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II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 864 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 15, 2006 Received AN ACT To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking.
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Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act, or the STOP Underage Drinking Act. (b)
Table of Contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Sense of Congress Sec. 101. Sense of Congress. Title II—Interagency coordinating committee; annual report on State underage drinking prevention and enforcement activities Sec. 201. Interagency coordinating committee on the prevention of underage drinking. Sec. 202. Annual report on State underage drinking prevention and enforcement activities. Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. Title III—National media campaign Sec. 301. National media campaign to prevent underage drinking. Title IV—Interventions Sec. 401. Community-based coalition enhancement grants to prevent underage drinking. Sec. 402. Grants directed at preventing and reducing alcohol abuse at institutions of higher education. Title V—Additional Research Sec. 501. Additional research on underage drinking. Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations.
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Definitions
For purposes of this Act: (1)The term alcohol beverage industry means the brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, distributors, and retail or online outlets that sell or serve beer, wine, and distilled spirits. (2)The term school-based prevention means programs, which are institutionalized, and run by staff members or school-designated persons or organizations in any grade of school, kindergarten through 12th grade. (3)The term youth means persons under the age of 21. (4)The term IOM report means the report released in September 2003 by the National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, and entitled Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility.
<enum>I</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header> <section id="H5E5A607ED4464A39A94100953FC9BDD"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that:</text> <paragraph id="HB73A6EB451524C04BC4B981365DFA687"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A multi-faceted effort is needed to more successfully address the problem of underage drinking in the United States. A coordinated approach to prevention, intervention, treatment, enforcement, and research is key to making progress. This Act recognizes the need for a focused national effort, and addresses particulars of the Federal portion of that effort, as well as Federal support for State activities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H175DBED298E04CC5B44B18F6398FA9EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to conduct research and collect data on the short and long-range impact of alcohol use and abuse upon adolescent brain development and other organ systems.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7D26688F63A24DCD9B06BA7CBF72CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>States and communities, including colleges and universities, are encouraged to adopt comprehensive prevention approaches, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAACED278F714B00B160C88200011690"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evidence-based screening, programs and curricula;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD354FBDB3FD4E379D658037EA0746BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>brief intervention strategies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AE7A09784104635ADA136B7D3AD70D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consistent policy enforcement; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE54E0492868C4BCE8FC7745911A42B7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>environmental changes that limit underage access to alcohol.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D55B4F3A88B4FB1A47D7DDDB9CC36E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Public health groups, consumer groups, and the alcohol beverage industry should continue and expand evidence-based efforts to prevent and reduce underage drinking.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8C7935859AF44391863C7CC68B1E415D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The entertainment industries have a powerful impact on youth, and they should use rating systems and marketing codes to reduce the likelihood that underage audiences will be exposed to movies, recordings, or television programs with unsuitable alcohol content.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H171ED733D2064FA69ECB43BDA7D8A8F0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The National Collegiate Athletic Association, its member colleges and universities, and athletic conferences should affirm a commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students and other young fans.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6D92EAEAD4454A2E9E69627135BA1809"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Alcohol is a unique product and should be regulated differently than other products by the States and Federal Government. States have primary authority to regulate alcohol distribution and sale, and the Federal Government should support and supplement these State efforts. States also have a responsibility to fight youth access to alcohol and reduce underage drinking. Continued State regulation and licensing of the manufacture, importation, sale, distribution, transportation and storage of alcoholic beverages are clearly in the public interest and are critical to promoting responsible consumption, preventing illegal access to alcohol by persons under 21 years of age from commercial and non-commercial sources, maintaining industry integrity and an orderly marketplace, and furthering effective State tax collection.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Interagency coordinating committee; annual report on State underage drinking prevention and enforcement activities</header> <section id="H29CE13FA766D4B5498DDF71ED1A1911D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Interagency coordinating committee on the prevention of underage drinking</header> <subsection id="H70650DE9739A48EAA0D9D8F200DED222"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Federal officials specified in subsection (b), shall formally establish and enhance the efforts of the interagency coordinating committee, that began operating in 2004, focusing on underage drinking (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBEA74A963C1040F58C21D49080A040BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text>The officials referred to in subsection (a) are the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Surgeon General, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and such other Federal officials as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be appropriate.