To extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, and for other purposes.
PL 107-82 (H.R.2291), enacted 12/14/2001

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Public Law 107-82 
107th Congress 
An Act 
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'^^ extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program for 
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an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition 
[H.R. 2291] 
Institute, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUP-
PORT PROGRAM. 
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(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) In the next 15 years, the youth population in the United 
States will grow by 21 percent, adding 6,500,000 youth to 
the population of the United States. Even if drug use rates 
remain constant, there will be a huge surge in drug-related 
problems, such as academic failure, drug-related violence, and 
HIV incidence, simply due to this population increase. 
(2) According to the 1994-1996 National Household Survey, 
60 percent of students age 12 to 17 who frequently cut classes 
and who reported delinquent behavior in the past 6 months 
used marijuana 52 days or more in the previous year. 
(3) The 2000 Washington Kids Count survey conducted 
by the University of Washington reported that students whose 
peers have little or no involvement with drinking and drugs 
have higher math and reading scores than students whose 
peers had low level drinking or drug use. 
(4) Substance abuse prevention works. In 1999, only 10 
percent of teens saw marijuana users as popular, compared 
to 17 percent in 1998 and 19 percent in 1997. The rate of 
past-month use of any drug among 12- to 17-year-olds declined 
26 percent between 1997 and 1999. Marijuana use for sixth 
through eighth graders is at the lowest point in 5 years, as 
is use of cocaine, inhalants, and hallucinogens. 
(5) Community Anti-Drug Coalitions throughout the United 
States are successfully developing and implementing com-
prehensive, long-term strategies to reduce substance abuse 
among youth on a sustained basis. For example: 
(A) The Boston Coalition brought college and university 
presidents together to create the Cooperative Agreement 
on Underage Drinking. This agreement represents the first 
coordinated effort of Boston's many institutions of higher 
education to address issues such as binge drinking, under-
age drinking, and changing the norms surrounding alcohol 
abuse that exist on college and university campuses. 
(B) In 2000, the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater 
Cincinnati surveyed more than 47,000 local students in 
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grades 7 through 12. The results provided evidence that 
the CoaUtion's initiatives are working. For the first time 
in a decade, teen drug use in Greater Cincinnati appears 
to be leveUng off. The data collected from the survey has 
served as a tool to strengthen relationships between schools 
and communities, as well as facilitate the growth of anti-
drug coalitions in commiuiities where such coalitions had 
not existed. 
(C) The Miami Coalition used a three-part strategy 
to decrease the percentage of high school seniors who 
reported using marijuana at least once during the most 
recent 30-day period. The development of a media strategy, 
the creation of a network of prevention agencies, and 
discussions with high school students about the dangers 
of marijuana all contributed to a decrease in the percentage 
of seniors who reported using marijuana from over 22 
percent in 1995 to 9 percent in 1997. The Miami Coalition 
was able to achieve these results while national rates of 
marijuana use were increasing. 
(D) The Nashville Prevention Partnership worked with 
elementary and middle school children in an attempt to 
influence them toward positive life goals and discourage 
them from using substances. The Partnership targeted an 
area in East Nashville and created after school programs, 
mentoring opportunities, attendance initiatives, and safe 
passages to and from school. Attendance and test scores 
increased as a result of the program. 
(E) At a youth-led town meeting sponsored by the 
Bering Strait Commimity Partnership in Nome, Alaska, 
youth identified a need for a safe, substance-free space. 
With help from a variety of community partners, the Part-
nership staff and youth members created the Java Hut, 
a substance-free coffeehouse designed for youth. The Java 
Hut is helping to change norms in the community by pro-
viding a fun, youth-friendly atmosphere and activities that 
are not centered around alcohol or marijuana. 
(F) Portland's Regional Drug Initiative (RDI) has pro-
moted the establishment of drug-free workplaces among 
the city's large and small employers. Over 3,000 employers 
have attended an RDI training session, and of those, 92 
percent have instituted drug-free workplace policies. As 
a result, there has been a 5.5 percent decrease in positive 
workplace drug tests. 
(G) San Antonio Fighting Back worked to increase 
the age at which youth first used illegal substances. 
Research suggests that the later the age of first use, the 
lower the risk that a young person will become a regular 
substance abuser. As a result, the age of first illegal drug 
use increased from 9.4 years in 1992 to 13.5 years in 
1997. 
