This program seeks to reduce the availability of alcoholic beverages to and the consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons serving in the U. S. Air Force and/or the U. S. Marine Corps who are younger than 21 years old.
The initiative will provide funds to local civilian communities to implement
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research-based and promising practices to enforce underage drinking laws and prevent underage service personnel from consuming alcohol in collaboration with active duty bases.
This program is authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
5665-5667, and by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law 112-5 5.