H.R. 6902

119 HR 6902 IH: Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session  H. R. 6902  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 18, 2025   Mr. Tran  (for himself,  Mr. Hurd of Colorado , and  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To promote public service announcement campaigns targeted at youth substance use prevention, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act  .
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.