‘‘SEC. 506B. GRANTS FOR STUDENT AND STUDENT ATHLETE 
OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education, may make 
grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agree-
ments with, public and nonprofit private entities, including 
States and drug-free community coalitions, to enable such 
entities— 
‘‘(1) to carry out school-based programs con-
cerning the dangers of the misuse of and addiction 
to prescription opioids, related drugs, and other pre-
scribed drugs commonly used in pain management 
or injury recovery, including initiatives that give stu-
dents the responsibility to create their own anti-drug 
abuse education programs for their schools; 
‘‘(2) to carry out community-based misuse and 
addiction prevention programs relating to prescrip-
tion opioids, related drugs, and other prescription 
drugs commonly used in pain management or injury 
recovery, including youth sports organizations; and 
‘‘(3) to carry out school, collegiate, and commu-
nity-based engagement of youth, high school, or col-
legiate athletic and recreation programs and associa-
tions concerning the dangers of the misuse of and 
addiction to prescription opioids, related drugs, and 
other prescription drugs commonly used in pain 
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management or injury recovery, including initiatives 
that give student athletes the responsibility to create 
their own anti-drug abuse education programs for 
their schools. 
‘‘(b) USE
OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available 
under a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under 
subsection (a) shall be used for planning, establishing, or 
administering prevention programs relating to prescrip-
tion opioid, related drugs, and other drugs commonly used 
in pain management or injury recovery. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided to an entity 
under this section may be used— 
‘‘(1) to carry out school-based programs that 
are focused on school districts with high or increas-
ing rates of misuse of and addiction to prescription 
and nonprescription opioids, and targeted at popu-
lations that are most at risk to start misusing such 
drugs; 
‘‘(2) to carry out community-based prevention 
programs that are focused on populations within the 
community that are most at risk for misuse of and 
addiction 
to 
prescription 
and 
nonprescription 
opioids; 
‘‘(3) to carry out school-based prevention pro-
grams that are focused on student athletes and the 
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risk of misuse of and addiction to prescription and 
nonprescription opioids as part of injury recovery 
and pain management; 
‘‘(4) to carry out community-based programs 
that are focused on youth athletes and the risk of 
misuse of and addiction to prescription and non-
prescription opioids as part of injury recovery and 
pain management; 
‘‘(5) to carry out collegiate-based programs that 
are focused on collegiate athletes, including club 
sports and recreation sports, and the risk for misuse 
of and addiction to prescription and nonprescription 
opioids as part of injury recovery and pain manage-
ment; 
‘‘(6) to assist local government entities to con-
duct appropriate prevention activities relating to 
youth and the risk for misuse of and addiction to 
prescription and nonprescription opioids as part of 
injury recovery and pain management; and 
‘‘(7) to train and educate State and local offi-
cials; youth athletics organizers and coaches; school 
administrators, teachers, athletic directors, coaches, 
and athletic trainers; collegiate administrators, ath-
letic directors, directors of campus recreation, coach-
es, athletic trainers, and campus-based medical pro-
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viders, on the signs of misuse of prescription and 
nonprescription opioids and the options for treat-
ment and prevention of such misuse. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) PREVENTION
PROGRAM
ALLOCATION.— 
Not more than $500,000 of the amount appro-
priated in each fiscal year to carry out this section 
shall be made available to the Assistant Secretary, 
acting in consultation with other Federal agencies, 
to support and conduct periodic analyses and evalua-
tions of effective prevention programs for misuse of 
and addiction to opioids, related drugs, and other 
drugs commonly used for pain management and the 
development of appropriate strategies for dissemi-
nating information about and implementing such 
programs. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
annually prepare and submit to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, a report on the prevention 
programs and development of strategies described in 
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paragraph (1), containing, as appropriate, the re-
sults of the analyses and evaluations conducted 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for each 
succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
Æ 
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