; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting or after the semicolon; and (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (5) by striking paragraph (6). 10. Definitions In this Act: (1) Adolescents The term adolescents means individuals who are ages 10 through 19 at the time of commencement of participation in a program supported under this Act. (2) Age and developmentally appropriate The term age and developmentally appropriate means topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to particular age, age group of children and adolescents, or developmental levels, based on cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral capacity of most students at that age level. (3) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (4) Characteristics of effective programs The term characteristics of effective programs means the aspects of evidence-based programs, including development, content, and implementation of such programs, that— (A) have been shown to be effective in terms of increasing knowledge, clarifying values and attitudes, increasing skills, and impacting upon behavior; and (B) are widely recognized by leading medical and public health agencies to be effective in changing sexual behaviors that lead to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, unintended pregnancy, and dating violence and sexual assault among young people. (5) Comprehensive sex education The term comprehensive sex education means instruction part of a comprehensive school health education approach which addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of human sexuality