S1910-119

Introduced

To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion and attainment of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced May 22, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill establishes the legislative purpose and findings for comprehensive sex education, declaring that young people have the right to evidence-informed, medically accurate, and culturally responsive sex education and sexual, defines key terms for the Act including sex education, sexual health services, underserved young people, evidence-informed, medically accurate, and other operational terms that establish the scope and standards, and authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants to public/private entities for sex education programs in elementary and secondary schools and youth-serving organizations, with priority given. It relies on grants, definition changes, compliance mandates, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Education, Small Business, Healthcare, and Science & Space.

Who Benefits and How

Comprehensive sex education providers could gain revenue opportunities, Youth-serving organizations providing health services could gain revenue opportunities, and State educational agencies could gain revenue opportunities.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Grant recipients under this Act would take on compliance duties, Organizations currently receiving Section 510 abstinence-only funding could lose revenue opportunities, and Abstinence-only education providers could lose revenue opportunities.

Key Provisions

  • Establishes the legislative purpose and findings for comprehensive sex education, declaring that young people have the right to evidence-informed, medically accurate, and culturally responsive sex education and sexual...
  • Defines key terms for the Act including sex education, sexual health services, underserved young people, evidence-informed, medically accurate, and other operational terms that establish the scope and standards...
  • Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants to public/private entities for sex education programs in elementary and secondary schools and youth-serving organizations, with priority given...
  • Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants to colleges and universities for sex education programs, with priority to minority-serving institutions including Hispanic-serving, Tribal colleges...
  • Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants for professional development and training of teachers, health educators, faculty, administrators, and staff on sex education, including anti-racist...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill establishes the legislative purpose and findings for comprehensive sex education, declaring that young people have the right to evidence-informed, medically accurate, and culturally responsive sex education and sexual, defines key terms for the Act including sex education, sexual health services, underserved young people, evidence-informed, medically accurate, and other operational terms that establish the scope and standards, and authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants to public/private entities for sex education programs in elementary and secondary schools and youth-serving organizations, with priority given.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Small Business, Healthcare, Science & Space

Primary Purpose

The bill establishes the legislative purpose and findings for comprehensive sex education, declaring that young people have the right to evidence-informed, medically accurate, and culturally responsive sex education and sexual, defines key terms for the Act including sex education, sexual health services, underserved young people, evidence-informed, medically accurate, and other operational terms that establish the scope and standards, and authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award competitive 5-year grants to public/private entities for sex education programs in elementary and secondary schools and youth-serving organizations, with priority given.

Policy Domains

Education Small Business Healthcare Science & Space

Title I - Small Business Innovation Research

Identified Gains
  • Comprehensive sex education providers
  • Youth-serving organizations providing health services
  • State educational agencies
  • Sexual health service providers
  • Minority-serving institutions of higher education
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
State educational agencies:
Sexual health service providers:
Comprehensive sex education providers: ,
Minority-serving institutions of higher education:
Youth-serving organizations providing health services:
Identified Costs
  • Grant recipients under this Act
  • Organizations currently receiving Section 510 abstinence-only funding
  • Abstinence-only education providers
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • HIV education programs receiving federal funds
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
Grant recipients under this Act: ,
Abstinence-only education providers:
Department of Health and Human Services:
HIV education programs receiving federal funds:
Organizations currently receiving Section 510 abstinence-only funding:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 22, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Markey, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
19 mentions across 9 clauses
+12 positive -5 negative ?2 uncertain

Abstinence-only education providers, All colleges and universities, Comprehensive sex education providers

Positive-direction: All colleges and universities, Comprehensive sex education providers, Educational service agencies, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, Local educational agencies, Minority-serving institutions of higher education, Nonprofit institutions of higher education, State education agencies, State educational agencies, Teachers and health educators, Tribal Colleges and Universities

Negative-direction: Abstinence-only education providers, Grant recipients under this Act, HIV education programs receiving federal funds, Organizations currently receiving Section 510 abstinence-only funding

General Public
6 mentions across 3 clauses
+6 positive

LGBTQ+ young people, Minority young people, Underserved young people (LGBTQ+, minorities, low-income)

Advocacy Groups
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Sex education training nonprofits, Youth-serving nonprofit organizations, Youth-serving organizations providing health services

Outpatient Care Centers
3 mentions across 2 clauses
+3 positive

Community health centers (340B covered entities), Federally Qualified Health Centers, Sexual health service providers

Research & Science
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Independent evaluation contractors, Research and technical assistance providers

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Department of Health and Human Services

11/12
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Small Business Healthcare Science & Space
Actor Mappings
"the_administration"
→ Small Business Administration
Domains
Native American Affairs Tourism
Actor Mappings
"the_director_bia"
→ Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
"the_director_onhr"
→ Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
Domains
Tax Policy Military and Defense
Domains
Veterans Affairs Mental Health
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Veterans Affairs
"the_comptroller_general"
→ Comptroller General of the United States
Domains
Labor Social Welfare Economic Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Labor
Domains
National Security Public Health Law Enforcement
Actor Mappings
"the_chair"
→ Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Domains
Government Ethics Congressional Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_committee"
→ Committee on Ethics
Domains
Budget
Domains
Budget Appropriations

Note: 'The Secretary' refers to different Cabinet officials depending on title: Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Title IV, Secretary of Labor in Title VI

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"qualified military spouse" §301

Any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States

"public company" §901

An issuer as defined in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 whose securities are required to be registered under section 12 or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of such Act

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