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4F1B705F1A8947D986762000F400DD53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall serve as the chair of the Committee.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8786483473B84F73BE10D6460081D162"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Committee shall guide policy and program development across the Federal Government with respect to underage drinking, provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as transferring regulatory or program authority from an Agency to the Coordinating Committee.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB76C9C4BF019425BA3B01093B103E19B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>The Committee shall actively seek the input of and shall consult with all appropriate and interested parties, including States, public health research and interest groups, foundations, and alcohol beverage industry trade associations and companies.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3226F9775CD843889C2F7041BF887B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual report</header> <paragraph id="HB07A9E7B328141B1BDE4912E3705CCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the Committee, shall annually submit to the Congress a report that summarizes—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4F97ED186F44C1FA6CEAD504913B064"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all programs and policies of Federal agencies designed to prevent and reduce underage drinking;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C7D67D0D88E4C2BBBCD9ED3E868F896"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent of progress in preventing and reducing underage drinking nationally;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9364B18B813D4EF38B97D13DA962E334"><enum>(C)</enum><text>data that the Secretary shall collect with respect to the information specified in paragraph (2); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A53E25A1AD64B2384E8C763B4C26215"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other information regarding underage drinking as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AA0826E152048F7A2CB9DF310DB0574"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain information</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include information on the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC74B2D57EF0347FD8587C3463089717D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Patterns and consequences of underage drinking as reported in research and surveys such as, but not limited to Monitoring the Future, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31171A4DDF9A40B79409A1005B59C18E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Measures of the availability of alcohol from commercial and non-commercial sources to underage populations.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H817A256D1C2E45E2A64D1BCF32609CEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Measures of the exposure of underage populations to messages regarding alcohol in advertising and the entertainment media as reported by the Federal Trade Commission.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83F0571BFBAE41849B3D944801479FFD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Surveillance data, including information on the onset and prevalence of underage drinking, consumption patterns and the means of underage access. The Secretary shall develop a plan to improve the collection, measurement and consistency of reporting Federal underage alcohol data.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29F7CCBFF14F4210BF4057537F8B2900"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any additional findings resulting from research conducted or supported under section 501.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H501AB585A653433DB6F5345626D23633"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Evidence-based best practices to prevent and reduce underage drinking and provide treatment services to those youth who need them.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2C6B8CEE923D4E7E83EBC6DFDBBA99"><enum>202.</enum><header>Annual report on State underage drinking prevention and enforcement activities</header> <subsection id="HB740127C5B274DC7A089DBEACC8F9FC7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall, with input and collaboration from other appropriate Federal agencies, States, Indian tribes, territories, and public health, consumer, and alcohol beverage industry groups, annually issue a report on each State’s performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2D2F8544C2C24B27951906E141C66DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State performance measures</header> <paragraph id="H2571E9EDE81A4B5E9E7729BF95724FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop, in consultation with the Committee established in section 201, a set of measures to be used in preparing the report on best practices.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2CA088BFF744496F8C9768C259DC1EBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Categories</header><text>In developing these measures, the Secretary shall consider categories including, but not limited to:</text> <subparagraph id="H795E0878EDFC46688FE43880BF1E4547"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has comprehensive anti-underage drinking laws such as for the illegal sale, purchase, attempt to purchase, consumption, or possession of alcohol; illegal use of fraudulent ID; illegal furnishing or obtaining of alcohol for an individual under 21 years; the degree of strictness of the penalties for such offenses; and the prevalence of the enforcement of each of these infractions.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5FB96EACC1A45BEAA309D59E2068CA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has comprehensive liability statutes such as dram shop, social host and <quote>house party</quote> laws; and the prevalence of enforcement of each of these infractions.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EC7A1B1CBEA4F5DBC1C672687002BFF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether or not the State encourages and conducts comprehensive enforcement efforts at retail outlets, such as random compliance checks and shoulder tap programs; and the number of compliance checks within alcohol retail outlets measured against the number of total alcohol retail outlets in each State; and the results of such checks.