A bill to extend the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970 for 3 years.
PL 93-422 (H.R.9456), enacted 09/21/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-421-SEPT. 19, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
September 19, 1974 
[H. R. 13267] 
Guam. 
Fire control, 
watershed protec-
tion and reforest-
ation. Federal as-
sistance. 
48 u s e 14210. 
Appropriation. 
48 u s e 1421P. 
Public Law 93-421 
AN ACT 
To authorize Federal agricultural assistance to Guam for certain purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to provide financial and technical assist-
ance to (juam for improving fire control, watershed protection and 
reforestation, consistent with existing laws, administered by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, which are applicable to the continental United 
States. The program authorized by this section shall be developed in 
cooperation with the territorial government of Guam and shall be 
covered by a memorandum of understanding agreed to by the territorial 
government and the Department. The Secretary may also utilize the 
agencies, facilities, and employees of the Department, and may 
cooperate with other public agencies and with private organizations 
and individuals in Guam and elsewhere. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sums 
appropriated in pursuance of this Act may be allocated to such agencies 
of the Department as are concerned with the administration of the 
program in Guam. 
Approved September 19, 1974. 
September21,1974 
[H. R. 9456] 
Alcohol and 
Drug Abuse Ed-
ucation Act 
Admendments of 
1974. 
21 u s e 1001 
note. 
21 u s e 1001 
note. 
21 u s e 1001. 
Public Law 93-422 
AN ACT 
To extend the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970 for three years. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act Amendments 
of 1974". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 1 of the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970 
(21 U.S.C. 1001) is amended to read as follows: "This Act may be 
cited as the 'Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act'.". 
(b) Section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that drug 
and alcohol abuse diminishes the strength and vitality of the people 
of our Nation; that an increasing number of substances, both legal 
and illegal, are being abused by increasing numbers of individuals; 
that abuse of any substance is complex human behavior which is 
influenced by many forces, including school, family, church, commu-
nity, media, and peer groups; and that prevention and early interven-
tion in such behavior require cooperation and coordination among 
all of these elements in strategies designed to respond to carefully 
defined problems. 
"(b) It is the purpose of this Act to encourage the development of 
new and improved curricula on the problems of drug abuse; to demon-
strate the use of such curricula in model educational programs and to 
evaluate the effectiveness thereof; to disseminate curricular materials 
and significant information for use in educational programs through-
out the Nation; to provide training programs for teachers, counselors, 
law enforcement officials, and other public service and community 
leaders; and to offer community education programs for parents and 
others, on drug abuse problems. 
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"(c) It is further the purpose of this Act to provide leadership 
to schools and other institutions in the community by supporting 
projects to identify, evaluate, demonstrate, and disseminate effective 
strategies for prevention and early intervention and to provide train-
ing and technical assistance to schools and other segments of the 
community in adapting such strategies to identified local needs." 
(c) Section 3 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
21 use 1002. 
"ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROJECTS 
"SEC. 3. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall carry out a 
Grants and 
program of making grants to, and contracts with institutions of ^ 
higher education. State and local educational agencies, and public and 
private education or community agencies, institutions, and organiza-
tions to support and evaluate demonstration projects, to encourage the 
establishment of such projects throughout the Nation, to train educa-
tional and community pereonnel, and to provide technical assistance in 
program development. In carrying out such program, the Commis-
sioner of Education shall give priority to school based programs and 
projects. 
"(b) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act 
shall be available for activities, including bilingual activities, such 
as— 
"(1) projects for the development, testing, evaluation, and 
dissemination of exemplary materials for use in elementary, 
secondary, adult, and community education programs, and for 
training in the selection and use of such materials; 
"(2) comprehensive demonstration programs which focus on 
the causes of drug and alcohol abuse rather than on the symptoms; 
which include both schools and the communities within which 
the schools are located; which emphasizes the affective as well as 
the cognitive approach; which reflect the specialized needs of 
communities; and which include, in planning and development, 
school personnel, the target population, community representation, 
and parents; 
"(3) creative primary prevention and early intervention pro-
grams in schools, utilizing an interdisciplinary 'school team' 
approach, developing in educational personnel and students skills 
in planning and conducting comprehensive prevention programs 
which include such activities as training drug and alcohol educa-
tion specialists and group leaders, peer group and individual coun-
seling, and student involvement in intellectual, cultural, and social 
alternatives to drug and alcohol abuse; 
"(4) preservice and inservice training programs on drug and 
Training pro-
alcohol abuse prevention for teachers, counselors, and other edu-
cational personnel, law enforcement officials, and other public 
service and community leaders and personnel; 
"(6) community education programs on drug and alcohol abuse, 
especially for parents and others in the community; 
" (6) programs or projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ 
professionals and other persons, including former drug and 
alcohol abusers and former drug- and alcohol-dependent persons, 
to organize and participate in programs of public education in 
drug and alcohol abuse; and 
grams. 
