[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1823 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1823

 To provide opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to first 
          responders for personal use, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2019

  Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gosar, Mr. David P. Roe of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. 
Guest, Mr. Budd, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Grothman) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to first 
          responders for personal use, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Help Ensure Responders Overdosing 
Emerge Safely Act of 2019'' or the ``HEROES Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM AND THE FIRE 
              PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS PROGRAM.

    (a) Fire Prevention and Safety Grants Program.--Section 33(c)(3) of 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(O) To provide opioid receptor antagonists, 
                including naloxone, to firefighters, paramedics, 
                emergency medical service workers, and other first 
                responders for personal use.''.
    (b) COPS Grant.--Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(13)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) to provide opioid receptor antagonists, including 
        naloxone, to law enforcement officers for personal use.''.
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