[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1956 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1956
To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to
initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage
pregnancies.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 25, 2003
Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to
initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage
pregnancies.
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 ``HOPE Youth Pregnancy Prevention
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 399O. YOUTH PREGNANCY PREVENTION.
``(a) At-Risk Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to
eligible entities to enable such entities to carry out teenage
pregnancy prevention activities that are targeted at areas with
large ethnic minorities and other youth at-risk of becoming
pregnant.
``(2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
paragraph (1), an entity shall--
``(A) be a State or local government or a private
nonprofit entity; and
``(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
``(3) Eligible activities.--Activities carried out under a
grant under this subsection may include--
``(A) youth development for adolescents;
``(B) work-related interventions and other
educational activities;
``(C) parental involvement;
``(D) teenage outreach; and
``(E) clinical services.
``(b) Multimedia Public Awareness and Outreach Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to
eligible entities to enable such entities to establish
multimedia public awareness campaigns to combat teenage
pregnancy.
``(2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
paragraph (1), an entity shall--
``(A) be a State government or a private nonprofit
entity; and
``(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
``(3) Activities.--The purpose of the campaigns established
under a grant under paragraph (1) shall be to prevent teenage
pregnancy through the use of advertising using television,
radio, print media, billboards, posters, the Internet, and
other methods determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(4) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subsection,
the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that express an
intention to carry out activities that target ethnic minorities
and other at-risk youth.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated--
``(1) to carry out subsection (a), $30,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2004 through 2008; and
``(2) to carry out subsection (b), $20,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''.
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