H.R. 1706 114th Congress House

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2015

Official title: To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of comprehensive sexual health and healthy relationships, the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2015 See on congress.gov

Health Assault and harassment offensesChild healthCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuse

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Drug, alcohol, tobacco useEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEducational technology and distance educationElementary and secondary educationFamily planning and birth controlFamily relationshipsHIV/AIDSHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationMinority educationPerformance measurementSex and reproductive healthSex offensesSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSexually transmitted diseasesTeaching, teachers, curriculaTeenage pregnancyViolent crime

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Nov 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Nov 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Mar 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 26, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 26, 2015

Introduced in House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive 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 elementary and secondary school students.

Grants cannot be used for health education programs that:

deliberately 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 stereotypes;
are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of survivors of sexual abuse or assault, sexually active youth, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth; or
are inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and public health.

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to remove limitations on using AIDS prevention program funding for education or information that promotes sexual activity or intravenous substance abuse.

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funding to be used for contraceptive distribution in schools.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 5

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee

Cosponsors 40

Castor, Kathy

Florida · Nov 15, 2016

Aguilar, Pete

California · Sep 28, 2016

Meng, Grace

New York · Sep 27, 2016

Tonko, Paul

New York · Sep 19, 2016

DelBene, Suzan K.

Washington · Sep 6, 2016

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Sep 6, 2016

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Jul 14, 2016

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Jul 11, 2016

DeSaulnier, Mark

California · Apr 26, 2016

Chu, Judy

California · Apr 25, 2016

Huffman, Jared

California · Apr 25, 2016

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Apr 14, 2016

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Feb 25, 2016

Norcross, Donald

New Jersey · Nov 30, 2015

Clark, Katherine M.

Massachusetts · Nov 16, 2015

Beatty, Joyce

Ohio · Oct 1, 2015

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Sep 17, 2015

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 16, 2015

Waters, Maxine

California · Sep 8, 2015

Bonamici, Suzanne

Oregon · Jun 2, 2015

Kelly, Robin L.

Illinois · Jun 2, 2015

Quigley, Mike

Illinois · May 20, 2015

Beyer, Donald S.

Virginia · May 14, 2015

Lieu, Ted

California · Apr 29, 2015

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2015

Pingree, Chellie

Maine · Apr 13, 2015

Pocan, Mark

Wisconsin · Apr 13, 2015

Adams, Alma S.

North Carolina · Mar 26, 2015

Clarke, Yvette D.

New York · Mar 26, 2015

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Mar 26, 2015

DeLauro, Rosa L.

Connecticut · Mar 26, 2015

Frankel, Lois

Florida · Mar 26, 2015

Moore, Gwen

Wisconsin · Mar 26, 2015

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Mar 26, 2015

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 26, 2015

Peters, Scott H.

California · Mar 26, 2015

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Mar 26, 2015

Takano, Mark

California · Mar 26, 2015

Titus, Dina

Nevada · Mar 26, 2015

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Mar 26, 2015

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