[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 261

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources 
   for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent 
secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, 
  and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2023

Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources 
   for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent 
secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, 
  and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.

    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 ``Protecting First Responders from 
Secondary Exposure Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING FIRST RESPONDER SECONDARY EXPOSURE TO FENTANYL.

    Section 3021(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Providing training and resources for first responders 
        on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure 
        to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and 
        purchasing such containment devices for use by first 
        responders.''.
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