[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S8135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Kyl):
  S. 1337. A bill to provide for the placement of anti-drug messages on 
appropriate Internet sites controlled by NASA; to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


          anti-drug messages on nasa internet controlled sites

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today, I am introducing legislation 
along with Senator Sessions and Senator Kyl to help in sending our 
young people a no-use message on drugs. This parallels efforts in the 
House by Congressman Matt Salmon and it is supported by NASA.
  The average age of our young people who first use illegal drugs is 16 
and the age of first use is dropping. We need to reverse this trend and 
prevent drug use among young people. An easy way of contacting them is 
at our finger tips. NASA's web sites are among the most visited 
government sites. Thousands of schools have programs that include 
NASA's web sites in their curriculum. I believe it is important to 
reach out to those young people. Here is a chance to reach millions of 
young people at no added expense to the taxpayer.
  In this bill the NASA administration must work with the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy to add anti-drug messages on NASA's web 
sites. With our young people being bombarded by images of violence and 
drugs from films and TV, this is a way to get the anti-drug message to 
our children at a young age through a location that we know a large 
number will see. I urge my colleagues to join me in this effort and 
support this bill.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1337

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES ON INTERNET SITES.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, in consultation with the Director of the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall place anti-drug 
     messages on appropriate Internet sites controlled by the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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