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[H.R. 2291 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2291

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
To extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program 
 for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community Antidrug 
              Coalition Institute, 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. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) In the next 15 years, the youth population in the United 
    States will grow by 21 percent, adding 6,500,000 youth to the 
    population of the United States. Even if drug use rates remain 
    constant, there will be a huge surge in drug-related problems, such 
    as academic failure, drug-related violence, and HIV incidence, 
    simply due to this population increase.
        (2) According to the 1994-1996 National Household Survey, 60 
    percent of students age 12 to 17 who frequently cut classes and who 
    reported delinquent behavior in the past 6 months used marijuana 52 
    days or more in the previous year.
        (3) The 2000 Washington Kids Count survey conducted by the 
    University of Washington reported that students whose peers have 
    little or no involvement with drinking and drugs have higher math 
    and reading scores than students whose peers had low level drinking 
    or drug use.
        (4) Substance abuse prevention works. In 1999, only 10 percent 
    of teens saw marijuana users as popular, compared to 17 percent in 
    1998 and 19 percent in 1997. The rate of past-month use of any drug 
    among 12- to 17-year-olds declined 26 percent between 1997 and 
    1999. Marijuana use for sixth through eighth graders is at the 
    lowest point in 5 years, as is use of cocaine, inhalants, and 
    hallucinogens.
        (5) Community Anti-Drug Coalitions throughout the United States 
    are successfully developing and implementing comprehensive, long-
    term strategies to reduce substance abuse among youth on a 
    sustained basis. For example:
            (A) The Boston Coalition brought college and university 
        presidents together to create the Cooperative Agreement on 
        Underage Drinking. This agreement represents the first 
        coordinated effort of Boston's many institutions of higher 
        education to address issues such as binge drinking, underage 
        drinking, and changing the norms surrounding alcohol abuse that 
        exist on college and university campuses.
            (B) In 2000, the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater 
        Cincinnati surveyed more than 47,000 local students in grades 7 
        through 12. The results provided evidence that the Coalition's 
        initiatives are working. For the first time in a decade, teen 
        drug use in Greater Cincinnati appears to be leveling off. The 
        data collected from the survey has served as a tool to 
        strengthen relationships between schools and communities, as 
        well as facilitate the growth of anti-drug coalitions in 
        communities where such coalitions had not existed.
            (C) The Miami Coalition used a three-part strategy to 
        decrease the percentage of high school seniors who reported 
        using marijuana at least once during the most recent 30-day 
        period. The development of a media strategy, the creation of a 
        network of prevention agencies, and discussions with high 
        school students about the dangers of marijuana all contributed 
        to a decrease in the percentage of seniors who reported using 
        marijuana from over 22 percent in 1995 to 9 percent in 1997. 
        The Miami Coalition was able to achieve these results while 
        national rates of marijuana use were increasing.
            (D) The Nashville Prevention Partnership worked with 
        elementary and middle school children in an attempt to 
        influence them toward positive life goals and discourage them 
        from using substances. The Partnership targeted an area in East 
        Nashville and created after school programs, mentoring 
        opportunities, attendance initiatives, and safe passages to and 
        from school. Attendance and test scores increased as a result 
        of the program.
            (E) At a youth-led town meeting sponsored by the Bering 
        Strait Community Partnership in Nome, Alaska, youth identified 
        a need for a safe, substance-free space. With help from a 
        variety of community partners, the Partnership staff and youth 
        members created the Java Hut, a substance-free coffeehouse 
        designed for youth. The Java Hut is helping to change norms in 
        the community by providing a fun, youth-friendly atmosphere and 
        activities that are not centered around alcohol or marijuana.
            (F) Portland's Regional Drug Initiative (RDI) has promoted 
        the establishment of drug-free workplaces among the city's 
        large and small employers. Over 3,000 employers have attended 
        an RDI training session, and of those, 92 percent have 
        instituted drug-free workplace policies. As a result, there has 
        been a 5.5 percent decrease in positive workplace drug tests.
            (G) San Antonio Fighting Back worked to increase the age at 
        which youth first used illegal substances. Research suggests 
        that the later the age of first use, the lower the risk that a 
        young person will become a regular substance abuser. As a 
        result, the age of first illegal drug use increased from 9.4 
        years in 1992 to 13.5 years in 1997.
