[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4948]
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SA 3184. Mr. KELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. ___. YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS
THROUGH GRANTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
CAMPAIGNS.
(a) Expansion of Grant Program.--Section 3021(a) of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
U.S.C. 10701(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(11) Developing, implementing, or expanding research-
based public service announcement campaign programs targeted
at youth substance use prevention using age-appropriate
material, including--
``(A) television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital public
service announcements; and
``(B) public service announcement contests that solicit
youth public service announcement submissions.''.
(b) Reporting Requirements.--The Attorney General shall
publish an annual report on any grants awarded for public
service announcement campaigns under paragraph (11) of
section 3021(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701(a)), as added by
subsection (a), that includes, which respect to each such
public service announcement campaign--
(1) a description of the grant awarded and the public
service announcement campaign funded by the grant;
(2) the research used to inform and develop the public
service announcement campaign funded by the grant;
(3) any regional or geographic-specific messaging used as
part of the public service announcement campaign;
(4) a description of how the public service announcement
campaign funded by the grant supports the other substance use
prevention initiatives or strategy of the grantee; and
(5) an evaluation of the success of the public service
announcement campaign, such as the effectiveness of the
campaign at reducing the rate of drug use by youth.
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