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"(7) projects for the dissemination of valid and effective school 
and community drug and alcohol abuse educational programs. 
Local educa- 
" (c) lu addition to the purposes described in subsection (b) of this 
financialTs^'sist- 
sectiou, fuuds iu au amount not to exceed 10 per centum of the sums 
ance. 
appropriated to carry out this Act may be made available for the 
payment .of reasonable and necessary expenses of State educational 
agencies for assisting local educational agencies in the planning, devel-
opment, and implementation of drug and alcohol abuse education pro-
grams, including such projects as— 
" (1) inservice training of education personnel, 
"(2) technical assistance to local school districts, 
"(3) creative leadership in programing for indigenous minori-
ties, and 
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"(4) training of peer counselors. 
assiTtance'r^e-""^ 
"(d) (1) Fiuauclal asslstancc under this section may be made only 
quirements. 
upon application at such time or times, in such manner, and containing 
or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems neces-
sary, and only if such application— 
"(A) provides that activities and services for which assistance 
under this title is sought will be administered by or under the 
supervision of the applicant ; 
"(B) provides for carrying out one or more projects or pro-
grams eligible for assistance under subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section and provides for such methods of administration as are 
necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such projects or 
programs; 
"(C) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Fed-
eral funds made available under this section for any fiscal year 
will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, in-
crease the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal 
funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes 
described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and in no case 
supplant such funds; and 
Reports and 
"(D) pTovidcs for making such reports, in such form and con-
taining such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably 
require, and for keeping such records and affording such access 
thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure to cor-
rectness and verification of such reports. 
Applications, 
"(2) Au applicatiou from a local education agency for financial 
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assistance under this section may be approved by the Commissioner 
only after the applicant has submitted the application to the State 
educational agency. The State educational agency shall, not more than 
thirty days after the date of receipt of the application, submit to the 
Secretary in writing its comments on the application. A copy of 
such comments shall be submitted at the same time to the applicant. 
Amended appii- 
"(3) Amendments of applications shall, except as the Commissioner 
may otherwise provide by or pursuant to regulation, be subject to the 
requirements set forth in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2). 
"(e) (1) The Commissioner may use funds in an amount not exceed-
ing 1 per centum of the funds appropriated to carry out this section 
for a fiscal year for independent analysis and evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of the drug and alcohol abuse education programs assisted 
under this section. 
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"(^) '^^^® Commissioner shall, not later than March 31 of each 
calendar year, submit an evaluation report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education 
and Labor, and the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. 
Such report shall— 
records. 
cations. 
gressional com-
mittees. 
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"(A) contain the agency's statement of specific and detailed 
objectives for the program or programs assisted under the provi-
sions of this Act, and relate these objectives to those in the Act, 
"(B) include statements of the agency's conclusions as to 
eifectiveness of the program or programs in meeting the stated 
objectives, measured through the end of the preceding fiscal year, 
"(C) make recommendations with respect to any changes or 
additional legislative action deemed necessary or desirable in 
carrying out the program or programs, 
"(D) contain a listing identifying the principal analyses and 
studies supporting the major conclusions and recommendations, 
and 
"(E) contain the agency's annual evaluation plan for the 
program or programs through the ensuing fiscal year for which 
the budget was transmitted to Congress by the President, in 
accordance with section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting 
Act of 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11) . 
Appropriation 
"(f) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
purposes of this section $26,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and 
$34,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Not less than 60 
per centum of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under this 
section shall be used for drug and alcohol abuse education programs 
and projects in elementary and secondary schools." 
(d) Section 4 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
Recordkeeping. 
"SEC. 4. (a) Each recipient of Federal assistance under this Act, 
pursuant to grants, subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, loans, or other 
arrangements, entered into other than by formal advertising, and 
which are otherwise authorized by this Act, shall keep such records as 
the Commissioner shall prescribe, including records which fully dis-
close the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of 
such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in con-
nection with which such assistance is given or used, the amount of 
that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by 
other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
"(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United 
Records, ac-
States or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall, until the '"''^^^^^^'•^y-
expiration of three years after completion of the project or under-
taking referred to in subsection (a) of this section, have access for 
the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, 
and records of such recipients which in the opinion of the Secretary or 
the Comptroller General may be related or pertinent to the grants, 
subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, loans, or other 
arrangements 
referred to in subsection (a)." 
(e) Section 5 of such Act is amended by striking out "drug abuse" 
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each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "drug and alcohol 
abuse". 
(f) Section 8 of such Act is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) ; and 
(2) by adding after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section : 
"(b) The term 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of "Commis-
EduCation.". 
sioner. 
Approvea September 21, 1974.