[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6144

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
        authorize grant programs to combat fentanyl poisonings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2023

Mr. Mike Garcia of California (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Zinke, Mr. 
    Williams of New York, Mrs. Bice, and Mr. Mills) 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 
        authorize grant programs to combat fentanyl poisonings.

    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 ``Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL POISONINGS.

    (a) Grant Programs Authorized.--Subpart 1 of part E of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C 10151 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; and
            (2) by inserting after section 508 the following:

``SEC. 509. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL POISONINGS.

    ``(a) Grants To Prevent the Sale of Controlled Substances on Social 
Media Platforms.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--The Attorney General, acting through 
        the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
        is authorized to award grants to State and local law 
        enforcement agencies to assist such agencies in planning, 
        designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive 
        programs to combat the sale, marketing, or distribution of 
        controlled substances (as such term is defined in section 102 
        of the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) using social 
        media platforms, including programs that--
                    ``(A) prioritize the arrest of individuals who use 
                social media platforms as a primary source of marketing 
                or distributing controlled substances;
                    ``(B) provide education and training, including 
                online training resources, to school personnel, 
                clinicians, and the public in order to--
                            ``(i) educate such persons on the dangers 
                        of ingesting controlled substances purchased 
                        using a social media platform, especially the 
                        risk of fentanyl poisoning from a counterfeit 
                        substance (as such term is defined in section 
                        102 of the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 
                        802));
                            ``(ii) educate parents or personnel who are 
                        charged with the well-being and safety of 
                        children on commonly used methods of 
                        communication between online drug dealers and 
                        potential victims.
            ``(2) Application.--The head of a State or local law 
        enforcement agency seeking a grant under this section shall 
        submit to the Attorney General an application, at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney 
        General may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Grants To Increase Public Awareness About the Dangers of 
Fentanyl.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--The Attorney General, acting through 
        the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
        is authorized to award grants to non-profit organizations to 
        assist such organizations in designing, establishing, and 
        operating public education and awareness campaigns that teach 
        individuals about the dangers of fentanyl.
            ``(2) Uses of funds.--Grants awarded under this section may 
        be used for the following purposes:
                    ``(A) Providing transportation for parents or 
                immediate family members of individuals who died from 
                fentanyl poisoning to speak at public events or 
                awareness campaigns.
                    ``(B) Creating, producing, and disseminating 
                educational materials related to the dangers of 
                fentanyl, such as documentaries, pamphlets, books, and 
                infographics.
                    ``(C) Providing counseling or mentorship services 
                to individuals who have had a friend or a family member 
                die from fentanyl poisoning.
                    ``(D) Providing naloxone or overdose reversal 
                education and training services to parents and school 
                employees.
            ``(3) Limitation on uses of funds.--Grants awarded under 
        this section may not be used to purchase harm reduction 
        services or supplies, such as substance abuse test kits, sharps 
        or medication disposal kits, medication lockboxes, supplies to 
        promote sterile injection (including syringes and drug 
        paraphernalia), safer smoking kits (including pipes, pipettes, 
        and drug paraphernalia), and written educational materials on 
        safer injection practices, except that such funds may be used 
        to purchase naloxone, naloxone administration supplies, or 
        naloxone administration training.
            ``(4) Maximum amount.--The maximum amount of a grant under 
        this subsection is $50,000.
            ``(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `nonprofit 
        organization' means an organization that is described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.''.
    (b) Reserved Funds.--Section 506(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10157(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) $10,000,000 for grants under section 509(a); and
            ``(4) $2,000,000 for grants under section 509(b).''.
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