[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 728 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 728

 To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention 
                         of underage drinking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2015

  Mr. Schumer 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 for programs and activities with respect to the prevention 
                         of underage drinking.

    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 ``Sober Truth on Preventing Underage 
Drinking Reauthorization Act'' or the ``STOP Act''.

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

    Section 519B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b) 
is amended by striking subsections (a) through (f) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `alcohol beverage industry' means the 
        brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, distributors, and 
        retail and online outlets that sell or serve beer, wine, or 
        distilled spirits.
            ``(2) The term `school-based prevention' means programs 
        that 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.
    ``(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that:
            ``(1) 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 
        section 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.
            ``(2) The Secretary should 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.
            ``(3) States and communities, including colleges and 
        universities, are encouraged to adopt comprehensive approaches 
        to preventing alcohol abuse, including--
                    ``(A) evidence-based screening, programs, and 
                curricula;
                    ``(B) brief intervention strategies;
                    ``(C) consistent policy enforcement; and
                    ``(D) science-based strategies to reduce underage 
                drinking.
            ``(4) Public health groups, consumer groups, and the 
        alcohol beverage industry should continue and expand evidence-
        based efforts to prevent and reduce underage drinking.
            ``(5) The entertainment industries have a powerful impact 
        on youth and should use rating systems and marketing codes to 
        reduce the likelihood that underage audiences will be exposed 
        to movies, recordings, television programs, or other digital 
        media with unsuitable alcohol content.
            ``(6) 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.
            ``(7) 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.
            ``(8) Section 158 of title 23, United States Code (commonly 
        known as the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984) has 
        been a remarkably effective public health and safety policy, as 
        evidenced by the fact that the percentage of 12th graders who 
        have drunk alcohol in the past month has fallen by one-third 
        since the enactment of such law.
            ``(9) The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 has 
        been significantly effective in reducing drinking and driving 
        traffic fatalities, as the National Highway Traffic Safety 
        Administration estimates that the law has saved over 28,000 
        lives since 1975.
            ``(10) Community awareness, support, and mobilization 
        provide an important context for the effective enforcement of 
        the age 21 minimum drinking law.
    ``(c) Interagency Coordinating Committee; Annual Report on State 
Underage Drinking Prevention and Enforcement Activities.--
            ``(1) Interagency coordinating committee on the prevention 
        of underage drinking.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration 
                with the Federal officials specified in subparagraph 
                (B), shall continue to support and enhance the efforts 
                of the interagency coordinating committee, that began 
                operating in 2004, focusing on underage drinking 
                (referred to in this subsection as the `Committee').
                    ``(B) Other agencies.--The officials referred to in 
                subparagraph (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.
                    ``(C) Chair.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services shall serve as the chair of the Committee.
                    ``(D) Duties.--The Committee shall guide policy and 
                program development across the Federal Government with 
                respect to underage drinking, provided, however, that 
                nothing in this section shall be construed as 
                transferring regulatory or program authority from an 
                Agency to the Committee.
                    ``(E) Consultations.--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.
                    ``(F) Annual report.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary, on behalf 
                        of the Committee, shall annually submit to 
                        Congress a report that summarizes--
                                    ``(I) all programs and policies of 
                                Federal agencies designed to prevent 
                                and reduce underage drinking, focusing 
                                particularly on programs and policies 
                                that support the adoption and 
                                enforcement of State policies designed 
                                to prevent and reduce underage drinking 
                                as specified in paragraph (2);
                                    ``(II) the extent of progress in 
                                preventing and reducing underage 
                                drinking at State and national levels;
                                    ``(III) data that the Secretary 
                                shall collect with respect to the 
                                information specified in clause (ii); 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) such other information 
                                regarding underage drinking as the 
                                Secretary determines to be appropriate.
                            ``(ii) Certain information.--The report 
                        under clause (i) shall include information on 
                        the following:
                                    ``(I) Patterns and consequences of 
                                underage drinking as reported in 
                                research and surveys, such as 
                                Monitoring the Future, Youth Risk 
                                Behavior Surveillance System, the 
                                National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 
                                and the Fatality Analysis Reporting 
                                System.
                                    ``(II) Measures of the availability 
                                of alcohol from commercial and non-
                                commercial sources to underage 
                                populations.
