the industry, it has also supported the training of 
more than 1.6 million retail employees, community-
based prevention programs, point of sale education, 
and enforcement programs. All of these efforts are 
aimed at further reducing illegal underage drinking 
and preventing sales of alcohol to persons under the 
age of 21. All sectors of the alcohol beverage indus-
try have also voluntarily committed to placing adver-
tisements in broadcasts and magazines where at 
least 70 percent of the audiences are expected to be 
21 years of age or older. The industry should con-
tinue to monitor and tailor its advertising practices 
to further limit underage exposure, including the use 
of independent third party review. The industry 
should continue and expand evidence-based efforts to 
prevent underage drinking. 
(5) Public health and consumer groups, in col-
laboration with the alcohol beverage industry, should 
explore opportunities to reduce underage drinking. 
(6) The entertainment industries have a power-
ful impact on youth, and they should use rating sys-
tems and marketing codes to reduce the likelihood 
that underage audiences will be exposed to movies, 
recordings, or television programs with unsuitable
alcohol content, even if adults are expected to pre-
dominate in the viewing or listening audiences. 
(7) Objective scientific evidence and data should 
be generated and made available to the general pub-
lic and policy makers at the local, state, and national 
levels to help them make informed decisions, imple-
ment judicious policies, and monitor progress in pre-
venting childhood/adolescent alcohol use. 
(8) The National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion, its member colleges and universities, and ath-
letic conferences should affirm a commitment to a 
policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage 
students and other young fans by ending all alcohol 
advertising during radio and television broadcasts of 
collegiate sporting events. 
TITLE 
II—INTERAGENCY 
CO-
ORDINATING 
COMMITTEE; 
ANNUAL REPORT CARD 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY COORDI-
NATING COMMITTEE TO PREVENT UNDER-
AGE DRINKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in collaboration with the Federal officials 
specified in subsection (b), shall establish an interagency
coordinating committee focusing on underage drinking 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Committee’’). 
(b) OTHER AGENCIES.—The officials referred to in 
subsection (a) are the Secretary of Education, the Attor-
ney General, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Sur-
geon General, the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, the Director of the National Institute 
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion, the Director of the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, 
the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, the Administrator of the Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Chairman of 
the Federal Trade Commission, and such other Federal 
officials as the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines to be appropriate. 
(c) CHAIR.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall serve as the chair of the Committee. 
(d) DUTIES.—The Committee shall guide policy and 
program development across the Federal Government with 
respect to underage drinking.
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The Committee shall actively 
seek the input of and shall consult with all appropriate 
and interested parties, including public health research 
and interest groups, foundations, and alcohol beverage in-
dustry trade associations and companies. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, on behalf of the Committee, shall 
annually submit to the Congress a report that sum-
marizes—
(A) all programs and policies of Federal 
agencies designed to prevent underage drinking; 
(B) the extent of progress in reducing un-
derage drinking nationally; 
(C) data that the Secretary shall collect 
with respect to the information specified in 
paragraph (2); and 
(D) such other information regarding un-
derage drinking as the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate. 
(2) CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include information on the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Patterns and consequences of under-
age drinking.