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H.R. 3602: Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017

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H.R. 3602: Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 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.

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Official title

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017

Plain summary

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Department of Education, to award grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents, (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education, and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to adolescents. HHS must enter a contract with a nonprofit organization to evaluate and report on these grants. The bill makes appropriations to carry out the the bill. Grants may not be used for health education programs that: withhold health-promoting or lifesaving information about sexuality-related topics, including HIV; are medically inaccurate or have been scientifically shown to be ineffective; promote gender or racial stereotypes; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of certain youth, including survivors of sexual abuse or assault, sexually active youth, pregnant or parenting youth, or individuals with varying gender identities or sexual orientations; or are inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and public health. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements and eliminate prohibitions regarding the content of educational programs funded through the AIDS prevention program. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funding to be used for: (1) materials or programs that promote or encourage sexual activity, and (2) contraceptive distribution in schools. The bill amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to repeal the program for abstinence education. Unobligated funds for abstinence education are transferred and made available to carry out this bill.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 71 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Diana DeGette (D-CO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 11 more.

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Appropriation
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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3602 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115