This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing conducted on H.R. 457, the Youth Suicide Prevention Act, legislation which would authorize funds to be reserved from the Secretary's discretionary fund in the Chapter 2 Program for youth suicide prevention programs administered in the Department of Education. Opening statements are included by Representatives Augustus Hawkins and Marge Roukema. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Representatives Gary Ackerman and Tom Lantos, two Congressmen who introduced the legislation; (2) Tom Kavanaugh, director of special services, Franklin School, Bergenfield, New Jersey, who was the psychologist responsible for coordinating the postvention efforts after the multiple suicides of four adolescents in Bergenfield in March, 1987; (3) Warren Hagberg, California Parent Teacher Association, Burlingame, California; (4) Joanne Brokaw-Livesay, member, board of directors, Youth Suicide National Center, Washington, D.C.; and (5) Beverly Kay Celotta, president, Celotta, Jacobs, and Keys Association, representing the American Association for Counseling and Development, Washington, D.C. Prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials submitted for the record are included. (NB)