Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 5, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedDec 11, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) understanding which programs are effective in reducing underage drinking will maximize scarce federal resources and help confront underage drinking in a more effective, cost-efficient manner; (2) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration should explore ways to expand and improve evaluation efforts; and (3) federal agencies should strive to evaluate all federally funded underage drinking programs and modify programs as needed to reach maximum effectiveness.
Requires the Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs to award grants to states and local governments to implement and evaluate enforcement and public education programs aimed at reducing the provision of alcohol by social sources to underage drinkers as part of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as Chair of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, to: (1) work with members of that Committee to improve federal data collection by ensuring that federally funded surveys related to underage drinking collect and report data in a consistent manner; and (2) establish a federal data improvement committee.
Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies to develop and implement innovative and effective programs to increase parental awareness and involvement in reducing underage drinking in elementary and secondary schools; and (2) identify existing, effective, national programs that increase parent-child interaction to prevent underage drinking and disseminate that information to such agencies for replication at the local level.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2007 to Jul 15, 2008, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Dec 11, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jul 15, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Dec 11, 2007Introduced in House
- Dec 11, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Dec 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4194 | Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007 | Related bill | Nov 15, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Alcohol and youth
- Alcoholism
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government statistics
- Health
- Juvenile delinquency
- Parent and child
- Parent-school relationships
- Public service advertising
- Social Welfare
- Surveys
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2007Introduced in House
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