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FB2679BE6E04063A58D7271E8002B83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Whether or not the State mandates or encourages training on the proper selling and serving of alcohol for all sellers and servers of alcohol as a condition of employment.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2171AB5FA3F2441788C7C7A3EDDA5E5C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has policies and regulations with regard to direct sales to consumers and home delivery of alcoholic beverages.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2ABCA357CC8E476A9900CF2582EF1FFE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has programs or laws to deter adults from purchasing alcohol for minors; and the number of adults targeted by these programs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDCDAE7562664D8491E21C38D05FDF90"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has programs targeted to youths, parents, and caregivers to deter underage drinking; and the number of individuals served by these programs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H104B03ADB707412FAA61C2C5EC48E480"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Whether or not the State has enacted graduated drivers licenses and the extent of those provisions.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4AFE9E96CCC4CC582BEC7FDBCE5C900"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The amount that the State invests, per youth capita, on the prevention of underage drinking, further broken down by the amount spent on—</text> <clause id="H98890E391C844E05B3F33C85AA0614CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>compliance check programs in retail outlets, including providing technology to prevent and detect the use of false identification by minors to make alcohol purchases;</text> </clause><clause id="HF8C088D2E62A4F99A3038157F5C4FC00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>checkpoints and saturation patrols;</text> </clause><clause id="H63812A6DEB934F969E53187FED70A9A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>community-based, school-based, and higher-education-based programs to prevent underage drinking;</text> </clause><clause id="HA7BDB3B1EC1C4210891DD23954FBBB2D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>underage drinking prevention programs that target youth within the juvenile justice and child welfare systems; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC2B6EBA8E15D4719B722AD86EAD60761"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other State efforts or programs as deemed appropriate.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFCB658C90E6A49D2BC3D7084F7BCF6A"><enum>203.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </section><enum>III</enum><header>National media campaign</header> <section id="H18831F62E7C74A48B53FD5EB434E836"><enum>301.</enum><header>National media campaign to prevent underage drinking</header> <subsection id="HB90AFD52791345BA84E2C76625A09FE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Scope of the campaign</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to fund and oversee the production, broadcasting, and evaluation of the Ad Council’s national adult-oriented media public service campaign.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H22E5097DDE0C4B0ABAAFA6CCF0CA3BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide a report to the Congress annually detailing the production, broadcasting, and evaluation of the campaign referred to in subsection (a), and to detail in the report the effectiveness of the campaign in reducing underage drinking, the need for and likely effectiveness of an expanded adult-oriented media campaign, and the feasibility and the likely effectiveness of a national youth-focused media campaign to combat underage drinking.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HAF24696CA92C492697F7A7204B8DD537"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation requirement</header><text>In carrying out the media campaign, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall direct the Ad Council to consult with interested parties including both the alcohol beverage industry and public health and consumer groups. The progress of this consultative process is to be covered in the report under subsection (b).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDBD447E7048A4B5696CF16A0C2F0DF8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Interventions</header> <section id="HF6BEA8902BD14AD99DFE0091C7A7B851"><enum>401.</enum><header>Community-based coalition enhancement grants to prevent underage drinking</header> <subsection id="H58787BD5BF8645DCAD9EF9876CC44646"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of program</header><text>The Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in consultation with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall award <quote>enhancement grants</quote> to eligible entities to design, test, evaluate and disseminate effective strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage drinking.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0A8737FED2694367B7E55D04FA7F55D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are to—</text> <paragraph id="H95C5154564A7458994D63D15DEFBF0A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC9AEC98D57064C0484333C32BAD02101"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, and State, local, and tribal governments;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H15499A4F0D214115BABF2216AB351E5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination on the issue of alcohol use among youth;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFAD246B668474333B4F0E2B8A3A5D643"><enum>(4)</enum><text>serve as a catalyst for increased citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations of a community that first demonstrates a long-term commitment to reducing alcohol use among youth;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H791A52ABADC14B4B8DFC25F464902FEB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>disseminate to communities timely information regarding state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB09FB4C038354633B15FD259B34DE56F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enhance, not supplant, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0449B060514A493F93DDD7C8A67C7F55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible entity desiring an enhancement grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, and in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Administrator may require. Each application shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H87F45E81521D477597C59887505740AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a complete description of the entity’s current underage alcohol use prevention initiatives and how the grant will appropriately enhance the focus on underage drinking issues; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3F8200C1FC9E462496361083BA7F72F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a complete description of the entity’s current initiatives, and how it will use this grant to enhance those initiatives by adding a focus on underage drinking prevention.