose programs include alcohol
and drug abuse prevention and education efforts, di-
rectors or heads (or their representatives) of profes-
sional associations that focus on prevention efforts,
and non-Federal scientists who have backgrounds in
social science evaluation and research methodology
and in education. Decisions of the committee shall
be made directly to the Secretary without review by
any other entity in the Department of Education.
(4) REVIEW CRITERIA.—Specific review criteria
shall be developed by the Secretary in conjunction
with the appropriate experts. In reviewing applica-
tions under paragraph (3) the committee shall con-
sider—
(A) measures of effectiveness of the pro-
gram of the applicant that should include
changes in the campus alcohol and other drug
environment or climate and changes in alcohol
and other drug use before and after the initi-
ation of the program; and
(B) measures of program institutionaliza-
tion, including an assessment of needs of the
institution, the institution’s alcohol and drug
policies, staff and faculty development activities,
drug prevention criteria, student, faculty, and
campus community involvement, and a continu-
ation of the program after the cessation of ex-
ternal funding.
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—For the implementation of the
awards program under this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $25,000 for fiscal year 1996, $66,000
for each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998, and $72,000
for each of the fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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