            (H) In 1990, multiple data sources confirmed a trend of 
        increased alcohol use by teenagers in the Troy community. Using 
        its ``multiple strategies over multiple sectors'' approach, the 
        Troy Coalition worked with parents, physicians, students, 
        coaches, and others to address this problem from several 
        angles. As a result, the rate of twelfth grade students who had 
        consumed alcohol in the past month decreased from 62.1 percent 
        to 53.3 percent between 1991 and 1998, and the rate of eighth 
        grade students decreased from 26.3 percent to 17.4 percent. The 
        Troy Coalition believes that this decline represents not only a 
        change in behavior on the part of students, but also a change 
        in the norms of the community.
        (6) Despite these successes, drug use continues to be a serious 
    problem facing communities across the United States. For example:
            (A) According to the Pulse Check: Trends in Drug Abuse Mid-
        Year 2000 report--
                (i) crack and powder cocaine remains the most serious 
            drug problem;
                (ii) marijuana remains the most widely available 
            illicit drug, and its potency is on the rise;
                (iii) treatment sources report an increase in 
            admissions with marijuana as the primary drug of abuse--and 
            adolescents outnumber other age groups entering treatment 
            for marijuana;
                (iv) 80 percent of Pulse Check sources reported 
            increased availability of club drugs, with ecstasy (MDMA) 
            and ketamine the most widely cited club drugs and seven 
            sources reporting that powder cocaine is being used as a 
            club drug by young adults;
                (v) ecstasy abuse and trafficking is expanding, no 
            longer confined to the ``rave'' scene;
                (vi) the sale and use of club drugs has grown from 
            nightclubs and raves to high schools, the streets, 
            neighborhoods, open venues, and younger ages;
                (vii) ecstasy users often are unknowingly purchasing 
            adulterated tablets or some other substance sold as MDMA; 
            and
                (viii) along with reports of increased heroin snorting 
            as a route of administration for initiates, there is also 
            an increase in injecting initiates and the negative health 
            consequences associated with injection (for example, 
            increases in HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C) suggesting that 
            there is a generational forgetting of the dangers of 
            injection of the drug.
            (B) The 2000 Parent's Resource Institute for Drug Education 
        study reported that 23.6 percent of children in the sixth 
        through twelfth grades used illicit drugs in the past year. The 
        same study found that monthly usage among this group was 15.3 
        percent.
            (C) According to the 2000 Monitoring the Future study, the 
        use of ecstasy among eighth graders increased from 1.7 percent 
        in 1999 to 3.1 percent in 2000, among tenth graders from 4.4 
        percent to 5.4 percent, and from 5.6 percent to 8.2 percent 
        among twelfth graders.
            (D) A 1999 Mellman Group study found that--
                (i) 56 percent of the population in the United States 
            believed that drug use was increasing in 1999;
                (ii) 92 percent of the population viewed illegal drug 
            use as a serious problem in the United States; and
                (iii) 73 percent of the population viewed illegal drug 
            use as a serious problem in their communities.
        (7) According to the 2001 report of the National Center on 
    Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University entitled 
    ``Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets'', 
    using the most conservative assumption, in 1998 States spent 
    $77,900,000,000 to shovel up the wreckage of substance abuse, only 
    $3,000,000,000 to prevent and treat the problem and $433,000,000 
    for alcohol and tobacco regulation and compliance. This 
    $77,900,000,000 burden was distributed as follows:
            (A) $30,700,000,000 in the justice system (77 percent of 
        justice spending).
            (B) $16,500,000,000 in education costs (10 percent of 
        education spending).
            (C) $15,200,000,000 in health costs (25 percent of health 
        spending).
            (D) $7,700,000,000 in child and family assistance (32 
        percent of child and family assistance spending).
            (E) $5,900,000,000 in mental health and developmental 
        disabilities (31 percent of mental health spending).
            (F) $1,500,000,000 in public safety (26 percent of public 
        safety spending) and $400,000,000 for the state workforce.
        (8) Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination through 
    national, State, and local or tribal leadership and partnerships 
    are critical to facilitate the reduction of substance abuse among 
    youth in communities across the United States.
        (9) Substance abuse is perceived as a much greater problem 
    nationally than at the community level. According to a 2001 study 
    sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, between 1994 and 2000--
            (A) there was a 43 percent increase in the percentage of 
        Americans who felt progress was being made in the war on drugs 
        at the community level;
            (B) only 9 percent of Americans say drug abuse is a 
        ``crisis'' in their neighborhood, compared to 27 percent who 
        say this about the nation; and
            (C) the percentage of those who felt we lost ground in the 
        war on drugs on a community level fell by more than a quarter, 
        from 51 percent in 1994 to 37 percent in 2000.