                                    ``(III) Measures of the exposure of 
                                underage populations to messages 
                                regarding alcohol in advertising and 
                                the entertainment media.
                                    ``(IV) Surveillance data, including 
                                information on the onset and prevalence 
                                of underage drinking, consumption 
                                patterns, beverage preferences, 
                                prevalence of drinking among students 
                                at institutions of higher education, 
                                correlations between adult and youth 
                                drinking, and the means of underage 
                                access, including trends over time for 
                                such surveillance data. The Secretary 
                                shall develop a plan to improve the 
                                collection, measurement, and 
                                consistency of reporting Federal 
                                underage alcohol data.
                                    ``(V) Any additional findings 
                                resulting from research conducted or 
                                supported under subsection (f).
                                    ``(VI) Evidence-based best 
                                practices to prevent and reduce 
                                underage drinking including a review of 
                                the research literature related to 
                                State laws, regulations, and policies 
                                designed to prevent and reduce underage 
                                drinking, as described in paragraph 
                                (2)(B)(i).
            ``(2) Annual report on state underage drinking prevention 
        and enforcement activities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Annual reports.--The Secretary 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 the performance of 
                        each State in enacting, enforcing, and creating 
                        laws, regulations, and policies to prevent or 
                        reduce underage drinking based on an assessment 
                        of best practices developed pursuant to 
                        paragraph (1)(F)(ii)(VI) and subparagraph 
                        (B)(i). For purposes of this paragraph, each 
                        such report, with respect to a year, shall be 
                        referred to as the `State Report'.
                            ``(ii) Use of state reports.--Each State 
                        Report shall be designed as a resource tool for 
                        Federal agencies assisting States in underage 
                        drinking prevention efforts, State public 
                        health and law enforcement agencies, State and 
                        local policymakers, and underage drinking 
                        prevention coalitions, including such 
                        coalitions receiving grants under subsection 
                        (e)(1).
                    ``(B) State report performance measures and 
                content.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        develop, in consultation with the Committee, a 
                        set of measures to be used in preparing the 
                        report on best practices with respect to State 
                        laws, regulations, policies, and enforcement 
                        practices.
                            ``(ii) State report content.--Each State 
                        Report shall include updates on State laws, 
                        regulations, and policies, including the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I) Whether 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 
                                identifications; 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.
                                    ``(II) Whether the State has 
                                comprehensive liability statutes 
                                pertaining to underage access to 
                                alcohol such as dram shop, social host, 
                                and house party laws, and the 
                                prevalence of enforcement of each of 
                                these laws.
                                    ``(III) Whether the State 
                                encourages and conducts comprehensive 
                                enforcement efforts to prevent underage 
                                access to alcohol 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 result of such 
                                checks.
                                    ``(IV) Whether the State encourages 
                                training on the proper selling and 
                                serving of alcohol for all sellers and 
                                servers of alcohol as a condition of 
                                employment.
                                    ``(V) Whether the State has 
                                policies and regulations with regard to 
                                direct sales to consumers and home 
                                delivery of alcoholic beverages.
                                    ``(VI) Whether the State has 
                                programs or laws to deter adults from 
                                purchasing alcohol for minors, and the 
                                number of adults targeted by these 
                                programs.
                                    ``(VII) Whether the State has 
                                enacted graduated drivers licenses and 
                                the extent of those provisions.
                            ``(iii) Additional categories.--In addition 
                        to the updates of State laws, regulations, and 
                        policies described in clause (ii), the 
                        Secretary shall consider--
                                    ``(I) whether States have adopted 
                                laws, regulations, and policies that 
                                deter underage alcohol use, as 
                                described in the 2007 report of the 
                                Surgeon General entitled, `Call to 
                                Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage 
                                Drinking', including restrictions on 
                                low-price, high-volume drink specials, 
                                and wholesaler pricing provisions;
                                    ``(II) whether States have adopted 
                                laws, regulations, and policies 
                                designed to reduce alcohol advertising 
                                messages attractive to youth and youth 
                                exposure to alcohol advertising and 
                                marketing in measured and unmeasured 
                                media;
                                    ``(III) whether States have laws 
                                and policies that promote underage 
                                drinking prevention policy development 
                                by local jurisdictions;
                                    ``(IV) whether States have adopted 
                                laws, regulations, and policies to 
                                restrict youth access to alcoholic 
                                beverages that may pose special risks 
                                to youth, including alcoholic mists, 
                                gelatins, freezer pops, pre-mixed 
                                caffeinated alcoholic beverages, and 
                                flavored malt beverages;
                                    ``(V) whether States have adopted 
                                uniform best practices protocols for 
                                conducting compliance checks and 
                                shoulder tap programs; and
                                    ``(VI) whether States have adopted 
                                uniform best practices penalty 
                                protocols for violations of laws 
                                prohibiting retail licensees from 
                                selling or furnishing of alcohol to 
                                minors.
