118 HR 5237 IH: Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-08-18 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5237IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 18, 2023Mr. Fry (for himself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. Santos) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report on the effects of the fentanyl crisis, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act.

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Report on the fentanyl crisis

(a)

In general

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the fentanyl crisis.(b)

Report

The report shall include information related to the fentanyl crisis, including the following:(1)The effects, and implications of such effects, on—(A)the general labor market, disaggregated by race and gender, including—(i)the unemployment rate;(ii)the employment to total population ratio;(iii)the population that is age 16 or older; and(iv)the population that is not younger than age 25 or older than age 54;(B)industry sectors, such as construction and finance;(C)Federal tax revenue;(D)means-tested Federal benefits programs, including Medicaid;(E)Federal health programs, including Medicare;(F)housing instability, including evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness, and the economic effect on individuals experiencing such instability; and(G)State finances, including the resulting effect on the Federal Government.(2)Information on—(A)the availability of each Federally assisted rental housing program to individuals with a known drug conviction;(B)the number of individuals age 18 or younger who have died from a fentanyl overdose; and(C)actions the Federal Government can take to—(i)mitigate the burden of the fentanyl crisis on States; and (ii)efficiently address such crisis.(c)

Definitions

In this Act:(1)

Federally assisted rental housing

The term Federally assisted rental housing means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rent and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture.(2)

State

The term State means each of the 50 States.