Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1611 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1611

  To promote public service announcement campaigns targeted at youth 
           substance use prevention, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2025

   Mr. Kelly (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Coons) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To promote public service announcement campaigns targeted at youth 
           substance use prevention, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Youth Substance Use Prevention and 
Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT USE 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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