(H) In 1990, multiple data sources confirmed a trend 
of increased alcohol use by teenagers in the Troy commu-
nity. Using its "multiple strategies over multiple sectors" 
approach, the Troy Coalition worked with parents, physi-
cians, students, coaches, and others to address this problem 
from several angles. As a result, the rate of twelfth grade 
students who had consumed alcohol in the past month 
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decreased from 62.1 percent to 53.3 percent between 1991 
and 1998, and the rate of eighth grade students decreased 
from 26.3 percent to 17.4 percent. The Troy Coahtion 
beUeves that this decUne represents not only a change 
in behavior on the part of students, but also a change 
in the norms of the community. 
(6) Despite these successes, drug use continues to be a 
serious problem facing communities across the United States. 
For example: 
(A) According to the Pulse Check: Trends in Drug 
Abuse Mid-Year 2000 report— 
(i) crack and powder cocaine remains the most 
serious drug problem; 
(ii) marijuana remains the most widely available 
illicit drug, and its potency is on the rise; 
(iii) treatment sources report an increase in admis-
sions with marijuana as the primary drug of abuse— 
and adolescents outnumber other age groups entering 
treatment for marijuana; 
(iv) 80 percent of Pulse Check sources reported 
increased availability of club drugs, with ecstasy 
(MDMA) and ketamine the most widely cited club 
drugs and seven sources reporting that powder cocaine 
is being used as a club drug by young adults; 
(v) ecstasy abuse and trafficking is expanding, no 
longer confined to the "rave" scene; 
(vi) the sale and use of club drugs has grown 
from nightclubs and raves to high schools, the streets, 
neighborhoods, open venues, and younger ages; 
(vii) ecstasy users often are unknowingly pur-
chasing adulterated tablets or some other substance 
sold as MDMA; and 
(viii) along with reports of increased heroin 
snorting as a route of administration for initiates, there 
is also an increase in injecting initiates and the nega-
tive health consequences associated with injection (for 
example, increases in HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C) sug-
gesting that there is a generational forgetting of the 
dangers of injection of the drug. 
(B) The 2000 Parent's Resource Institute for Drug Edu-
cation study reported that 23.6 percent of children in the 
sixth through twelfth grades used illicit drugs in the past 
year. The same study found that monthly usage among 
this group was 15.3 percent. 
(C) According to the 2000 Monitoring the Future study, 
the use of ecstasy among eighth graders increased from 
1.7 percent in 1999 to 3.1 percent in 2000, among tenth 
graders from 4.4 percent to 5.4 percent, and from 5.6 per-
cent to 8.2 percent among twelfth graders. 
(D) A 1999 Mellman Group study found that— 
(i) 56 percent of the population in the United 
States believed that drug use was increasing in 1999; 
(ii) 92 percent of the population viewed illegal 
drug use as a serious problem in the United States; 
and 
(iii) 73 percent of the population viewed illegal 
drug use as a serious problem in their communities. 
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(7) According to the 2001 report of the National Center 
' ,' on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University 
entitled "Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on 
State Budgets", using the most conservative assumption, in 
1998 States spent $77,900,000,000 to shovel up the wreckage 
of substance abuse, only $3,000,000,000 to prevent and treat 
the problem and $433,000,000 for alcohol and tobacco regulation 
and compliance. This $77,900,000,000 burden was distributed 
as follows: 
(A) $30,700,000,000 in the justice system (77 percent 
of justice spending). 
(B) $16,500,000,000 in education costs (10 percent of 
education spending). 
(C) $15,200,000,000 in health costs (25 percent of 
health spending). 
(D) $7,700,000,000 in child and family assistance (32 
percent of child and family assistance spending). 
(E) $5,900,000,000 in mental health and developmental 
disabilities (31 percent of mental health spending). 
(F) $1,500,000,000 in public safety (26 percent of public 
safety spending) and $400,000,000 for the state workforce. 
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(8) 
Intergovernmental 
cooperation 
and 
coordination 
through national, State, and local or tribal leadership and 
partnerships are critical to facilitate the reduction of substance 
abuse among youth in communities across the United States. 
(9) Substance abuse is perceived as a much greater problem 
nationally than at the community level. According to a 2001 
study sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, between 1994 
and 2000— 
(A) there was a 43 percent increase in the percentage 
of Americans who felt progress was being made in the 
war on drugs at the community level; 
(B) only 9 percent of Americans say drug abuse is 
a "crisis" in their neighborhood, compared to 27 percent 
who say this about the nation; and 
(C) the percentage of those who felt we lost ground 
in the war on drugs on a community level fell by more 
than a quarter, from 51 percent in 1994 to 37 percent 
in 2000. 
