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I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6704IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 11, 2022Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Posey, Mr. Steube, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support the purchase of, drug paraphernalia.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Halting the Use of Narcotics Through Effective Recovery Act of 2022 or the HUNTER Act of 2022.

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Prohibition against use of Federal funds for drug paraphernalia

(a)

In general

No Federal funds, including funds appropriated by section 2706 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 note), may be used for the purchase, or to support the purchase by any recipient of Federal assistance, of any drug paraphernalia.(b)

Definition

In this section, the term drug paraphernalia—(1)has the definition given to that term in section 863 of title 18, United States Code; and(2)includes, to the extent covered by such definition, crack pipes, harm reduction vending machines, syringes, and safe smoking kits and supplies.