Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006
Latest action · Jun 5, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Gives priority to communities with significantly above averages rates of teen pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria to evaluate such projects.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase authorized appropriations for community learning centers. Authorizes appropriations for physical education programs.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for TRIO and GEARUP programs.
Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2006 to Sep 6, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 6, 2006 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Jun 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- May 9, 2006Introduced in House
- May 9, 2006Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2508 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 | Related bill | Apr 5, 2006 |
| HR 4644 | To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Mar 27, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Authorization
- College costs
- Compensatory education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family planning and birth control
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Parent and child
- Physical education and training
- Scholarships
- Secondary education
- Sex education
- Sexual abstinence
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Teenage pregnancy
- Women
- Youth services
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2006Introduced in House
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