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HR 2678 112th Congress House

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minor… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act 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: July 28, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Adoption and foster careChild healthChild safety and welfareCrimes against women
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 28, 2011
Introduced in House
Jul 27, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5583-5584)
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 Latest action August 1, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teenage pregnancy and develop healthy relationships.

Allows up to 10% of amounts made available for this Act to be allotted for a rigorous, independent evaluation of grant activities.

Requires the Secretary to award grants for multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues.

Requires the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make grants for research on teenage pregnancy, dating violence, and healthy relationships among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities.

Requires the Secretary to direct the interagency adolescent health workgroup within the Office of Adolescent Health to include in the work of the group strategies for teenage dating violence prevention and healthy teenage relationships, with a particular focus among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence in the Department of Justice (DOJ).

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
FILNER, BOB
· Dec 16, 2011
Richardson, Laura
· Dec 16, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 28, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 28, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2678: Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2678/
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"H.R. 2678: Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2678/.
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H.R. 2678, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2678/.
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