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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the provision to at-risk communities of services under the program of block grants for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

Introduced: May 15, 1997 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jun 2, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 15, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
May 15, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants, substance abuse data collection, and a national database on substance abuse prevention. Requires that States spend a minimum percentage of the grants on drug abuse prevention and treatment in communities with a significant number of individuals who are at risk of developing drug abuse (in addition to amounts required by other provisions for such individuals).

What's happening now June 2, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 15, 1997
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 15, 1997
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 1997
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 15, 1997
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 15, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1637: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the provision to at-risk communities of services under the program of block grants for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1637/
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"H.R. 1637: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the provision to at-risk communities of services under the program of block grants for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1637/.
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H.R. 1637, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1637/.
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