tive numbers of individuals served within and outside of Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

(e) (1) In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, there is established in the Office of Education an Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be headed by a Director.

(2) The Director shall report directly to the Commissioner.

(3) The Office of Education shall provide the Office of Drug Abuse Education with sufficient staff and resources to carry out its responsibilities under this Act.

(4) In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Director of such Office shall consult with the Directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and shall coordinate the activities of such Office with the activities of such Institutes to the extent feasible.

(f) The Secretary shall assure cooperation and coordination between the Office of Education (acting through the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education) and the Alcohol. Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) to identify and implement successful prevention programs and strategies, to identify research and development priorities, and to disseminate the results of such activities. The Secretary shall further assure that all such prevention programs and strategies which are school-based (assisted or conducted by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) shall, to the extent feasible, be coordinated through the Office of Education (acting through the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education).

[d] (g) (1) Financial assistance under this section may be made only upon application at such time or times, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary, and only if such application—

(A) provides that activities and services for which assistance under this title is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant;

(B) provides for carrying out one or more projects or programs eligible for assistance under subsections (b) and (c) of this section and provides for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such projects or programs;

(C) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and in no case supplant such funds; [and]

(D) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require, and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find neecssary to assure to correctness and verification of such reports []; and

(E) provides assurance that the applicant will coordinate its efforts with the appropriate State and local alcohol and drug abuse agencies, and educational agencies and organizations; and

(F) provides a proposed performance standard to measure, or research procedure to determine, the effectiveness of the program or project for which assistance is sought.

(2) An application from a local education agency for financial assistance under this section may be approved by the Commissioner only after the applicant has submitted the application to the State educational agency. The State educational agency shall, not more than thirty days after the date of receipt of the application, submit to the Secretary in writing its comments on the application. A copy of such comments shall be submitted at the same time to the applicant.

(3) Amendments of applications shall, except as the Commissioner may otherwise provide by or pursuant to regulation, be subject to the requirements set forth in subsections (d) (1) and (d) (2).

Le)] (h) (1) The Commissioner [may] shall use funds in an amount [not exceeding 1] of 3 per centum of the funds appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year for independent analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of the drug and alcohol abuse education programs assisted under this section.

(2) The Commissioner shall, not later than March 31 of each calendar year, submit an evaluation report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education and Labor, and the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Such report shall

(A) contain the agency's statement of specific and detailed objectives for the program or programs assisted under the provisions of this Act, and relate these objectives to those in the Act,

(B) include statements of the agency's conclusions as to effectiveness of the program or programs in meeting the stated objectives, measured through the end of the preceding fiscal year,

(C) make recommendations with respect to any changes or additional legislative action deemed necessary or desirable in carrying out the program or programs,

(D) contain a listing identifying the principal analyses and studies supporting the major conclusions and recommendations, and

(E) contain the agency's annual evaluation plan for the program or programs through the ensuing fiscal year for which the budget was transmitted to Congress by the President, in accordance with section 201 (a) of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11).

[f] (i) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section $26,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 3, 1976, [and] $34,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979: $14,000,000 for the fiscal year 1880; and $18,000,000,000 for the fiscal year 1981. Not less than 60 per centum of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under this section shall be used for drug and alcohol abuse education programs and projects in elementary and secondary schools.

(2) To the maximum extent practicable, of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year under this subsection, sums shall be allotted for alcohol and drug abuse education projects reflecting various services to individuals proportionate to relative numbers of individuals served within and outside of Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

(3) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for obligation through fiscal year 1981 in order to permit multiple year funding of projects under this Act.

SEC. 8. As used in this Act

DEFINITIONS

(a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

(b) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education.

(c) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.