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H.R. 1717: STOP Act

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H.R. 1717: STOP Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-26 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

STOP Act

Plain summary

Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or the STOP Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2016-FY2020. Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage drinking. Specifies additional requirements for the development of the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking. Directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to collect data and conduct or support new research on underage drinking that carries out and improves public health surveillance of alcohol use and alcohol-related conditions in states among individuals between age 18 and 20 by increasing the use of surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related harms.

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Official text

STOP Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · 104 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Adam Smith (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA) and 44 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1717 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114