I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2511 
To revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, and Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith 
Memorial Act. 
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 ‘‘Garrett Lee Smith Me-
morial Act Reauthorization of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ACT. 
(a) INTERAGENCY RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—Section 520C of the Pub-
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lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–34) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘youth 
suicide early intervention and prevention strate-
gies’’ and inserting ‘‘suicide early intervention 
and prevention strategies for all ages, particu-
larly for youth’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘youth 
suicide early intervention and prevention strate-
gies’’ and inserting ‘‘suicide early intervention 
and prevention strategies for all ages, particu-
larly for youth’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘youth’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
the following: ‘‘for all ages, particularly for 
youth’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘youth 
suicide’’ and inserting ‘‘suicide for all ages, par-
ticularly among youth’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘youth 
suicide early intervention techniques and tech-
nology’’ and inserting ‘‘suicide early interven-
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tion techniques and technology for all ages, par-
ticularly for youth’’; 
(F) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘youth’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for all ages, particu-
larly for youth,’’ after ‘‘strategies’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘youth suicide’’ each 
place that such appears and inserting ‘‘sui-
cide’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in youth’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘among all ages, particularly among 
youth’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and all that follows through the 
period and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and all that follows through the 
period and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
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(b) YOUTH SUICIDE EARLY INTERVENTION
AND 
PREVENTION STRATEGIES.—Section 520E of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall ensure that a State does not re-
ceive more than one grant or cooperative agreement 
under this section at any one time. For purposes of 
the preceding sentences, a State shall be considered 
to have received a grant or cooperative agreement if 
the eligible entity involved is the State or an entity 
designated by the State under paragraph (1)(B). 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
apply to entities described in paragraph (1)(C).’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
the purpose of carrying out this section, there are author-
ized to be appropriated $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
$38,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $42,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010, $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
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