                            ``(iv) Uniform data system.--For 
                        performance measures related to enforcement of 
                        underage drinking laws as described in clauses 
                        (ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall develop and 
                        test a uniform data system for reporting State 
                        enforcement data, including the development of 
                        a pilot program for this purpose. The pilot 
                        program shall include procedures for collecting 
                        enforcement data from both State and local law 
                        enforcement jurisdictions.
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2019.
    ``(d) National Media Campaign To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall develop 
        an intensive, multifaceted, adult-oriented national media 
        campaign to reduce underage drinking by influencing attitudes 
        regarding underage drinking, increasing the willingness of 
        adults to take action to reduce underage drinking, and 
        encouraging public policy changes known to decrease underage 
        drinking rates.
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the national media 
        campaign described in this section shall be to--
                    ``(A) instill a broad societal commitment to reduce 
                underage drinking;
                    ``(B) increase specific actions by adults that are 
                meant to discourage or inhibit underage drinking; and
                    ``(C) decrease adult conduct that tends to 
                facilitate or condone underage drinking.
            ``(3) Developmental phase.--In preparation for the national 
        media campaign described in this subsection, the Secretary 
        shall conduct, in consultation with appropriate Federal 
        agencies and outside experts, including in marketing, public 
        relations, mass media campaigns, parenting, and alcohol use and 
        abuse, a developmental phase to test specific campaign features 
        prior to beginning an intensive national strategy. This phase 
        shall include research and testing, limited to a period not to 
        exceed 2 years, to determine the following:
                    ``(A) Promising messages to promote public opinion 
                change.
                    ``(B) Appropriate channels for reaching target 
                audiences.
                    ``(C) Appropriate timing and weight for utilizing 
                such promising messages and media channels.
                    ``(D) Methods for linking the campaign to local, 
                State, and national policy changes affecting underage 
                drinking, if adopted.
                    ``(E) Productive collaborative partnerships with 
                national and local organizations.
            ``(4) Components.--When implementing the national media 
        campaign described in this subsection, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) educate the public about the public health 
                and safety benefits of evidence-based policies to 
                reduce underage drinking, including minimum legal 
                drinking age laws, and build public and parental 
                support for and cooperation with enforcement of such 
                policies;
                    ``(B) educate the public about the negative 
                consequences of underage drinking;
                    ``(C) promote specific actions by adults that are 
                meant to discourage or inhibit underage drinking, 
                including positive behavior modeling, general parental 
                monitoring, and consistent and appropriate discipline;
                    ``(D) discourage adult conduct that tends to 
                facilitate underage drinking, including the hosting of 
                underage parties with alcohol and the purchasing of 
                alcoholic beverages on behalf of underage youth;
                    ``(E) establish collaborative relationships with 
                local and national organizations and institutions to 
                further the goals of the campaign and assure that the 
                messages of the campaign are disseminated from a 
                variety of sources;
                    ``(F) conduct the campaign through multi-media 
                sources; and
                    ``(G) conduct the campaign with regard to changing 
                demographics and cultural and linguistic factors.
            ``(5) Consultation requirement.--In developing and 
        implementing the national media campaign described in this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) consider recommendations for reducing 
                underage drinking published by the National Academy of 
                Sciences; and
                    ``(B) consult with interested parties including 
                medical, public health, and consumer and parent groups, 
                law enforcement, institutions of higher education, 
                community organizations and coalitions, and other 
                stakeholders supportive of the goals of the campaign.
