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HR 5033 111th Congress House

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the inform… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies.

Introduced: June 23, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 15, 2010
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to eligible entities for new and existing program interventions to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies and develop healthy relationships.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to carry out multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants for research on teenage pregnancy that includes: (1) investigating the incidence and prevalence of teenage pregnancy and births in racial and ethnic minority or immigrant communities; and (2) examining factors that lead to teenage pregnancy among youth in foster care or juvenile justice systems.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 12
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 29, 2010
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 16, 2010
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Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 26, 2010
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 26, 2010
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 26, 2010
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Jul 26, 2010
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 1, 2010
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 23, 2010
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jun 23, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 23, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 23, 2010
Sablan, Gregorio
· Jun 23, 2010
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 15, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5033: Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5033/
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"H.R. 5033: Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5033/.
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H.R. 5033, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5033/.
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