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H.R. 2553 · 109th Congress

Responsible Education About Life Act

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136 cosponsors · 133 D, 2 R, 1 I
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84 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 23, 2005

Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Expresses the sense of Congress that States are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds.

Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires States receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the State's program by an external, independent entity.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Responsible Education About Life Act

Latest action (Jun 3, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 23, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.