            ``(6) Annual report.--Beginning 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage 
        Drinking Reauthorization Act, the Secretary shall produce an 
        annual report on the progress of the development or 
        implementation of the media campaign described in this 
        subsection, including expenses and projected costs, and, as 
        such information is available, report on the effectiveness of 
        such campaign in affecting adult attitudes toward underage 
        drinking and adult willingness to take actions to decrease 
        underage drinking.
            ``(7) Research on youth-oriented campaign.--The Secretary 
        may, based on the availability of funds, conduct research on 
        the potential success of a youth-oriented national media 
        campaign to reduce underage drinking. The Secretary shall 
        report any such results to Congress with policy recommendations 
        on establishing such a campaign.
            ``(8) Administration.--The Secretary may enter into a 
        subcontract with another Federal Agency to delegate the 
        authority for execution and administration of the adult 
        oriented national media campaign.
            ``(9) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums as necessary for 
        each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2019.
    ``(e) Community-Based Programs To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
            ``(1) Community-based coalition enhancement grants to 
        prevent underage drinking.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of program.--If the 
                Administrator determines that the Department of Health 
                and Human Services is not otherwise conducting 
                activities described in this subsection, the 
                Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the 
                Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall award 
                `enhancement grants' to eligible entities to design, 
                implement, evaluate, and disseminate comprehensive 
                strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-
                wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage 
                drinking.
                    ``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are 
                to--
                            ``(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use among 
                        youth in communities throughout the United 
                        States;
                            ``(ii) 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;
                            ``(iii) implement state-of-the-art science-
                        based strategies to prevent and reduce underage 
                        drinking by changing local conditions in 
                        communities; and
                            ``(iv) enhance, but not supplant, effective 
                        local community initiatives for preventing and 
                        reducing alcohol use among youth.
                    ``(C) Application.--An eligible entity desiring an 
                enhancement grant under this paragraph shall submit an 
                application to the Administrator at such time, and in 
                such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
                Administrator may require in accordance with the 
                purposes described in subparagraph (B). Each 
                application shall include--
                            ``(i) a complete description of the 
                        existing underage alcohol use prevention 
                        initiatives of the entity and how the grant 
                        will appropriately enhance the focus on 
                        underage drinking issues; or
                            ``(ii) a complete description of the 
                        existing initiatives of the entity, and how the 
                        entity will use the grant to enhance those 
                        initiatives by adding a focus on underage 
                        drinking prevention.
                    ``(D) Uses of funds.--Each eligible entity that 
                receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the 
                grant funds to carry out the activities described in 
                the application submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) 
                and obtain specialized training and technical 
                assistance by the entity awarded a grant under section 
                4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended (21 U.S.C. 1521 
                note), reauthorizing the Drug-Free Communities Support 
                Program. Grants under this paragraph shall not exceed 
                $50,000 per year and may not exceed 4 years.
                    ``(E) Supplement not supplant.--Grant funds 
                provided under this paragraph shall be used to 
                supplement, but not supplant, Federal and non-Federal 
                funds available for carrying out the activities 
                described in this paragraph.
                    ``(F) Evaluation.--Grants under this paragraph 
                shall be subject to the same evaluation requirements 
                and procedures as the evaluation requirements and 
                procedures imposed on recipients of drug free community 
                grants.
                    ``(G) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                the term `eligible entity' means an organization that, 
                at the time of application for a grant, is receiving or 
                has received grant funds under chapter 2 of the 
                National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 
                1521 et seq.).
                    ``(H) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 6 
                percent of a grant under this paragraph may be expended 
                for administrative expenses.
                    ``(I) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 
                through 2019.
            ``(2) Grants for partnerships between community coalitions 
        and institutions of higher education.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of program.--The Administrator, 
                in coordination with the Director of the Office of 
                National Drug Control Policy, may make 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.
                    ``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are 
                to--
                            ``(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use among 
                        underage students at institutions of higher 
                        education and the surrounding community;
                            ``(ii) strengthen collaboration among 
                        communities and institutions of higher 
                        education; and
                            ``(iii) disseminate to institutions of 
                        higher education timely information regarding 
                        state-of-the-art science-based strategies to 
                        prevent and reduce underage drinking by 
                        changing local conditions at institutions of 
                        higher education and in the surrounding 
                        community.
                    ``(C) Applications.--An eligible entity that 
                desires to receive a grant under this paragraph shall 
                submit an application to the Administrator at such 
                time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
                information as the Administrator may require.
