[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4431 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4431

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for a pilot program under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant 
 Program for local law enforcement agencies located in rural areas to 
purchase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. 
   Neguse, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Budzinski, and Ms. Craig) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for a pilot program under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant 
 Program for local law enforcement agencies located in rural areas to 
purchase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths, 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 ``Law Enforcement Officers Preventing 
Overdose Deaths Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RURAL NALAXONE PILOT PROGRAMS FOR FUNDING UNDER 
              THE COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) A pilot program for local law enforcement agencies 
        located in rural areas to purchase opioid receptor antagonists, 
        including naloxone, for use by officers in the line of duty, as 
        described in subsection (g).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Rural Nalaxone Pilot Program.--The pilot program described 
under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement a 
program for local law enforcement agencies to purchase opioid receptor 
antagonists, including naloxone, for use by officers in the line of 
duty.''.

SEC. 3. PROVISION REGARDING CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL FOR RURAL 
              COMMUNITIES.

    Section 3024 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10704) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) provides that no less than 50 percent of grants 
        issued pursuant to this part shall be awarded to rural 
        areas.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    Section 3025 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(9) The term `rural area' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)).''.
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