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ADVERTISING UPDATE
CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE

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SENATE COMMITTEE CONISDERS NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN APPROPRIATIONS (6/23/99)

The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on the Treasury-Postal Service-General Government appropriations bill tomorrow, June 24. This will include funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) is prepared to offer an amendment to authorize ONDCP to include underage drinking prevention messages in the youth anti-drug media campaign.

BACKGROUND
NCADD supports efforts in Congress to include underage drinking prevention messages in the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. The House Appropriations Committee has postponed consideration of its bill; it most likely will not be taken up before July 4th.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Call your Senator, if he or she is listed below, by contacting the Capitol Hill Switchboard 202/224-3121 and asking for his or her office. Or you can look up your Senator's direct line or e-mail address on-line at Contact Your Senator on NCADD's website.

The message is:

Please support the Lautenberg Amendment to the Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations bill, which will allow the Office of National Drug Control Policy's media campaign to include underage drinking prevention messages.

Committee Members:

Ted Stevens (AK)
Thad Cochran (MS)
Richard Shelby (AL)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
John Kyl (AZ)
Pete Domenici (NM)
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Arlen Spector (PA)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell(CO)
Ernest Hollings (SC)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Slade Gorton (WA)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Robert Byrd (WI)
Patty Murray (WA)


If you have any questions, please contact the Public Policy Office via e-mail at publicpolicy@ncadd.org.