Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the program to reduce underage drinking by: (1) expressing the sense of Congress that the age-21 minimum drinking law has been an effective public health and safety policy and has reduced drinking and driving traffic fatalities; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) authorizing the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in coordination with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to make supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance collaboration between communities and institutions of higher education to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use; (4) requiring the Administrator to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students; (5) expanding data collection and research activites with respect to underage drinking; and (6) requiring the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research on the influence of drinking alcohol on adolescent brain development and the public policy implications of such research.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6241 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6241
To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention
of underage drinking.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 2010
Ms. Roybal-Allard (for herself, Mr. Wamp, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Wolf, Mr.
Watt, Ms. Speier, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms.
Clarke, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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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 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 or online outlets that sell or serve beer, wine, and
distilled spirits.
``(2) The term `school-based prevention' means programs,
which 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 the 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 of Health and Human Services shall
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 prevention
approaches, 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 they should use rating systems and marketing
codes to reduce the likelihood that underage audiences will be
exposed to movies, recordings, or television programs 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) The age-21 minimum drinking law, enacted in 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 its enactment.
``(9) The age-21 law has also has been significantly
effective in reducing drinking and driving traffic fatalities,
as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
estimates that the age-21 law has saved over 17,000 lives since
its inception.
``(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 Coordinating 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 the
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, but not
limited to 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
these 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.--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 each State's
performance 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).
``(B) State performance measures.--
``(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 as they relate to
State laws, regulations, policies and
enforcement practices. The Report shall be
designed as a resource tool for Federal
agencies assisting States in the States'
underage drinking prevention efforts, State
public health and law enforcement agencies,
State and local policy makers, and underage
drinking prevention coalitions including those
receiving grants pursuant to subsection (e)(1).
``(ii) State report content.--The State
Report shall include updates on State laws,
regulations, and policies included in previous
Reports to Congress, including, but not limited
to the following:
``(I) Whether or not 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 ID; 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 or not 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 or not 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 or not 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 or not the State has
policies and regulations with regard to
direct sales to consumers and home
delivery of alcoholic beverages.
``(VI) Whether or not 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 or not the State
has enacted graduated drivers licenses
and the extent of those provisions.
``(iii) New categories.--In addition to the
updates of State laws, regulations, and
policies listed in clause (ii), the Secretary
shall consider new categories, including but
not limited to--
``(I) whether or not States have
adopted laws, regulations and policies
that deter underage alcohol use, as
described in the Surgeon General's 2007
Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce
Underage Drinking, including
restrictions on low-price, high volume
drink specials, and wholesaler pricing
provisions;
``(II) whether or not 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 or not States have
laws and policies that promote underage
drinking prevention policy development
by local jurisdictions;
``(IV) whether or not States have
adopted laws, regulations, and policies
to restrict youth access to alcoholic
beverages that may pose special risks
to youth, including but not limited to
alcoholic mists, gelatins, freezer
pops, pre-mixed caffeinated alcoholic
beverages, and flavored malt beverages;
``(V) whether or not States have
adopted uniform best practices
protocols for conducting compliance
checks and shoulder tap programs; and
``(VI) whether or not 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 specified in clause
(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
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $2,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2012 through 2015.
``(d) National Media Campaign To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, 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 actions
to reduce underage drinking, and encouraging public policy
changes known to decrease underage drinking rates.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the national media campaign
described in this section shall be to achieve the following
objectives:
``(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.
``(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 section, 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
24 months, 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 section, 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
section, the Secretary shall consult recommendations for
reducing underage drinking published by the National Academy of
Sciences. The Secretary shall also 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.--The Secretary shall produce an annual
report on the progress of the development or implementation of
the media campaign described in this section, 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 section
$2,000,000 for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 and such sums as
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2015.
``(e) Community-Based Programs To Prevent Underage Drinking.--
``(1) Community-based coalition enhancement grants to
prevent underage drinking.--
``(A) Authorization of program.--The Administrator
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall
award, if the Administrator determines that the
Department of Health and Human Services is not
currently conducting activities that duplicate
activities of the type described in this subsection,
`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. This subsection is subject to the
availability of appropriations.
``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are
to--
``(i) prevent and reduce alcohol use among
youth in communities throughout the United
States;
``(ii) strengthen collaboration among
communities, the Federal Government, and State,
local, and tribal governments;
``(iii) enhance intergovernmental
cooperation and coordination on the issue of
alcohol use among youth;
``(iv) 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;
``(v) implement state-of-the-art science-
based strategies to prevent and reduce underage
drinking by changing local conditions in
communities; and
``(vi) enhance, 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. Each application shall
include--
``(i) a complete description of the
entity's current underage alcohol use
prevention initiatives and how the grant will
appropriately enhance the focus on underage
drinking issues; or
``(ii) a complete description of the
entity's current initiatives, and how it will
use this 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
such entity's application submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (C) and obtain specialized training and
technical assistance by the entity funded under section
4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended by Public Law 109-
469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note). Grants under this paragraph
shall not exceed $50,000 per year and may not exceed
four years.