                    ``(D) Criteria.--As part of an application for a 
                grant under this paragraph, the Administrator shall 
                require an eligible entity to demonstrate--
                            ``(i) the active participation of one or 
                        more institutions of higher education in the 
                        relevant eligible entity coalition;
                            ``(ii) a description of how the eligible 
                        entity will work with one or more institutions 
                        of higher education to target underage 
                        students;
                            ``(iii) a description of how the eligible 
                        entity intends to ensure that it has a 
                        partnership with one or more institutions of 
                        higher education and how it intends to 
                        implement the purpose of this section and move 
                        toward indicators described in subparagraph 
                        (F);
                            ``(iv) a list of the members of each local 
                        coalition and institution of higher education 
                        that will be involved in the work of the 
                        eligible entity;
                            ``(v) the implementation of state-of-the-
                        art science-based strategies to prevent and 
                        reduce underage drinking by changing local 
                        conditions at institutions of higher education 
                        and in the surrounding community;
                            ``(vi) the anticipated impact of funds 
                        provided under this paragraph in preventing and 
                        reducing the rates of underage alcohol use;
                            ``(vii) outreach strategies, including ways 
                        in which the eligible entity proposes to--
                                    ``(I) reach out to students and 
                                community stakeholders;
                                    ``(II) promote the purpose of this 
                                paragraph;
                                    ``(III) address the range of needs 
                                of underage students and the 
                                surrounding communities;
                                    ``(IV) address community policies 
                                affecting underage students regarding 
                                alcohol use; and
                                    ``(V) implement other science-based 
                                strategies to reduce underage drinking; 
                                and
                            ``(viii) such additional information as 
                        required by the Administrator.
                    ``(E) Uses of funds.--Each eligible entity that 
                receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the 
                grant funds to carry out the activities described in 
                the application pursuant to subparagraph (D). Grants 
                under this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per year 
                and may not exceed 4 years.
                    ``(F) Accountability.--On the date on which the 
                Administrator first publishes a notice in the Federal 
                Register soliciting applications for grants under this 
                paragraph, the Administrator shall include in the 
                notice achievement indicators for the program 
                authorized under this paragraph. The achievement 
                indicators shall be designed to--
                            ``(i) measure the impact that the coalition 
                        assisted under this paragraph is having on the 
                        institution 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, alcohol-
                        related transports to emergency departments, or 
                        deaths); and
                            ``(ii) provide such other measures of 
                        program impact as the Administrator determines 
                        appropriate.
                    ``(G) Supplement not supplant.--Grant funds 
                provided under this paragraph shall be used to 
                supplement, and not supplant, Federal and non-Federal 
                funds available for carrying out the activities 
                described in this paragraph.
                    ``(H) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
                        entity' means an organization that--
                                    ``(I) on or before the date of 
                                submitting an application for a grant 
                                under this subsection is receiving or 
                                has received grant funds under the 
                                chapter 2 of the National Narcotics 
                                Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1521 
                                et seq.);
                                    ``(II) can provide evidence of 
                                preexisting involvement of one or more 
                                institutions of higher education; and
                                    ``(III) has a documented strategy 
                                to prevent and reduce underage drinking 
                                by students at institutions of higher 
                                education as part of its multi-sector, 
                                community-based strategy.
                            ``(ii) Institution of higher education.--
                        The term `institution of higher education' has 
                        the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of 
                        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1001(a)).
                            ``(iii) Surrounding community.--The term 
                        `surrounding community' means the community--
                                    ``(I) that surrounds an institution 
                                of higher education;
                                    ``(II) where the students from the 
                                institution of higher education take 
                                part in the community; and
                                    ``(III) where students from the 
                                institution of higher education live in 
                                off-campus housing.
                    ``(I) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 6 
                percent of a grant under this paragraph may be expended 
                for administrative expenses.
                    ``(J) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2016, and 
                $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 
                2019.
    ``(f) Reducing Underage Drinking Through Screening and Brief 
Intervention.--
            ``(1) Grants to pediatric health care providers to reduce 
        underage drinking.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Administrator, shall make one or more grants to professional 
        pediatric provider organizations to increase among the members 
        of such organizations effective practices to reduce the 
        prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 
        21, including college students.
