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119-hr-6902119th CongressWALLET

Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act

Sponsored By: Representative Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]

Introduced

Summary

Youth substance use prevention: This bill would expand grant rules so federal grants can fund research-based public service announcement campaigns for young people. It would also require the Attorney General to publish annual reports evaluating each funded campaign.

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  • Families and youth would see more age-appropriate prevention messages across television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital media, plus contests that invite young people to create PSAs.
  • Local prevention groups and schools could use grants to develop, implement, or expand research-based PSA programs and run youth PSA contests.
  • Researchers and policymakers would get an annual Attorney General report for each grant that describes the campaign, the research behind it, any regional messaging, how it fits broader prevention efforts, and an evaluation of its success at reducing youth drug use rates.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Grants for youth substance-use PSAs

If enacted, this bill would let eligible grantees use grants to create or expand research-based public service announcement (PSA) campaigns. Campaigns would target youth substance use with age-appropriate TV, radio, print, outdoor, and digital messages. Grants could also fund PSA contests that ask youth to submit entries. The Attorney General would have to publish an annual report for each grant describing the campaign, the research behind it, any regional messaging, how it fits into prevention work, and an evaluation of whether it reduced youth drug use.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/2/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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