[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1956 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1956

    To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to 
  initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage 
                              pregnancies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 25, 2003

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to 
  initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage 
                              pregnancies.

    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 ``HOPE Youth Pregnancy Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399O. YOUTH PREGNANCY PREVENTION.

    ``(a) At-Risk Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        eligible entities to enable such entities to carry out teenage 
        pregnancy prevention activities that are targeted at areas with 
        large ethnic minorities and other youth at-risk of becoming 
        pregnant.
            ``(2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), an entity shall--
                    ``(A) be a State or local government or a private 
                nonprofit entity; and
                    ``(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Secretary may 
                require.
            ``(3) Eligible activities.--Activities carried out under a 
        grant under this subsection may include--
                    ``(A) youth development for adolescents;
                    ``(B) work-related interventions and other 
                educational activities;
                    ``(C) parental involvement;
                    ``(D) teenage outreach; and
                    ``(E) clinical services.
    ``(b) Multimedia Public Awareness and Outreach Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        eligible entities to enable such entities to establish 
        multimedia public awareness campaigns to combat teenage 
        pregnancy.
            ``(2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), an entity shall--
                    ``(A) be a State government or a private nonprofit 
                entity; and
                    ``(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Secretary may 
                require.
            ``(3) Activities.--The purpose of the campaigns established 
        under a grant under paragraph (1) shall be to prevent teenage 
        pregnancy through the use of advertising using television, 
        radio, print media, billboards, posters, the Internet, and 
        other methods determined appropriate by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that express an 
        intention to carry out activities that target ethnic minorities 
        and other at-risk youth.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            ``(1) to carry out subsection (a), $30,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2004 through 2008; and
            ``(2) to carry out subsection (b), $20,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''.
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