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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-06 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2017-10-02 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-02 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |