H.R.1028 Title: To provide additional support for the efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking, and for other purposes.
Background (What circumstances necessitate Congressional action? What happened to the Bill in Congress? Did it pass, or die in committee?):
2/12/2009--Introduced.
Support 21 Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to establish a program under which at least two campaigns in support of enforcement of the minimum legal drinking age will be implemented per year for each of 2010 through 2014 to: (1) educate the public about the public health and safety benefits and basis for age-21 minimum legal drinking age laws; and (2) build public and parental support for, and cooperation with, enforcement of such laws.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), acting through the Administrator, to make grants to professional pediatric medical organizations to increase effective practices to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21.
Requires the Secretary to establish within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a focus on underage drinking prevention, including activities for: (1) expanding and disseminating research on strategies for reducing underage drinking; and (2) public health and state-level surveillance of underage drinking.
Requires the National Academy of Sciences to review and report to Congress on research regarding the influence of drinking alcohol on the development of the adolescent brain and the public policy implications.
Activity: Referral, In Committee
Goal of Action:
2/12/2009: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Specifics/Means of Goal:
Authorizes the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Administrator) to make supplemental grants to eligible entities to implement strategies to: (1) work with local pediatric health care providers to increase alcohol education, screening, and intervention provided to patients and persons under age 21; (2) give such providers access to the community sectors involved in collaborating on the implementation of comprehensive, community wide programs, strategies, and services to reduce underage alcohol use and abuse; (3) provide science-based alcohol information and education to caregivers of children and young adults through relevant community sectors; and (4) undertake activities to support the national campaigns.
Type of Power (Is Congress acting according to an expressed or implied power? If it is implied, what expressed power grants it? - Check the Constitution to figure this out!):
This is an implied power. It doesn’t specifically state in the Constitution the problems of underage drinking and the concerns because it wasn’t a big issue back then. It’s implied where they can make laws according to what problems need to be fixed or things that need to be stressed such as the change of the drinking age from 18 to 21 due to increased problems with the issue.
Analysis (Do you think Congress should do this according to its Constitutional powers?)
Yes, I think it is important for Congress to do. These laws are necessary to being past to help our learning and education for children of underage drinking as well as the safety for the people who choose to drink underage. It’s been a concern for a long time and is growing, so I feel that this bill is essential for helping the issue.
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6 comments:
I agree that this is an important bill because underage drinking is a big problem. I think that in some places kids aren't educated enough about the cons of drinking so I think this bill can be very helpful.
I also agree with the importance of this bill because, while there are alot of people who don't want to admit it, underage drinking has become a real problem in our community. Congress should have every power to take steps towards prevention.
i do, and i dont agree with this iidea. I do believe more and more teens are drinking underage...but many KNOW THEY ARE DOING IT. they dont need someone else coming in, along with health teachers, to tell them what they are doing is wrong. However i do believe underage drinking and getting caught while doing it should have stricter consequences-when caught doing it. But i dont think they should pass then unless they insure that harsher punishment will be enforced when caught.
I think that this bill is really important because the United States has a serious problem with this. I think there should be harsher punishments for underage drinking and that we need to educate children on what happens when you drink at a young age.
I agree that the bill should be passed to add more awareness, since it is a big problem today. I think it's important to know that underage drinking does affect the development of the adolescent brain and, therefore, it should be taken more seriously.
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