[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1244. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Welch) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 331, to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of 
fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. OVERCOMING PREVALENT INADEQUACIES IN OVERDOSE 
                   INFORMATION DATA SETS.

       (a) Accurate Data on Opioid-related Overdoses.--The 
     Attorney General may award grants to States, territories, and 
     localities to support improved data and surveillance on 
     opioid-related overdoses, including for activities to improve 
     postmortem toxicology testing, data linkage across data 
     systems throughout the United States, electronic death 
     reporting, or the comprehensiveness of data on fatal and 
     nonfatal opioid-related overdoses.
       (b) Law Enforcement Grants.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General may award grants to 
     local law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in 
     communities with high rates of drug overdoses for the purpose 
     of--
       (A) training to help officers identify overdoses;
       (B) upgrading essential systems for tracing drugs and 
     processing samples in forensic laboratories to provide 
     timely, accurate, and standard data reporting to the National 
     Forensic Laboratory Information System; or
       (C) training to better trace criminals through the darknet.
       (2) Federal law enforcement training centers.--Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Centers shall provide training to State 
     and local law enforcement agencies on how to best coordinate 
     with State and Federal partners for tracking drug-related 
     activity.
       (3) Cops grants.--Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (23), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (24), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(25) to provide training and resources for containment 
     devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other 
     substances for first responders.''.
       (c) Office of National Drug Control Policy Reform.--
       (1) In general.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall 
     develop uniform reporting standards for inputting data into 
     the National Forensic Laboratory Information System for 
     purity, formulation, and weight to allow for better 
     comparison across jurisdictions and between agencies and the 
     sharing of data.
       (2) Clarification.--Nothing in paragraph (1) may be 
     construed to require the creation of new or increased 
     obligations or reporting requirements on State or local 
     laboratories.
       (d) Dea Testing.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall 
     submit to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a 
     specific line item for the level of funding necessary for the 
     Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program.

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