``(E) Supplement not supplant.--Grant funds
provided under this paragraph shall be used to
supplement, 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
is currently receiving or has received grant funds
under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (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 $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and
$9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through
2015.
``(2) Grants for partnerships between community coalitions
and institutions of higher education.--
``(A) Authorization of program.--The Administrator
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, in coordination with the Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy may make
supplemental 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 subsection, the Administrator shall
require an eligible entity to demonstrate--
``(i) the active participation of
institution(s) of higher education in their
coalition;
``(ii) a description of how the eligible
entity will work with institution(s) of higher
education to target underage students;
``(iii) a description of how the eligible
entity intends to ensure that a partnership
between local coalition(s) and institution(s)
of higher education is actually implementing
the purpose of this section and moving toward
indicators described in this subsection;
``(iv) a list of the members of the local
coalition and the institution(s) 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 the 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
such entity's application submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (D). Grants under this paragraph shall not
exceed $100,000 per year and may not exceed four 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 currently
receiving or has received grant funds
under the Drug-Free Communities Act of
1997 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.);
``(II) can provide evidence of
preexisting involvement of institutions
of higher education in their coalition;
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 participating in a
coalition;
``(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 2011, and
$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through
2015.
``(f) Reducing Underage Drinking Through Screening and Brief
Intervention.--
``(1) Grants to pediatric health care providers to reduce
underage drinking.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 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.
``(B) Purposes.--Grants under this section shall be
made to promote the practices of--
``(i) screening children and adolescents
for alcohol use;
``(ii) offering brief interventions to
children and adolescents to discourage such
use;
``(iii) educating parents about the dangers
of and methods of discouraging such use;
``(iv) diagnosing and treating alcohol
abuse disorders; and
``(v) referring patients, when necessary,
to other appropriate care.
``(C) Use of funds.--An organization receiving a
grant under this section may use such funding to
promote the practices specified in paragraph (B) among
its members by--
``(i) providing training to health care
providers;
``(ii) disseminating best practices,
including culturally and linguistically
appropriate best practices, and developing,
printing, and distributing materials; and
``(iii) offering other activities approved
by the Secretary.
``(D) Application.--An organization desiring a
grant under this section 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--
``(i) a description of the organization and
how its members are qualified to provide the
services specified in paragraph (2);
``(ii) a description of activities to be
completed; and
``(iii) a timeline for the completion of
such activities.
``(E) Definitions.--For the purpose of this
subsection:
``(i) The term `pediatric health care
provider' shall mean a provider of primary
health care to individuals under the age of 21.
``(ii) The term `professional pediatric
provider organization' shall mean a national
organization whose members consist primarily of
pediatric health care providers.
``(iii) The term `children and young
adults' means any person under 21 years of age.
``(iv) The term `alcohol education' means
evidence-based education about the effects of
alcohol use and abuse on children, young
adults, and adults.
``(v) The term `screening and brief
intervention' shall mean 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 this behavior, as well as to
effect the desired related behavioral change.
``(vi) The term `caregivers' means the
parents, family members, or legal guardians of
the child or young adult.
``(F) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and
$3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through
2015.
``(g) Data Collection and Research.--
``(1) Additional research on underage drinking.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services 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, with
respect to the following:
``(i) 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.
``(ii) Obtain and report more precise
information than is currently collected 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; as well as
information on the rate of exposure of youth to
advertising and other media messages
encouraging and discouraging alcohol
consumption.
``(iii) Synthesize, expand on, and widely
disseminate existing research on effective
strategies for reducing underage drinking,
including translational research, and make this
research easily accessible to the general
public.
``(iv) Improve and conduct public health
surveillance on alcohol use and alcohol-related
conditions in States by increasing the use of
surveys such as but not limited to the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to
monitor binge and excessive drinking and
related harms among 18- to 20-year-olds,
including harm caused to self or others as a
result of alcohol use that is not duplicative
of research currently being conducted or
supported by the Department of Health and Human
Services.
``(B) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subsection $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2011 through
2015.
``(2) National academy of sciences study.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 12 months after
the enactment of the STOP Underage Drinking
Reauthorization Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall contract with the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct a review of the research literature
regarding the influence of drinking alcohol on the
development of the adolescent brain and the public
policy implications of this research, and report to the
Congress on its findings.
``(B) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subsection $500,000 for fiscal year 2011.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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