[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1716 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1716

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the adolescent 
 family life program, provide for abstinence education, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 1996

 Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
 Inouye, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Coats, Mr. Stevens, 
    Mr. Pryor, Mr. Bond, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. DeWine) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                       Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the adolescent 
 family life program, provide for abstinence education, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adolescent Family Life and 
Abstinence Education Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 2002(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z-1) 
is amended in subparagraph (4)(G) by inserting ``and abstinence'' after 
``adoption''.

SEC. 3. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.

    (a) Section 2005 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z-
4) is amended by adding after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) In approving applications for grants for demonstration 
projects for services under this title, the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, ensure adequate representation of both 
urban and rural areas.''.
    (b) Section 2005 is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and 
(c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

SEC. 4. SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS.

    Section 2006 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z-5) is 
amended by adding the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall develop and implement a simplified and 
expedited application process for applicants seeking less than $15,000 
of funds available under this Act for a demonstration project.''

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 2010(a) of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(a) For the purpose of carrying out this title (42 U.S.C. 300z et 
seq.), there are authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 1996 through 2000.''.
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