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PUBLIC LAW 109–422—DEC. 20, 2006 ‘‘(II) where the students from the institution of higher education take part in the community; and ‘‘(III) where students from the institution of higher education live in off-campus housing. ‘‘(G) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 percent of a grant under this paragraph may be expended for administrative expenses. ‘‘(H) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010. ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.— ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON UNDERAGE DRINKING.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, collect data, and conduct or support research that is not duplicative of research currently being conducted or supported by the Department of Health and Human Services, on underage drinking, with respect to the following: ‘‘(i) Comprehensive community-based programs or strategies and statewide systems to prevent and reduce underage drinking, across the underage years from early childhood to age 21, including programs funded and implemented by government entities, public health interest groups and foundations, and alcohol beverage companies and trade associations. ‘‘(ii) Annually obtain and report more precise information than is currently collected on the scope of the underage drinking problem and patterns of underage alcohol consumption, including improved knowledge about the problem and progress in preventing, reducing and treating underage drinking; as well as information on the rate of exposure of youth to advertising and other media messages encouraging and discouraging alcohol consumption. ‘‘(iii) Compiling information on the involvement of alcohol in unnatural deaths of persons ages 12 to 20 in the United States, including suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries such as falls, drownings, burns, poisonings, and motor vehicle crash deaths. ‘‘(B) CERTAIN MATTERS.—The Secretary shall carry out activities toward the following objectives with respect to underage drinking: ‘‘(i) Obtaining new epidemiological data within the national or targeted surveys that identify alcohol use and attitudes about alcohol use during pre- and early adolescence, including harm caused to self or others as a result of adolescent alcohol use such as violence, date rape, risky sexual behavior, and prenatal alcohol exposure. ‘‘(ii) Developing or identifying successful clinical treatments for youth with alcohol problems. ‘‘(C) PEER REVIEW.—Research under subparagraph (A) shall meet current Federal standards for scientific peer review.
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