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2160511AB5AC4297B06EC5F8BED84709"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to carry out the activities described in such entity’s application submitted pursuant to subsection (c). Grants under this section shall not exceed $50,000 per year and may not exceed four years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H66E5AB106C6A4E00B2EAB0424D24C0FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided under this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available for carrying out the activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9968DF29514E45BEBDAF9E7804030538"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means an organization that is currently receiving or has received grant funds under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD650EEA8E92D46AD97887C040060BF8D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 6 percent of a grant under this section may be expended for administrative expenses.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0A598D665FBE49B1961349E5FD956444"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HAD03E3662A03497E8FD51C98FFF7B1F"><enum>402.</enum><header>Grants directed at preventing and reducing alcohol abuse at institutions of higher education</header> <subsection id="H3D26D562C9284360864522092BE6CC70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of program</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to prevent and reduce the rate of underage alcohol consumption including binge drinking among students at institutions of higher education.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H681783E9C176418C9000A210ED7C4FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. Each application shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H7D65CBD077AE47A7ADC6DBC2B1BB3D13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of how the eligible entity will work to enhance an existing, or where none exists to build a, statewide coalition;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CF3D9AD0271402E9F8E97408E094057"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of how the eligible entity will target underage students in the State;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1286BC591FE4ACFBC519278F0B94485"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of how the eligible entity intends to ensure that the statewide coalition is actually implementing the purpose of this Act and moving toward indicators described in section (d);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBAF1B8BD40244C5387C3AFA855BE001C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a list of the members of the statewide coalition or interested parties involved in the work of the eligible entity;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE7044B171A24BBFB4C158E4B0A3BB1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of how the eligible entity intends to work with State agencies on substance abuse prevention and education;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95076DF1FD1B413A8760FCC83F002CE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the anticipated impact of funds provided under this Act in preventing and reducing the rates of underage alcohol use;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4DAA187E9C3C42A0AE00F404F693E4F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>outreach strategies, including ways in which the eligible entity proposes to—</text> <subparagraph id="HDC511F381570458690DA749C168CA547"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reach out to students and community stakeholders;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEBE5E6E46D54C5F83A0A1726797A05B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote the purpose of this Act;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE7727062EC647009EAD086EE382B239"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address the range of needs of the students and the surrounding communities; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C42E1A3DD7E43CDA479BAA7C817B6E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>address community norms for underage students regarding alcohol use; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E347B700E5E4E97AEA550A2006DB296"><enum>(8)</enum><text>such additional information as required by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FE3C9B6EC4D456CA2449B77FB187B64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to carry out the activities described in such entity’s application submitted pursuant to subsection (b).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA52A10EA947A447D9F4182B8CB92292"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>On the date on which the Secretary first publishes a notice in the Federal Register soliciting applications for grants under this section, the Secretary shall include in the notice achievement indicators for the program authorized under this section. The achievement indicators shall be designed—</text> <paragraph id="HA89BB0CA339C4B5B83CA58430000AF64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to measure the impact that the statewide coalitions assisted under this Act are having on the institutions of higher education and the surrounding communities, including changes in the number of incidents of any kind in which students have abused alcohol or consumed alcohol while under the age of 21 (including violations, physical assaults, sexual assaults, reports of intimidation, disruptions of school functions, disruptions of student studies, mental health referrals, illnesses, or deaths);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H387AC763AE2F4020920050AD30975D28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to measure the quality and accessibility of the programs or information offered by the eligible entity; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE8E7397ABB76454882459999984F4DE5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide such other measures of program impact as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53D81C2A2EE544E2A09D26BFB18E567B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided under this Act shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available for carrying out the activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HACEA6FE1B8624AF2B410D1DAE24591C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H6A48DE5FD67C4A11A7FDD3939FE76398"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means a State, institution of higher education, or nonprofit entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C4AD4188D8D4D80B82775A65FCC48E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3EC082F0B587483F9D130035E0A800CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Education.