An Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and activities concerning the use of drugs and for other related educational purposes
PL 91-527 (H.R.14252), enacted 12/03/1970

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Public Law 91-526 
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N 
December 2,1970 
To authorize and request the President to proclaim the period January 10, 1971, [H.j.Res. 1255] 
through January 16, 1971, as "National Retailing Week." 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Ameinca in Congress assembled., That, in honor of the ^^^^^°^^^ Retaii-
retailers and in recognition of the 60th Annual Convention of the "Ir^ciamation. 
National Retail Merchants Association to be held in New York, New 
York, during the period January 10, 1971, through January 13, 1971, 
the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating that period as "National Retailing Week" and calling 
upon the people of the United States and interested groups and orga-
nizations to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies and 
activities. 
Approved December 2, 1970. 
Public Law 91-527 
A N A C T 
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December 3,1970 
To authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants 
[H. R. 14252] 
to conduct special educational programs and activities concerning the use 
of drugs and for other related educational purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibJed., 
Drug Abuse Ed-
ucation Act of 
1970. 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Drug Abuse Education 
Act of 1970". 
STATEMENT or PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that drug abuse 
diminishes the strength and vitality of the people of our Nation; that 
such abuse of dangerous drugs is increasing in urban and suburban 
areas; that there is a lack of authoritative information and creative 
projects designed to educate students and others about drugs and their 
abuse; and that prevention and control of such drug abuse require 
intensive and coordinated efforts on the part of both governmental and 
private groups. 
(b) It is the purpose of this Act to encourage the development of 
new and improved curricula on the problems of drug abuse; to dem-
onstrate the use of such curricula in model educational programs and 
to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; to disseminate curricular mate-
rials and significant information for use in educational programs 
throughout 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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Grants* 
Contract author-
ity. 
Curricula, de-
velopment and 
evaluation. 
Training programs 
Local educa-
tional agencies, 
financial assist-
Application for 
assistance, re-
quirements. 
DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROJECTS 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall carry out a program of making 
grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education. State 
and local educational agencies, and other public and private education 
or research agencies, institutions, and organizations to support re-
search, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the 
public on problems related to drug abuse. 
(b) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this section 
shall be available for such activities as— 
(1) projects for the development of curricula on the use and 
abuse of drugs, including the evaluation and selection of exem-
plary existing materials and the preparation of new and improved 
curricular materials for use in elementary, secondary, adult, and 
community education programs; 
(2) projects designed to demonstrate, and test the effectiveness 
of curricula described in clause (1) (whether developed with 
assistance under this Act or otherwise); 
(3) in the case of applicants who have conducted projects under 
clause (2), projects for the dissemination of curricular materials 
and other significant information regarding the use and abuse of 
drugs to public and private elementary, secondary, adult and 
community education programs; 
(4) evaluations of the effectiveness of curricula tested in use 
in elementary, secondary, and adult and community education 
programs involved in projects described in clause (2); 
(5) preservice and inservice training programs on drug abuse 
(including courses of study, institutes, seminars, workshops, and 
conferences) for teachers, counselors, and other educational per-
sonnel, law enforcement officials, and other public service and 
community leaders and personnel; 
(6) community education programs on drug abuse (including 
seminars, workshops, and conferences) especially for parents and 
others in the community; 
(7) evaluations of the training and community education pro-
grams described in clauses (5) and (6), including the examination 
of the intended and actual impact of such programs, the identi-
fication of strengths and weaknesses in such programs, and the 
evaluation of materials used in such programs; 
(8) programs or projects to recruit, train, organize and employ 
professional and other persons, including former drug abusers 
or drug dependent persons, to organize and participate in pro-
grams of public education in drug abuse. 
In the case of activities described in clauses (4) and (7), the Secretary 
may undertake such activities directly or through grants or contracts. 
(c) In addition to the purposes described in subsection (b) of this 
section, funds in an amount not to exceed 5 per centum of the sums 
appropriated to carry out this section may be made available for the 
payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of State educational 
agencies in assisting local educational agencies in the planning devel-
opment, and implementation of drug abuse education programs. 
(d) (1) Financial assistance for a project under this section may be 
made only upon application at such time or times, in such manner, and 
containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary deems 
necessary, and only if such application— 
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(A) provides that the activities and services for which assist-
ance under this title is sous^ht 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 subsection (b) 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 Federal 
funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will 
be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase 
the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal 
funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes 
described in subsection (b) of this section, and in no case supplant 
such funds; and 
(D) provides for making such reports, in such form and con-
taining such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require, 
and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto 
as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and 
verification of such reports. 
(2) Applications from local educational agencies for financial assist-
ance under this section may be approved by the Secretary only if the 
State educational agency has been notified of the application and been 
given the opportunity to offer recommendations. 
(3) Amendments of applications shall, except as the Secretary may 
otherwise provide by or pursuant to regulation, be subject to approval 
in the same manner. 
(e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 
beginning July 1, 1971; and $14,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning 
July 1,1972, for the purpose of carrying out this section. Sums appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. 
Reports and 
records. 
Appropriationt 
COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECTS 
SEC. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the 
fiscal year beginning July 1,1970, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year begin-
ning July 1,1971, and $14,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 
1972, for grants or contracts to carry out the provisions of this section. 
From the sums available therefore for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants to, 
or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, 
organizations, and institutions for planning and carrying out com-
munity-oriented education programs on drug abuse and drug depend-
ency tor the benefit of interested and concerned parents, young per-
sons, community leaders, and other individuals and groups within 
a community. Such programs may include, among others, seminars, 
workshops, conferences, telephone counseling and information serv-
ices to provide advice, information, or assistance to individuals with 
respect to drug abuse or drug dependency problems, the operation of 
centers designed to serve as a locale which is available, with or with-
out appointment or prior arrangement, to individuals seeking to dis-
cuss or obtain information, advice, or assistance with respect to drug 
Appropriation,, 
Grants; contract 
authority. 
Workshops, con-
ferences, etc. 
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abuse or drug dependency problems, arrangements involving the avail-
ability of so-called "peer group" leadership programs, and programs 
establishing and making available procedures and means of coordinat-
ing and exchanging ideas, information, and other data involving drug 
abuse and drug dependency problems. Such programs shall, to the 
extent feasible, (A) provide tor the use of ad!equate personnel from 
similar social, cultural, age, ethnic, and racial backgrounds as those 
of the individuals served under any such program, (B) include a 
comprehensive and coordinated range of services, and (C) be inte-
grated with, and involve the active participation of a wide range of 
public and nongovernmental agencies. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 5. The Secretary and the Attorney General (on matters of law 
enforcement) shall, when requested, render technical assistance to 
local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, 
and institutions of higher education in the development and imple-
Di^artm^nt'^^e"'^^ mentatlou of programs of drug abuse education. Such technical 
sonnei avai'iabie. assistance may, among other activities, include making available to 
such agencies or institutions information regarding effective methods 
of coj)ing with problems of drug abuse, and making available to such 
agencies or institutions personnel of the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare and the Department of Justice, or other persons 
qualified to advise and assist in coping with such problems or carrying 
out a drug abuse education program. 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 6. Payments under this Act may be made in installments and 
in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments 
on account of overpayments or underpayments. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEO. 7. In administering the provisions of this Act, the Secretary is 
authorized to utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the 
Federal Government and of any other public or private agency or 
institution in accordance with appropriate agreements, and to pay for 
such services either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may 
be agreed upon. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 8. As used in this Act— 
(a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare. 
(b) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States 
of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Co-
lumbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
Approved December 3, 1970.