    (b) Extension and Increase of Program.--Section 1024(a) of the 
National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4); and
        (2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new 
    paragraphs:
        ``(5) $50,600,000 for fiscal year 2002;
        ``(6) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
        ``(7) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
        ``(8) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
        ``(9) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
        ``(10) $99,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.''.
    (c) Extension of Limitation on Administrative Costs.--Section 
1024(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 1524(b)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph (5):
        ``(5) 6 percent for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.''.
    (d) Additional Grants.--Section 1032(b) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 
1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph 
(3):
        ``(3) Additional grants.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (F), the 
        Administrator may award an additional grant under this 
        paragraph to an eligible coalition awarded a grant under 
        paragraph (1) or (2) for any first fiscal year after the end of 
        the 4-year period following the period of the initial grant 
        under paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be.
            ``(B) Scope of grants.--A coalition awarded a grant under 
        paragraph (1) or (2), including a renewal grant under such 
        paragraph, may not be awarded another grant under such 
        paragraph, and is eligible for an additional grant under this 
        section only under this paragraph.
            ``(C) No priority for applications.--The Administrator may 
        not afford a higher priority in the award of an additional 
        grant under this paragraph than the Administrator would afford 
        the applicant for the grant if the applicant were submitting an 
        application for an initial grant under paragraph (1) or (2) 
        rather than an application for a grant under this paragraph.
            ``(D) Renewal grants.--Subject to subparagraph (F), the 
        Administrator may award a renewal grant to a grant recipient 
        under this paragraph for each of the fiscal years of the 4-
        fiscal-year period following the fiscal year for which the 
        initial additional grant under subparagraph (A) is awarded in 
        an amount not to exceed amounts as follows:
                ``(i) For the first and second fiscal years of that 4-
            fiscal-year period, the amount equal to 80 percent of the 
            non-Federal funds, including in-kind contributions, raised 
            by the coalition for the applicable fiscal year.
                ``(ii) For the third and fourth fiscal years of that 4-
            fiscal-year period, the amount equal to 67 percent of the 
            non-Federal funds, including in-kind contributions, raised 
            by the coalition for the applicable fiscal year.
            ``(E) Suspension.--If a grant recipient under this 
        paragraph fails to continue to meet the criteria specified in 
        subsection (a), the Administrator may suspend the grant, after 
        providing written notice to the grant recipient and an 
        opportunity to appeal.
            ``(F) Limitation.--The amount of a grant award under this 
        paragraph may not exceed $100,000 for a fiscal year.''.
    (e) Data Collection and Dissemination.--Section 1033(b) of that Act 
(21 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
        ``(3) Consultation.--The Administrator shall carry out 
    activities under this subsection in consultation with the Advisory 
    Commission and the National Community Antidrug Coalition 
    Institute.''.
    (f) Limitation on Use of Certain Funds for Evaluation of Program.--
Section 1033(b) of that Act, as amended by subsection (e) of this 
section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
        ``(4) Limitation on use of certain funds for evaluation of 
    program.--Amounts for activities under paragraph (2)(B) may not be 
    derived from amounts under section 1024(a) except for amounts that 
    are available under section 1024(b) for administrative costs.''.
    (g) Treatment of Funds for Coalitions Representing Certain 
Organizations.--Section 1032 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 1532) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Treatment of Funds for Coalitions Representing Certain 
Organizations.--Funds appropriated for the substance abuse activities 
of a coalition that includes a representative of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, the Indian Health Service, or a tribal government agency with 
expertise in the field of substance abuse may be counted as non-Federal 
funds raised by the coalition for purposes of this section.''.
    (h) Priority in Awarding Grants.--Section 1032 of that Act (21 
U.S.C. 1532) is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Priority in Awarding Grants.--In awarding grants under 
subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), priority shall be given to a coalition serving 
economically disadvantaged areas.''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR COALITION MENTORING ACTIVITIES UNDER 
              DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    Subchapter I of chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act 
of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 1035. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR COALITION MENTORING ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Authority To Make Grants.--As part of the program established 
under section 1031, the Director may award an initial grant under this 
subsection, and renewal grants under subsection (f), to any coalition 
awarded a grant under section 1032 that meets the criteria specified in 
subsection (d) in order to fund coalition mentoring activities by such 
coalition in support of the program.
    ``(b) Treatment With Other Grants.--
        ``(1) Supplement.--A grant awarded to a coalition under this 
    section is in addition to any grant awarded to the coalition under 
    section 1032.
