[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1980 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1980

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide incentives to 
 colleges and universities to develop, implement, and improve alcohol 
     abuse prevention and education programs on their campuses, to 
             strengthen sanctions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

 Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide incentives to 
 colleges and universities to develop, implement, and improve alcohol 
     abuse prevention and education programs on their campuses, to 
             strengthen sanctions, 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 ``College Campus Alcohol Abuse 
Prevention and Education Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION.

    (a) Specific Programs.--Section 1213 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and'' at the end of 
        paragraph (1)(D), by redesignating paragraph (1)(E) as 
        paragraph (1)(I), and by inserting after paragraph (1)(D) the 
        following:
                    ``(E) a prohibition on the distribution of any 
                promotional material that encourages the consumption of 
                alcoholic beverages on campus;
                    ``(F) a prohibition of the distribution of free 
                alcoholic beverages for promotional purposes on the 
                campus;
                    ``(G) a prohibition on sponsorship or public 
                support of any on-campus athletic, musical, cultural, 
                or social program, event, or competition by any 
                alcoholic beverage company or by any group of such 
                companies;
                    ``(H) limiting alcoholic beverage advertisements in 
                the institution of higher education's newspapers and 
                other publications to price and product identification; 
                and'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting after and below 
        paragraph (2)(B) the following: ``Identification, referral, or 
        treatment of students and employees shall not jeopardize the 
        matriculation status of the students or the employment of the 
        employees.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``(a)(1)(E)'' and 
        inserting ``(a)(1)(I)''.
    (b) Student and Employee Involvement.--Section 1213(b) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``Such items shall be developed and adopted 
with student and employee participation.''.
    (c) Waiver of Sanctions.--Section 1213(c) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(3) Upon application by an institution of higher education, the 
Secretary shall grant a waiver of sanctions authorized by subsection 
(a)(1)(I) to any institution of higher education which demonstrates 
that it is in the process of developing and implementing a plan 
required by subsection (a) for up to one year from the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    (a) Grant and Contract Authority.--Section 1213 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(e)(1) The Secretary may make grants to institutions of higher 
education or consortia of such institutions and contracts with such 
institutions and other organizations to develop, implement, operate, 
improve, and disseminate programs of prevention, and education 
(including treatment-referral) to reduce and eliminate the illegal use 
of drugs and alcohol and their associated violence. Such contracts may 
also be used for the support of a higher education center for alcohol 
and drug abuse prevention which will provide training, technical 
assistance, evaluation, dissemination and associated services and 
assistance to the higher education community as defined by the 
Secretary and the institutions of higher education.
    ``(2) Grants and contracts shall be made available under paragraph 
(1) on a competitive basis. An institution of higher education, a 
consortium of such institutions, or other organizations which desire to 
receive a grant or contract under paragraph (1) shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require by regulation.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall make every effort to ensure--
            ``(A) the equitable participation of private and public 
        institutions of higher education (including community and 
        junior colleges), and
            ``(B) the equitable geographic participation of such 
        institutions,
in grants and contracts under paragraph (1). In the award of such 
grants and contracts, the Secretary shall give appropriate 
consideration to institutions of higher education with limited 
enrollment.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 4122 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7132) is repealed.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL RECOGNITION AWARDS.

    (a) Awards.--For the purpose of providing models of alcohol and 
drug abuse prevention and education (including treatment-referral) 
programs in higher education and to focus national attention on 
exemplary alcohol and drug abuse prevention efforts, the Secretary of 
Education shall, on an annual basis, make 10 National Recognition 
Awards to institutions of higher education that have developed and 
implemented effective alcohol and drug abuse prevention and education 
programs. Such awards shall be made at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. 
and a document describing the programs of those who receive the awards 
shall be distributed nationally.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--A national recognition award shall be made 
        under subsection (a) to institutions of higher education which 
        have applied for such award. Such an application shall 
        contain--
                    (A) a clear description of the goals and objectives 
                of the alcohol and drug abuse programs of the 
                institution applying,
                    (B) a description of program activities that focus 
                on alcohol and other drug policy issues, policy 
                development, modification, or refinement, policy 
                dissemination and implementation, and policy 
                enforcement;
                    (C) a description of activities that encourage 
                student and employee participation and involvement in 
                both activity development and implementation;
                    (D) the objective criteria used to determine the 
                effectiveness of the methods used in such programs and 
                the means used to evaluate and improve the program 
                efforts,
                    (E) a description of special initiatives used to 
                reduce high-risk behavior or increase low risk 
                behavior, or both, and
                    (F) a description of coordination and networking 
                efforts that exist in the community in which the 
                institution is located for purposes of such programs.
            (2) Eligibility criteria.--All institutions of higher 
        education which are two- and four-year colleges and 
        universities that have established a drug and alcohol 
        prevention and education program are eligible to apply for a 
        National Recognition Award. To receive such an Award an 
        institution of higher education must be nominated to receive 
        it. An institution of higher education may nominate itself or 
        be nominated by others such as professional associations or 
        student organizations.
            (3) Application review.--The Secretary of Education shall 
        appoint a committee to review applications submitted under 
        paragraph (1). The committee may include representatives of 
        Federal departments or agencies whose programs include alcohol 
        and drug abuse prevention and education efforts, directors or 
        heads (or their representatives) of professional associations 
        that focus on prevention efforts, and non-Federal scientists 
        who have backgrounds in social science evaluation and research 
        methodology and in education. Decisions of the committee shall 
        be made directly to the Secretary without review by any other 
        entity in the Department of Education.
            (4) Review criteria.--Specific review criteria shall be 
        developed by the Secretary in conjunction with the appropriate 
        experts. In reviewing applications under paragraph (3) the 
        committee shall consider--
                    (A) measures of effectiveness of the program of the 
                applicant that should include changes in the campus 
                alcohol and other drug environment or climate and 
                changes in alcohol and other drug use before and after 
                the initiation of the program; and
                    (B) measures of program institutionalization, 
                including an assessment of needs of the institution, 
                the institution's alcohol and drug policies, staff and 
                faculty development activities, drug prevention 
                criteria, student, faculty, and campus community 
                involvement, and a continuation of the program after 
                the cessation of external funding.
    (c) Authorization.--For the implementation of the awards program 
under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000 for 
fiscal year 1998, $66,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 and 2000, 
and $72,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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