[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5729-S5730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6203. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM ON SUBSTANCE USE 
                   DISORDERS.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Development and dissemination of curriculum.--The 
     Secretary of Education, in consultation with the partners 
     described in paragraph (2), shall develop and disseminate an 
     evidence-based curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 
     on educating students at an age-appropriate level on the 
     dangers and harmful impacts of substances that focuses on 
     opioids, vaping, synthetic drugs, and other related 
     substances of misuse.
       (2) Partners.--The partners described in this paragraph are 
     the following:
       (A) The Assistant Secretary of the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration.
       (B) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention.
       (C) The Assistant Secretary of the Administration for 
     Children and Families.
       (D) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
       (E) The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or 
     a designee of the Director from the National Institute on 
     Drug Abuse.
       (F) The Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse 
     and Alcoholism or a designee of the Director from the 
     National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
       (G) The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice or a 
     designee of the Administrator from the Office of Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
       (H) The Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy.
       (3) Additional consultation.--The Secretary of Education 
     may also consult with State educational agencies, local 
     educational agencies, and single State agencies during the 
     development of the evidence-based curriculum under paragraph 
     (1).
       (4) Review and update.--The Secretary of Education, in 
     consultation with the partners described in paragraph (2), 
     shall review and update the evidence-based curriculum 
     developed under paragraph (1) every 2 years.
       (b) Competitive Grant Program.--
       (1) In general.--Beginning the first fiscal year following 
     the completion of the development of the evidence-based 
     curriculum

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     under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Education, in 
     consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 
     and Substance Use, shall award grants, on a competitive 
     basis, to State educational agencies to enable the State 
     educational agencies to implement the evidence-based 
     curriculum. The Secretary of Education shall award not less 
     than 10 grants during each grant cycle.
       (2) Application.--A State educational agency that desires 
     to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary of Education at such time, in 
     such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
     Secretary may require.
       (3) Preference.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
     the Secretary of Education shall give preference to States 
     that have experienced the highest drug overdose death rates.
       (4) Subcontract.--A State educational agency that receives 
     a grant under this subsection may subcontract with community 
     coalitions that are currently, as of the date of application, 
     a recipient of a grant under section 1032 of the Anti-Drug 
     Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532), to implement the 
     evidence-based curriculum, as needed.
       (5) Annual report.--Each State educational agency that 
     receives a grant under this subsection shall provide an 
     annual report to the Secretary of Education and the Assistant 
     Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use on the State 
     educational agency's curriculum implementation progress and 
     program reach, in order to monitor the quality of 
     implementation of the evidence-based curriculum.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Evidence-based.--The term ``evidence-based'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       (2) Single state agency.--The term ``single State agency'' 
     means the State agency responsible for administering the 
     substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant under 
     subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-21 et seq.).
       (3) State educational agency.--The term ``State educational 
     agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7801).
       (d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for the 
     period of fiscal years 2023 through 2032.
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