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC9BB2DEF80B64CC2B2C9E800D1DD2E02"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <quote>State</quote> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44D032322B9540D7A4540731DAEB9523"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Statewide coalition</header><text>The term <quote>statewide coalition</quote> means a coalition that—</text> <subparagraph id="H75B0739A73174358B41748EFC91C14C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes, but is not limited to—</text> <clause id="H9FD39D48271F49098B1729DA00192153"><enum>(i)</enum><text>institutions of higher education within a State; and</text> </clause><clause id="H17A4F11E02DE42C58D0430089BB44C95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a nonprofit group, a community underage drinking prevention coalition, or another substance abuse prevention group within a State; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B7CCE0B67C542359E82E0438D65ABD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>works toward lowering the alcohol abuse rate by targeting underage students at institutions of higher education throughout the State and in the surrounding communities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H183A4BBEF5DD414CA8DC8EEDBE36D093"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Surrounding community</header><text>The term <quote>surrounding community</quote> means the community—</text> <subparagraph id="H6E66B929F7444DE0B6E65E603FD9D388"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that surrounds an institution of higher education participating in a statewide coalition;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD61125B7BA9D4B07B30300073602668F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where the students from the institution of higher education take part in the community; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE005B022CC2C409B844973500670F7A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>where students from the institution of higher education live in off-campus housing.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB41002E55B834C8EB62CA54D6DD29724"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of a grant under this section may be expended for administrative expenses.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB53BB563DF324CAEA8C48599DC459BB2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Additional Research</header> <section id="HBB37B9A7B67C480EA6FB11494B59B200"><enum>501.</enum><header>Additional research on underage drinking</header> <subsection id="H9024376231C248D68BFCFB6C1FE5B928"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall collect data on, and conduct or support research on, underage drinking with respect to the following:</text> <paragraph id="H7AAD34068B7448FF8977EDF87206A7F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Comprehensive community-based programs or strategies and statewide systems to prevent and reduce underage drinking, across the underage years from early childhood to age 21, including programs funded and implemented by government entities, public health interest groups and foundations, and alcohol beverage companies and trade associations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB31BF70EF9EE403E8361040406B411D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Annually obtain and report more precise information than is currently collected on the scope of the underage drinking problem and patterns exhibited in underage alcohol consumption, including improved knowledge of both the problem and progress in preventing, reducing and treating underage drinking; as well as information on the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and other media messages encouraging and discouraging alcohol consumption.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H20F1C0DCA4154C84AA3BAE00ABDFC7A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Compiling information on the involvement of alcohol in unnatural deaths of persons ages 12 to 20 in the United States, including suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries such as falls, drownings, burns, poisonings, and motor vehicle crash deaths.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B76A8E419D649D397F921B79824673C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain matters</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out activities toward the following objectives with respect to underage drinking:</text> <paragraph id="H512E9309C33A487AB7D492C347CE37C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Obtaining new epidemiological data within the National Epidemiological Study on Alcoholism and Related Conditions and other national or targeted surveys that identify alcohol use and attitudes about alcohol use during pre- and early adolescence, including harm caused to self or others as a result of adolescent alcohol use such as violence, date rape, risky sexual behavior, and prenatal alcohol exposure.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H596B543F379C439A8CC4BD3D410124A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing or identifying successful clinical treatments for youth with alcohol problems.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7983868516004FD5B0E4BBFEE2CEF33D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Peer review</header><text>Research under section 501 must meet current Federal standards for scientific peer review.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H7B4C4EB56A414E269FFC729B65938CFA"><enum>502.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 501 $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and<linebreak></linebreak><pagebreak></pagebreak> $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </section> Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2006. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.