# 119-hr-6902: Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act

119-hr-6902, Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6902
- Congress: 119
- Title: Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-03

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for youth substance-use PSAs: benefit, low. 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…

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- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6902 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6902)

## Related
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- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6902 (as of 2026-07-03).