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(4) a list of the members of the statewide coali-
tion or interested parties involved in the work of the 
eligible entity; 
(5) a description of how the eligible entity in-
tends to work with State agencies on substance 
abuse prevention and education; 
(6) the anticipated impact of funds provided 
under this Act in preventing and reducing the rates 
of underage alcohol use; 
(7) outreach strategies, including ways in which 
the eligible entity proposes to— 
(A) reach out to students and community 
stakeholders; 
(B) promote the purpose of this Act; 
(C) address the range of needs of the stu-
dents and the surrounding communities; and 
(D) address community norms for under-
age students regarding alcohol use; and 
(8) such additional information as required by 
the Secretary. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
to carry out the activities described in such entity’s appli-
cation submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 
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(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—On the date on which the 
Secretary first publishes a notice in the Federal Register 
soliciting applications for grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall include in the notice achievement indica-
tors for the program authorized under this section. The 
achievement indicators shall be designed— 
(1) to measure the impact that the statewide 
coalitions assisted under this Act are having on the 
institutions of higher education and the surrounding 
communities, including changes in the number of in-
cidents of any kind in which students have abused 
alcohol or consumed alcohol while under the age of 
21 (including violations, physical assaults, sexual as-
saults, reports of intimidation, disruptions of school 
functions, disruptions of student studies, mental 
health referrals, illnesses, or deaths); 
(2) to measure the quality and accessibility of 
the programs or information offered by the eligible 
entity; and 
(3) to provide such other measures of program 
impact as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this Act shall be used to supplement, and 
not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available for 
carrying out the activities described in this section. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State, institution of higher education, 
or nonprofit entity. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(5) STATEWIDE COALITION.—The term ‘‘state-
wide coalition’’ means a coalition that— 
(A) includes, but is not limited to— 
(i) institutions of higher education 
within a State; and 
(ii) a nonprofit group, a community 
underage drinking prevention coalition, or 
another substance abuse prevention group 
within a State; and 
(B) works toward lowering the alcohol 
abuse rate by targeting underage students at 
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institutions of higher education throughout the 
State and in the surrounding communities. 
(6) SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘surrounding community’’ means the community— 
(A) that surrounds an institution of higher 
education participating in a statewide coalition; 
(B) where the students from the institu-
tion of higher education take part in the com-
munity; and 
(C) where students from the institution of 
higher education live in off-campus housing. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 
percent of a grant under this section may be expended 
for administrative expenses. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $5,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL 
RESEARCH 
SEC. 501. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE DRINK-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall collect data on, and conduct or sup-
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port research on, underage drinking with respect to the 
following: 
(1) Comprehensive community-based programs 
or strategies and statewide systems to prevent and 
reduce underage drinking, across the underage years 
from early childhood to age 21, including programs 
funded and implemented by government entities, 
public health interest groups and foundations, and 
alcohol beverage companies and trade associations. 
(2) Annually obtain and report more precise in-
formation than is currently collected on the scope of 
the underage drinking problem and patterns exhib-
ited in underage alcohol consumption, including im-
proved knowledge of both the problem and progress 
in preventing, reducing and treating underage drink-
ing; as well as information on the rate of exposure 
of youth to advertising and other media messages 
encouraging and discouraging alcohol consumption. 
(3) Compiling information on the involvement 
of alcohol in unnatural deaths of persons ages 12 to 
20 in the United States, including suicides, homi-
cides, and unintentional injuries such as falls, 
drownings, burns, poisonings, and motor vehicle 
crash deaths. 
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