        ``(2) Requirement for basic grant.--A coalition may not be 
    awarded a grant under this section for a fiscal year unless the 
    coalition was awarded a grant or renewal grant under section 
    1032(b) for that fiscal year.
    ``(c) Application.--A coalition seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Administrator an application for the grant in such 
form and manner as the Administrator may require.
    ``(d) Criteria.--A coalition meets the criteria specified in this 
subsection if the coalition--
        ``(1) has been in existence for at least 5 years;
        ``(2) has achieved, by or through its own efforts, measurable 
    results in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse among 
    youth;
        ``(3) has staff or members willing to serve as mentors for 
    persons seeking to start or expand the activities of other 
    coalitions in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse;
        ``(4) has demonstrable support from some members of the 
    community in which the coalition mentoring activities to be 
    supported by the grant under this section are to be carried out; 
    and
        ``(5) submits to the Administrator a detailed plan for the 
    coalition mentoring activities to be supported by the grant under 
    this section.
    ``(e) Use of Grant Funds.--A coalition awarded a grant under this 
section shall use the grant amount for mentoring activities to support 
and encourage the development of new, self-supporting community 
coalitions that are focused on the prevention and treatment of 
substance abuse in such new coalitions' communities. The mentoring 
coalition shall encourage such development in accordance with the plan 
submitted by the mentoring coalition under subsection (d)(5).
    ``(f) Renewal Grants.--The Administrator may make a renewal grant 
to any coalition awarded a grant under subsection (a), or a previous 
renewal grant under this subsection, if the coalition, at the time of 
application for such renewal grant--
        ``(1) continues to meet the criteria specified in subsection 
    (d); and
        ``(2) has made demonstrable progress in the development of one 
    or more new, self-supporting community coalitions that are focused 
    on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
    ``(g) Grant Amounts.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the total 
    amount of grants awarded to a coalition under this section for a 
    fiscal year may not exceed the amount of non-Federal funds raised 
    by the coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal 
    year. Funds appropriated for the substance abuse activities of a 
    coalition that includes a representative of the Bureau of Indian 
    Affairs, the Indian Health Service, or a tribal government agency 
    with expertise in the field of substance abuse may be counted as 
    non-Federal funds raised by the coalition.
        ``(2) Initial grants.--The amount of the initial grant awarded 
    to a coalition under subsection (a) may not exceed $75,000.
        ``(3) Renewal grants.--The total amount of renewal grants 
    awarded to a coalition under subsection (f) for any fiscal year may 
    not exceed $75,000.
    ``(h) Fiscal Year Limitation on Amount Available for Grants.--The 
total amount available for grants under this section, including renewal 
grants under subsection (f), in any fiscal year may not exceed the 
amount equal to five percent of the amount authorized to be 
appropriated by section 1024(a) for that fiscal year.
    ``(i) Priority in Awarding Initial Grants.--In awarding initial 
grants under this section, priority shall be given to a coalition that 
expressly proposes to provide mentorship to a coalition or aspiring 
coalition serving economically disadvantaged areas.''.

SEC. 3. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG-FREE 
              COMMUNITIES.

    Section 1048 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 
U.S.C. 1548) is amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2007''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY ANTIDRUG COALITION 
              INSTITUTE.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy may, using amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
subsection (d), make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for 
the establishment of a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute.
    (b) Eligible Organizations.--An organization eligible for the grant 
under subsection (a) is any national nonprofit organization that 
represents, provides technical assistance and training to, and has 
special expertise and broad, national-level experience in community 
antidrug coalitions under section 1032 of the National Narcotics 
Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532).
    (c) Use of Grant Amount.--The organization receiving the grant 
under subsection (a) shall establish a National Community Antidrug 
Coalition Institute to--
        (1) provide education, training, and technical assistance for 
    coalition leaders and community teams, with emphasis on the 
    development of coalitions serving economically disadvantaged areas;
        (2) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, and 
    measures to better assess and document coalition performance 
    measures and outcomes; and
        (3) bridge the gap between research and practice by translating 
    knowledge from research into practical information.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for purposes of activities under this section, including 
the grant under subsection (a), amounts as follows:
        (1) For each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, $2,000,000.
        (2) For each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, $1,000,000.
        (3) For each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, $750,000.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST DUPLICATION OF EFFORT.

    The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall 
ensure that the same or similar activities are not carried out, through 
the use of funds for administrative costs provided under subchapter II 
of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et 
seq.) or funds provided under section 4 of this Act, by more than one 
recipient of such funds.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.