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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing 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 XXVIII--TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION

``SEC. 2801. 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 programs.
    ``(b) Grant Recipients.--Grant recipients under this section may 
include State and local not-for-profit coalitions working to prevent 
teenage pregnancy, State, local, and tribal agencies, schools, entities 
that provide afterschool 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 assistance for 
        programs targeting communities or populations 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 programs that 
                serve youth, such as workforce development 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 prevention programs that have 
        been proven (on the basis of rigorous scientific research) to 
        delay sexual intercourse or sexual activity, increase condom or 
        contraceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), or 
        reduce teenage pregnancy; and
            ``(2) incorporate one or more of the following strategies 
        for preventing teenage pregnancy: encouraging teenagers to 
        delay sexual activity; sex and HIV education; interventions for 
        sexually active teenagers; preventive health services; youth 
        development programs; service learning programs; and outreach 
        or media programs.
    ``(e) Applications.--Each entity seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require.
    ``(f) 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 program.
            ``(2) Applicant's share.--The applicant's share of the cost 
        of a program shall be provided in cash or in kind.
    ``(g) 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.
    ``(h) 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 statement on the effectiveness 
                of grants under this section.
            ``(2) Cooperation by grantees.--Each grant recipient under 
        this section shall provide such information and cooperation as 
        may be required for an evaluation under paragraph (1).
    ``(i) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `rigorous 
scientific research' means based on a program evaluation that:
            ``(1) Measured impact on sexual or contraceptive behavior, 
        pregnancy or childbearing.
            ``(2) Employed an experimental or quasi-experimental design 
        with well-constructed and appropriate comparison groups.
            ``(3) Had a sample size large enough (at least 100 in the 
        combined treatment and control group) and a follow-up interval 
        long enough (at least six months) to draw valid conclusions 
        about impact.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter. In addition, there 
are authorized to be appropriated for evaluations under subsection (h) 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.''.

Summary: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act 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.