[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 108

   Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding alcohol use by the 
                            Nation's youth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1993

 Mr. Goodling submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and the District of 
                                Columbia

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding alcohol use by the 
                            Nation's youth.

Whereas the misuse of alcohol and other drugs by the Nation's youth is a major 
        societal problem, and alcohol has been found to be the drug used most 
        prevalently by high school seniors and college students;
Whereas surveys have shown that, by 8th grade or 13 years of age, 70 percent of 
        youngsters have tried alcohol and 27 percent have been intoxicated;
Whereas, in a recent study, funded through a grant made by the Fund for the 
        Improvement of Postsecondary Education and entitled ``Alcohol and Drugs 
        on American College Campuses'', students less than 21 years of age 
        reported significantly higher alcohol use than older students and 
        approximately 41 percent of college students reported binge drinking (5 
        or more drinks) within the 2 weeks before the study;
Whereas misuse of alcohol has been linked to medical, social, psychological, and 
        family problems, as well as crime and a host of other social ills;
Whereas students less than 21 years of age report a higher rate of adverse 
        consequences as a result of alcohol use than do older students, 
        including poor academic performance, vandalism, trouble with 
        authorities, physical injuries, illness, and suicidal thoughts or 
        actions;
Whereas studies have shown that the consumption of alcohol is inversely related 
        to academic performance, with the heaviest drinkers obtaining the lowest 
        grades and the lightest drinkers obtaining the highest grades; and
Whereas, although section 158 of title 23, United States Code (commonly known as 
        the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984) resulted in laws in all 
        50 States and the District of Columbia prohibiting the sale of alcohol 
        to any person less than 21 years of age, according to a survey conducted 
        by the National Transportation Safety Board many States still have no 
        laws prohibiting a person less than 21 years of age from purchasing 
        alcohol, from attempting to purchase alcohol, from consuming alcohol, 
        from possessing alcohol, from misrepresenting his or her age to purchase 
        alcohol, or from presenting a false identification to purchase alcohol: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the States and the District 
of Columbia should enact comprehensive laws to prohibit any person who 
is less than 21 years of age from--
            (1) purchasing alcohol;
            (2) attempting to purchase alcohol;
            (3) possessing alcohol in public;
            (4) consuming alcohol in public;
            (5) misrepresenting his or her age to purchase alcohol; and
            (6) using false identification to purchase alcohol.

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