[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 934 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 934

 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

                June 18 (legislative day, June 17), 1997

   Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Bond, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
Lugar, Mr. Warner, Mr. Biden, 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 1997''.

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 1997 through 2001.''.
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