(b) EXTENSION AND INCREASE OF PROGRAM.—Section 1024(a) 
of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1524(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (4); and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following 
new paragraphs: 
"(5) $50,600,000 for fiscal year 2002; 
"(6) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; 
"(7) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
"(8) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
"(9) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
"(10) $99,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.". 
(c) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Sec-
tion 1024(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 1524(b)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph (5): 
"(5) 6 percent for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.". 
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(d) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—Section 1032(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 
1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph (3): 
, 
"(3) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (F), the 
Administrator may award an additional grant under this 
paragraph to an eligible coalition awarded a grant under 
paragraph (1) or (2) for any first fiscal year after the 
end of the 4-year period following the period of the initial 
grant under paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be. 
"(B) SCOPE OF GRANTS.—^A coalition awarded a grant 
under paragraph (1) or (2), including a renewal grant under 
such paragraph, may not be awarded another grant under 
such paragraph, and is eligible for an additional grant 
under this section only under this paragraph. 
"(C) NO PRIORITY FOR APPLICATIONS.—The Adminis-
trator may not afford a higher priority in the award of 
an additional grant under this paragraph than the 
Administrator would afford the applicant for the grant 
if the applicant were submitting an application for an 
initial grant under paragraph (1) or (2) rather than an 
application for a grant under this paragraph. 
"(D) RENEWAL GRANTS.—Subject to subparagraph (F), 
the Administrator may award a renewal grant to a grant 
recipient under this paragraph for each of the fiscal years 
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of the 4-fiscal-year period following the fiscal year for which 
the initial additional grgint under subparagraph (A) is 
awarded in an amount not to exceed amounts as follows: 
"(i) For the first and second fiscal years of that 
4-fiscal-year period, the amount equal to 80 percent 
of the non-Federal funds, including in-kind contribu-
tions, raised by the coalition for the applicable fiscal 
year. 
"(ii) For the third and fourth fiscal years of that 
4-fiscal-year period, the amount equal to 67 percent 
,q =.. of the non-Federal funds, including in-kind contribu-
tions, raised by the coalition for the applicable fiscal 
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year. 
"(E) SUSPENSION.—If a grant recipient under this para-
graph fails to continue to meet the criteria specified in 
subsection (a), the Administrator may suspend the grant, 
after providing written notice to the grant recipient and 
an opportunity to appeal. 
"(F) LIMITATION.—The amount of a grant award under 
this paragraph may not exceed $100,000 for a fiscal year.". 
(e) DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION.—Section 1033(b) of 
that Act (21 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
"(3) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator shall carry out 
activities under this subsection in consultation with the 
Advisory Commission and the National Community Antidrug 
Coalition Institute.". 
(f) LIMITATION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR EVALUATION 
OF PROGRAM.—Section 1033(b) of that Act, as amended by sub-
section (e) of this section, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
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115 STAT. 819 
"(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR EVALUATION 
,- OF PROGRAM.—^Amounts for activities under paragraph (2)(B) 
may not be derived from amounts under section 1024(a) except 
for amounts that are available under section 1024(b) for 
administrative costs.". 
(g) TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR COALITIONS REPRESENTING CER-
TAIN ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 1032 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 1532) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
"(c) TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR COALITIONS REPRESENTING CER-
TAIN ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated for the substance abuse 
activities of a coalition that includes a representative of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, or a tribal government 
agency with expertise in the field of substance abuse may be counted 
as non-Federal funds raised by the coalition for purposes of this 
section.". 
(h) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—Section 1032 of that Act 
(21 U.S.C. 1532) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
"(d) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 
subsection (b)(l)(A)(i), priority shall be given to a coalition serving 
economically disadvantaged areas.". 
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR COALITION MENTORING ACTIVI-
TIES UNDER DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM. 
Subchapter I of chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership 
Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
"SEC. 
1035. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR COALITION MENTORING 
21USC1535. 
ACTIVITIES. 
"(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—^As part of the program 
established under section 1031, the Director may award an initial 
grant under this subsection, and renewal grants under subsection 
(f), to any coalition awarded a grant under section 1032 that meets 
the criteria specified in subsection (d) in order to fund coalition 
mentoring activities by such coalition in support of the program. 
"(b) TREATMENT WITH OTHER GRANTS.— 
"(1) SUPPLEMENT.—^A grant awarded to a coalition under 
this section is in addition to any grant awarded to the coalition 
under section 1032. 
"(2) REQUIREMENT FOR BASIC GRANT.—^A coalition may 
not 
be awarded a grant under this section for a fiscal year unless 
the coalition was awarded a grant or renewal grant under 
section 1032(b) for that fiscal year. 
