[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        NATIONAL TOBACCO POLICY AND YOUTH SMOKING REDUCTION ACT

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                       CHAFEE AMENDMENT NO. 2457

  Mr. CHAFEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1415, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. ______. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

       (a) National Education and Outreach Campaign.--The 
     Administrator shall use amounts made available under 
     subsection (c)(1) in each fiscal year to establish a national 
     education and outreach campaign relating to the effect on 
     individuals of exposure to tobacco smoke and ways to minimize 
     such exposure. In establishing such campaign, the 
     Administrator shall--
       (1) focus on children's exposure to environmental tobacco 
     smoke in the home; and
       (2) coordinate activities with the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services and other Federal agencies as determined 
     appropriate by the Administrator.
       (b) Peer Review.--The Administrator shall use amounts made 
     available under subsection (c)(2) in each fiscal year to 
     carry out research, and provide for peer review studies of 
     research, related to the exposure of individuals to 
     environmental tobacco smoke.
       (c) Funding.--There shall be made available from the Public 
     Health Allocation Account established under section 451(b) to 
     the Administrator--
       (1) $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003 to carry out subsection (a); and
       (2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
     2003 to carry out subsection (b).

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