3.0.0 3645 2022-12-29T21:18:18Z 2022-12-29T21:18:18Z Senate S 2022-02-14 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-15T00:11:48Z CRACK Act of 2022 117 3632 S 2022-02-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS PIPES Act 117 6744 HR 2022-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Identical bill CRS 2022-02-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2022-02-14 True Health Health 00 2022-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-27T16:11:59Z Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act

This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs.

First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.

Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.

]]> PIPES Act Display Title PIPES Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PIPES Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for local substance use disorder services for the purchase of sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs, or to procure, supply, or distribute pipes, cylindrical objects, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3645is/xml/BILLS-117s3645is.xml 2022-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.