"(c) APPLICATION.—^A coalition seeking a grant under this sec-
tion shall submit to the Administrator an application for the grant 
in such form and manner as the Administrator may require. 
"(d) CRITERIA.—^A coalition meets the criteria specified in this 
subsection if the coalition— 
"(1) has been in existence for at least 5 years; 
"(2) has achieved, by or through its own efforts, measurable 
results in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse 
among youth; 
"(3) has staff or members willing to serve as mentors far 
persons seeking to start or expand the activities of other coali-
tions in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse; 
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"(4) has demonstrable support from some members of the 
community in which the coahtion mentoring activities to be 
supported by the grant under this section are to be carried 
out; and 
"(5) submits to the Administrator a detailed plan for the 
coalition mentoring activities to be supported by the grant 
under this section. 
"(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—^A coalition awarded a grant under 
this section shall use the grant amount for mentoring activities 
to support and encourage the development of new, self-supporting 
community coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treat-
ment of substance abuse in such new coalitions' communities. The 
mentoring coalition shall encourage such development in accordance 
with the plan submitted by the mentoring coalition under subsection 
(d)(5). 
"(f) 
RENEWAL GRANTS.—^The Administrator may make a 
renewal grant to any coalition awarded a grant under subsection 
(a), or a previous renewal grant under this subsection, if the coali-
tion, at the time of application for such renewal grant— 
"(1) continues to meet the criteria specified in subsection 
(d); and 
"(2) has made demonstrable progress in the development 
of one or more new, self-supporting community coalitions that 
are focused on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse. 
"(g) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
total amount of grants awarded to a coalition under this section 
for a fiscal year may not exceed the amount of non-Federal 
funds raised by the coalition, including in-kind contributions, 
for that fiscal year. Funds appropriated for the substance abuse 
activities of a coalition that includes a representative of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, or a tribal 
government agency with expertise in the field of substance 
abuse may be counted as non-Federal funds raised by the 
coalition. 
"(2) INITLVL GRANTS.—The amount of the initial grant 
awarded to a coalition under subsection (a) may not exceed 
$75,000. 
"(3) RENEWAL GRANTS.—^The total amount of renewal grants 
awarded to a coalition under subsection (f) for any fiscal year 
may not exceed $75,000. 
"(h) 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—^The total amount available for grants under this section, 
including renewal grants under subsection (f), in any fiscal year 
may not exceed the amount equed to five percent of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated by section 1024(a) for that fiscal 
year. 
"(i) PRIORITY IN AWARDING INITIAL GRANTS.—In awarding ini-
tial grants under this section, priority shall be given to a coalition 
that expressly proposes to provide mentorship to a coalition or 
aspiring coalition serving economically disadvantaged areas.". 
SEC. 3. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG-
FREE COMMUNITIES. 
Section 1048 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 
(21 U.S.C. 1548) is amended by striking "2002" and inserting "2007". 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY ANTIDRUG 
21USC 1521 
COALITION INSTITUTE. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy may, using amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by subsection (d), make a grant to an eligible organization to 
provide for the establishment of a National Community Antidrug 
Coalition Institute. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—^An organization eligible for the 
grant under subsection (a) is any national nonprofit organization 
that represents, provides technical assistance and training to, and 
has special expertise and broad, national-level experience in commu-
nity antidrug coalitions under section 1032 of the National Narcotics 
Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532). 
(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNT.—The organization receiving the 
grant under subsection (a) shall establish a National Community 
Antidrug CoaUtion Institute to— 
(1) provide education, training, and technical assistance 
for coalition leaders and community teams, with emphasis on 
the development of coalitions serving economically disadvan-
: 
taged areas; 
(2) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, 
( and measures to better assess and document coalition perform-
ance measures and outcomes; and 
(3) bridge the gap between research and practice by trans-
lating knowledge from research into practical information. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated for purposes of activities under this section, 
including the grant under subsection (a), amounts as follows: 
(1) For each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, $2,000,000. 
(2) For each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, $1,000,000. 
(3) For each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, $750,000. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. 
21 USC 1521 
The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
shall ensure that the same or similar activities are not carried 
out, through the use of funds for administrative costs provided 
under subchapter II of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 
1988 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.) or funds provided under section 
4 of this Act, by more than one recipient of such funds. 
Approved December 14, 2001. 
L E G I S L A T I V E H I S T O R Y — H . R . 2291: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-175, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Government Reform). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
Sept. 5, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 29, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 37 (2001): 
Dec. 14, Presidential remarks.