            ``(2) Purposes.--Grants under this subsection shall be made 
        to promote the practices of--
                    ``(A) screening youth for alcohol use;
                    ``(B) offering brief interventions to youth to 
                discourage such use;
                    ``(C) educating parents about the dangers of and 
                methods of discouraging such use;
                    ``(D) diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse 
                disorders; and
                    ``(E) referring patients, when necessary, to other 
                appropriate care.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--An organization receiving a grant 
        under this subsection may use such funding to promote the 
        practices specified in paragraph (2) among its members by--
                    ``(A) providing training to health care providers;
                    ``(B) disseminating best practices, including 
                culturally and linguistically appropriate best 
                practices, and developing, printing, and distributing 
                materials; and
                    ``(C) offering other activities approved by the 
                Secretary.
            ``(4) Application.--An organization desiring a grant under 
        this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
        such time, and in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may require. Each application 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) a description of the organization and how its 
                members are qualified to provide the services specified 
                in paragraph (2);
                    ``(B) a description of activities to be completed; 
                and
                    ``(C) a timeline for the completion of such 
                activities.
            ``(5) Definitions.--For the purpose of this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `pediatric health care provider' 
                means a provider of primary health care to individuals 
                under the age of 21.
                    ``(B) The term `professional pediatric provider 
                organization' means a national organization whose 
                members consist primarily of pediatric health care 
                providers.
                    ``(C) The term `alcohol education' means evidence-
                based education about the effects of alcohol use and 
                abuse on youth and adults.
                    ``(D) The term `screening and brief intervention' 
                means using validated patient interview techniques to 
                identify and assess the existence and extent of alcohol 
                use, then providing brief advice and other brief 
                motivational enhancement techniques designed to 
                increase patient insight regarding their own alcohol 
                use and any realized or potential consequences of the 
                behavior, as well as to effect the desired related 
                behavioral change.
                    ``(E) The term `caregivers' means, with respect to 
                a child or adolescent, the parents, family members, or 
                legal guardians of the child or adolescent.
            ``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2019.
    ``(g) Data Collection and Research.--
            ``(1) Additional research on underage drinking.--The 
        Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        collect data, and conduct or support research that is not 
        duplicative of research currently being conducted or supported 
        by the Department of Health and Human Services, on underage 
        drinking, to accomplish the following:
                    ``(A) Improve data collection in support of 
                evaluation of the effectiveness of 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, such 
                as programs funded and implemented by government 
                entities, public health interest groups and 
                foundations, and alcohol beverage companies and trade 
                associations, through the development of models of 
                State-level epidemiological surveillance of underage 
                drinking by funding in States or large metropolitan 
                areas new epidemiologists focused on excessive drinking 
                including underage alcohol use.
                    ``(B) Obtain and report more precise information on 
                the scope of the underage drinking problem and patterns 
                of underage alcohol consumption, including improved 
                knowledge about the problem and progress in preventing, 
                reducing, and treating underage drinking, and 
                information on the rate of exposure of youth to 
                advertising and other media messages encouraging and 
                discouraging alcohol consumption.
                    ``(C) Synthesize, expand on, and widely disseminate 
                existing research on effective strategies for reducing 
                underage drinking, including translational research, 
                and make such research easily accessible to the general 
                public.
                    ``(D) Improve and conduct public health 
                surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related 
                conditions in States by increasing the use of surveys, 
                such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 
                to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related 
                harms among individuals who are at least 18 years of 
                age, but not more than 20 years of age, including harm 
                caused to self or others as a result of alcohol use 
                that is not duplicative of research otherwise conducted 
                or supported by the Department of Health and Human 
                Services.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $4,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2019.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON POWDERED ALCOHOL.

    Title I of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 118. POWDERED ALCOHOL.

    ``(a) Designation of Certain Chemicals.--The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall by rule 
designate any chemical that may be used to convert alcohol in liquid 
form to alcohol in powder form.
    ``(b) Prohibited Activity.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `powdered 
        alcohol' means any alcohol combined with a chemical designated 
        under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Offense.--It shall be unlawful to make, sell, 
        distribute, or possess powdered alcohol.
            ``(3) Penalty.--Any person who violates paragraph (2) shall 
        be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 1 
        year, or both.''.
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