The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) and to issue an annual report summarizing all Federal agency activities related to preventing underage alcohol use. HHS made ICCPUD a standing committee to provide ongoing, high-level leadership on this issue and to serve as a mechanism for coordinating Federal efforts aimed at preventing and reducing underage drinking. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) serves as the lead ICCPUD agency.  The standing interagency committee comprises representatives from:

• U.S. Department of Defense
  
  
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  
  
  • Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
  
  • Administration for Children and Families
  
  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  
  
  • Office of the Surgeon General
  
  
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Justice
  
  
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Transportation
  
  
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  
  
  
• U.S. Department of Treasury
  
  
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
  
  
  
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission

On behalf of ICCPUD, SAMHSA maintains this Web site as a portal to Government-approved materials on underage drinking. The site also gives information on the Federal plan addressing this issue, a catalog of related Federal programs, and other information.

• SAMHSA Agency Overview
• SAMHSA Organizational Chart
• SAMHSA Agency Biographies
• Contact Us
• Link To Us
• Linking Policy
• Awards