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H.R. 3900 115th Congress House

Youth Empowerment Act of 2017

Official title: To amend section 510 of the Social Security Act regarding a youth empowerment program.

Introduced: October 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthFamily planning and birth controlHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive care
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Marriage and family statusPoverty and welfare assistanceSex and reproductive health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 2, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 2, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Youth Empowerment Act of 2017

This bill creates, and makes appropriations in FY2018 and FY2019 for, the Youth Empowerment Program. The program shall fund allotments to states or other entities to implement education exclusively about sexual risk avoidance (voluntarily refraining from sexual activity). Up to 20% of an allotment may be used to build evidence for sexual risk avoidance education.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 4541 CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017
  • HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
  • HR 3922 CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act
  • HJRES 124 Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3900: Youth Empowerment Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3900/
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"H.R. 3900: Youth Empowerment Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3900/.
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H.R. 3900, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3900/.
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