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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award on 
a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish 
or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Ms. HARMAN (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LEE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mr. FILNER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to award on a competitive basis grants to public and 
private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy 
prevention programs. 
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 ‘‘Responsible Funding 
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Act’’.
SEC. 2. TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXIX—TEENAGE 
PREGNANCY PREVENTION 
‘‘SEC. 2901. TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award on a 
competitive basis grants to public and private entities to 
establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention pro-
grams. 
‘‘(b) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Grant recipients under 
this section may include State and local not-for-profit coa-
litions working to prevent teenage pregnancy, State, local, 
and tribal agencies, schools, entities that provide after-
school programs, and community and faith-based groups. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients under 
this section, the Secretary shall give— 
‘‘(1) highest priority to applicants seeking as-
sistance for programs targeting communities or pop-
ulations in which— 
‘‘(A) teenage pregnancy or birth rates are 
higher than the corresponding State average; or 
‘‘(B) teenage pregnancy or birth rates are 
increasing; and 
‘‘(2) priority to applicants seeking assistance 
for programs that—
‘‘(A) will benefit underserved or at-risk 
populations such as young males or immigrant 
youths; or 
‘‘(B) will take advantage of other available 
resources and be coordinated with other pro-
grams that serve youth, such as workforce de-
velopment and afterschool programs. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds received by an entity 
as a grant under this section shall be used for programs 
that— 
‘‘(1) replicate or substantially incorporate the 
elements of one or more teenage pregnancy preven-
tion programs that have been proven (on the basis 
of rigorous scientific research) to delay sexual inter-
course or sexual activity, increase condom or contra-
ceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), or 
reduce teenage pregnancy; and 
‘‘(2) incorporate one or more of the following 
strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: encour-
aging teenagers to delay sexual activity; sex and 
HIV education; interventions for sexually active 
teenagers; preventive health services; youth develop-
ment programs; service learning programs; and out-
reach or media programs.
‘‘(e) COMPLETE INFORMATION.—Programs receiving 
funds under this section that focus on instruction that in-
cludes discussion of human sexuality and reproduction 
shall provide information that is medically accurate in re-
gard to the health benefits and side effects of all contra-
ceptives and barrier methods as a means to reduce the 
risk of unintended pregnancy and contracting sexually 
transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATIONS.—Each entity seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
may require. 
‘‘(g) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
award a grant to an applicant for a program under 
this section unless the applicant demonstrates that 
it will pay, from funds derived from non-Federal 
sources, at least 25 percent of the cost of the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) APPLICANT’S
SHARE.—The applicant’s 
share of the cost of a program shall be provided in 
cash or in kind. 
‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS.—An entity that 
receives funds as a grant under this section shall use the 
funds to supplement and not supplant funds that would
otherwise be available to the entity for teenage pregnancy 
prevention. 
‘‘(i) EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct or provide for a rigorous 
evaluation of 10 percent of programs for which 
a grant is awarded under this section; 
‘‘(B) collect basic data on each program 
for which a grant is awarded under this section; 
and 
‘‘(C) upon completion of the evaluations 
referred to in subparagraph (A), submit to the 
Congress a report that includes a detailed state-
ment on the effectiveness of grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATION BY GRANTEES.—Each grant 
recipient under this section shall provide such infor-
mation and cooperation as may be required for an 
evaluation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘medically accurate’, with respect 
to information, means information that is supported 
by research, recognized as accurate and objective by 
leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and pub-
lic health organizations and agencies, and where rel-
evant, published in peer review journals. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘rigorous scientific research’ 
means based on a program evaluation that: 
‘‘(A) Measured impact on sexual or contra-
ceptive behavior, pregnancy or childbearing. 
‘‘(B) Employed an experimental or quasi- 
experimental design with well-constructed and 
appropriate comparison groups. 
‘‘(C) Had a sample size large enough (at 
least 100 in the combined treatment and con-
trol group) and a follow-up interval long enough 
(at least six months) to draw valid conclusions 
about impact. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
be necessary thereafter. In addition, there are authorized 
to be appropriated for evaluations under subsection (i) 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
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