Awards to prevent underage cannabis use

Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 554. Awards to prevent underage cannabis use (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to eligible entities to prevent and reduce underage cannabis use. (b) Eligible entities To receive an award under this section, an entity shall be a State, political subdivision of a State, Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, an urban Indian organization, a nonprofit community-based organization, or any other nonprofit entity the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) Use of funds An eligible entity receiving an award under this subsection shall use funds from such award to— (1) establish, enhance, and support culturally- and linguistically-appropriate programs, including community-based, school-based, and higher-education based programs, and programs that target youth within the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, that offer screening, prevention, early intervention, diagnosis, treatment, referral, and recovery support services related to underage cannabis use; (2) design, test, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage cannabis use; (3) educate children, adolescents, youth, parents, health care providers, and communities about the dangers of underage cannabis use, including impaired driving due to cannabis use; (4) collect data on underage cannabis use to identify and address needs, service gaps, and trends; (5) strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, and State, local, and Tribal governments to prevent underage cannabis use; (6) address community norms regarding underage cannabis use, reduce opportunities for underage cannabis use, and reduce the prevalence of negative consequences associated with underage cannabis use; and (7) support other evidence-based and evidence-informed practices to reduce underage cannabis use, as determined by the Secretary. (d) Supplement not supplant Funds awarded under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, existing State, Federal, local, and Tribal funds to prevent and reduce underage cannabis use. (e) Priority consideration In making awards under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that serve medically underserved communities, communities with high rates of underage cannabis use, and communities that have historically experienced disproportionate arrest and conviction rates related to the sale, possession, use, manufacture, or cultivation of cannabis (but not counting convictions involving distribution of cannabis to a minor). (f) Funding In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section. (g) Definitions For the purposes of this section— (1) the terms Indian Tribe and Tribal organization have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and (2) the term urban Indian organization has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act..