‘‘(V) implement other science- 
based strategies to reduce underage 
drinking; and 
‘‘(viii) such additional information as 
required by the Administrator. 
‘‘(E) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible enti-
ty that receives a grant under this paragraph 
shall use the grant funds to carry out the ac-
tivities described in such entity’s application 
pursuant to subparagraph (D). Grants under 
this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per 
year and may not exceed four years. 
‘‘(F) ACCOUNTABILITY.—On the date on 
which the Administrator first publishes a notice 
in the Federal Register soliciting applications 
for grants under this paragraph, the Adminis-
trator shall include in the notice achievement 
indicators for the program authorized under 
this paragraph. The achievement indicators 
shall be designed to— 
‘‘(i) measure the impact that the coa-
lition assisted under this paragraph is hav-
ing on the institution of higher education 
and the surrounding communities, includ-
ing changes in the number of incidents of 
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any kind in which students have abused al-
cohol or consumed alcohol while under the 
age of 21 (including violations, physical as-
saults, sexual assaults, reports of intimida-
tion, disruptions of school functions, dis-
ruptions of student studies, mental health 
referrals, illnesses, alcohol-related trans-
ports 
to 
emergency 
departments, 
or 
deaths); and 
‘‘(ii) provide such other measures of 
program impact as the Administrator de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(G) 
SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.— 
Grant funds provided under this paragraph 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
Federal and non-Federal funds available for 
carrying out the activities described in this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(H) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el-
igible entity’ means an organization that— 
‘‘(I) on or before the date of sub-
mitting an application for a grant 
under this subsection is currently re-
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ceiving or has received grant funds 
under the Drug-Free Communities 
Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) can provide evidence of pre-
existing involvement of one or more 
institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(III) has a documented strategy 
to prevent and reduce underage drink-
ing by students at institutions of 
higher education as part of its multi- 
sector, community-based strategy. 
‘‘(ii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—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)). 
‘‘(iii) SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘surrounding community’ means 
the community— 
‘‘(I) that surrounds an institution 
of higher education; 
‘‘(II) where the students from 
the institution of higher education 
take part in the community; and 
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‘‘(III) where students from the 
institution of higher education live in 
off-campus housing. 
‘‘(I) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not 
more than 6 percent of a grant under this para-
graph may be expended for administrative ex-
penses. 
‘‘(J) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this paragraph $2,500,000 
for fiscal year 2016, and $2,500,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2017 through 2020. 
‘‘(f) REDUCING UNDERAGE DRINKING THROUGH 
SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
TO
PEDIATRIC
HEALTH
CARE 
PROVIDERS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-
ministration, shall make one or more grants to pro-
fessional pediatric provider organizations to increase 
among the members of such organizations effective 
practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use 
among individuals under the age of 21, including 
college students. 
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‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Grants under this subsection 
shall be made to promote the practices of— 
‘‘(A) screening children and adolescents for 
alcohol use; 
‘‘(B) offering brief interventions to chil-
dren and adolescents to discourage such use; 
‘‘(C) educating parents about the dangers 
of and methods of discouraging such use; 
‘‘(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse 
disorders; and 
‘‘(E) referring patients, when necessary, to 
other appropriate care. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization receiv-
ing a grant under this subsection may use such 
funding to promote the practices specified in para-
graph (B) among its members by— 
‘‘(A) providing training to health care pro-
viders; 
‘‘(B) disseminating best practices, includ-
ing culturally and linguistically appropriate best 
practices, and developing, printing, and distrib-
uting materials; and 
‘‘(C) offering other activities approved by 
the Secretary. 
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‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—An organization desiring a 
grant under this subsection shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, and in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may require. Each application shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a description of the organization and 
how its members are qualified to provide the 
services specified in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(B) a description of activities to be com-
pleted; and 
‘‘(C) a timeline for the completion of such 
activities. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this 
subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘pediatric health care pro-
vider’ means a provider of primary health care 
to individuals under the age of 21. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘professional pediatric pro-
vider organization’ means a national organiza-
tion whose members consist primarily of pedi-
atric health care providers. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘children and adolescents’ 
means any person under 21 years of age. 
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‘‘(D) The term ‘alcohol education’ means 
evidence-based education about the effects of al-
cohol use and abuse on children, adolescents, 
and adults. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘screening and brief inter-
vention’ means using validated patient interview 
techniques to identify and assess the existence 
and extent of alcohol use, then providing brief 
advice and other brief motivational enhance-
ment techniques designed to increase patient in-
sight regarding their own alcohol use and any 
realized or potential consequences of this behav-
ior, as well as to effect the desired related be-
havioral change. 
‘‘(F) The term ‘caregivers’ means, with re-
spect to a child or adolescent, the parents, fam-
ily members, or legal guardians of the child or 
adolescent. 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and 
$3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 
2020. 
‘‘(g) DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH.— 
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‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH
ON
UNDERAGE 
DRINKING.—The Secretary shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, collect data, and con-
duct or support research that is not duplicative of 
research currently being conducted or supported by 
the Department of Health and Human Services, on 
underage drinking, with respect to the following: 
‘‘(A) Improve data collection in support of 
evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive 
community-based programs or strategies and 
statewide systems to prevent and reduce under-
age drinking, across the underage years from 
early childhood to age 21, such as programs 
funded and implemented by government enti-
ties, public health interest groups and founda-
tions, and alcohol beverage companies and trade 
associations, through the development of models 
of State-level epidemiological surveillance of un-
derage drinking by funding in States or large 
metropolitan areas new epidemiologists focused 
on excessive drinking including underage alco-
hol use. 
‘‘(B) Obtain and report more precise infor-
mation than is currently collected on the scope 
of the underage drinking problem and patterns 
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of underage alcohol consumption, including im-
proved knowledge about the problem and 
progress in preventing, reducing, and treating 
underage drinking; as well as information on 
the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and 
other media messages encouraging and discour-
aging alcohol consumption. 
‘‘(C) Synthesize, expand on, and widely 
disseminate existing research on effective strat-
egies for reducing underage drinking, including 
translational research, and make this research 
easily accessible to the general public. 
‘‘(D) Improve and conduct public health 
surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related 
conditions in States by increasing the use of 
surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor 
Surveillance System, to monitor binge and ex-
cessive drinking and related harms among indi-
viduals who are at least 18 years of age, but 
not more than 20 years of age, including harm 
caused to self or others as a result of alcohol 
use that is not duplicative of research currently 
being conducted or supported by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services. 
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‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $4,500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2016 through 2020.’’. 
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