An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 109-387to require the ONDCP to perform an assessment of illicit drug and alcohol use by children, and appropriate intervention methods. Requires ONDCP to report to Congress on its assessment and specifies items to assess that were not considered by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, such as the role of Federal, state, and local criminal justice systems in providing intervention.

1. Inserts new text at the end of section 6

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   Inserted: (n) Requirement for an Assessment of Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use by Children, and Appropriate Intervention Methods.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Director of National Drug Control Policy shall complete an assessment of report materials, studies, and statistics with respect to the 5-year period before the date of enactment of this Act, to determine the extent to which children who are 12 to 17 years of age--

   Inserted: (A) experiment with and regularly use marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, prescription drugs without a prescription, designer drugs (such as ecstasy), and other illicit drugs (such as cocaine); and

   Inserted: (B) have access to intervention services or programs, including drug testing, counseling, rehabilitation, legal representation, and other services or programs associated with prevention, treatment, and punishment of substance abuse.

   Inserted: (2) Assessment procedure.--In completing the assessment under paragraph (1), the Director--

   Inserted: (A) shall consider relevant public health and academic research materials and studies, and may also consider relevant statistics concerning illicit drug and alcohol use, and criminal convictions related to such use; and

   Inserted: (B) shall make findings, based on the information considered under subparagraph (A), regarding the nature and extent of illicit drug and alcohol use among children who are 12 to 17 years of age, and the availability of preventative, intervention, and rehabilitation services and programs to such children.

   Inserted: (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a report to Congress regarding the assessment under this subsection and the findings under paragraph (2)(B). Such report shall include, with respect to children who are 12 to 17 years of age, the following information:

   Inserted: (A) Services and programs that have been effective in preventing such children from experimenting with and beginning the regular use of illicit drugs and alcohol.

   Inserted: (B) The extent to which chronic drug and alcohol use occurs in such children.

   Inserted: (C) The extent to which schools and other public institutions provide intervention for such children who are chronic users of illicit drugs and alcohol, the specific roles such schools and institutions play, and the extent to which such interventions are successful.

   Inserted: (D) Additional resources schools and other public institutions need to provide successful intervention to such children, including funding.

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   Inserted: (E) The role of Federal agencies in providing intervention to such children who are chronic users of illicit drugs and alcohol, and the extent to which Federal agency intervention is successful.

   Inserted: (F) Additional resources Federal agencies need to provide successful intervention to such children, including funding.

   Inserted: (G) The role of the Federal, State, and local criminal justice systems in providing intervention to such children who are chronic users of illicit drugs and alcohol, and the extent to which criminal justice interventions are successful.

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   Section 6 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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