[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1637 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1637

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the provision to 
 at-risk communities of services under the program of block grants for 
            the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 1997

  Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
Mr. Thompson, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. Towns, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
    Stokes, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Clayton, Ms. 
 Kilpatrick, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, 
   Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Ms. Christian-Green, Ms. Carson, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Clay, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Fattah, 
   Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Ms. Millender-McDonald) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the provision to 
 at-risk communities of services under the program of block grants for 
            the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND 
              TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) Provision Regarding Increase of Appropriations by $150 
Million.--Section 1935(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300x-35(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after ``1993,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period the following: 
        ``1,460,107,000, for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002''.
    (b) Allocation of Increase in Appropriations.--Section 1922 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-22) is amended by adding at 
the end the following subsection:
    ``(d) Allocation for At-Risk Communities.--
            ``(1) In general.--A funding agreement for a grant under 
        section 1921 is that, in expending the grant, the State 
        involved will expend not less than 10.28 percent to carry out a 
        program for the prevention and treatment of cases of drug abuse 
        in communities with a significant number of individuals who are 
        at risk of developing such cases (which percentage is in 
        addition to any other amount that under this subpart is 
        required to be allocated for such individuals), and that the 
        program will be carried out in accordance with the following:
                    ``(A) In the provision of treatment activities 
                under the program, priority will be given to low-income 
                individuals with such cases.
                    ``(B) In carrying out prevention activities under 
                the program, priority will be given to low-income 
                individuals who are at risk for such cases.
                    ``(C) Treatment and prevention activities under the 
                program will be designed for particular populations 
                with the goal of communicating with the individuals of 
                the population involved in the language and cultural 
                context that, with respect to drug abuse, will be most 
                effective in producing behavioral changes in the 
                individuals.
            ``(2) Use of mass communications.--With respect to 
        compliance with the agreement made under paragraph (1), this 
        subpart does not preclude carrying out prevention activities 
        through billboards, radio, or other means of mass 
        communication.''.
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