Federal

Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023

Source: Congress.gov · 391 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes a 1968 federal law to allow grant money to be used for teaching first responders about containment devices and buying those devices. These containment devices prevent secondary exposure, meaning they stop people from accidentally being exposed to dangerous substances like fentanyl or other potentially lethal drugs when first responders handle them.

Who It Affects

First responders (such as police officers, firefighters and paramedics) are directly affected by this bill because they would receive training and equipment. Agencies that give out grants under the federal law would also be affected because they would have new authority to spend grant money on these purposes.

Key Provisions

• Authorizes grant money to be used for providing training and resources to first responders on how to use containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances (Sec. 2) • Authorizes grant money to be used for purchasing containment devices for use by first responders (Sec. 2)

What Changes

The bill adds a new allowable use of federal grant money under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Agencies managing these grants would gain the authority to fund first responder training and equipment purchases related to containment devices for dangerous substances.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 795 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 sec- ondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 2, 2023 Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself, Mr. TRONE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Mr. PHILLIPS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary 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 sub- stances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:24 Feb 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H795.IH H795 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 795 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting First Re- 2 sponders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROVIDING TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR FIRST 4 RESPONDERS ON THE USE OF CONTAINMENT 5 DEVICES TO PREVENT SECONDARY EXPO- 6 SURE TO FENTANYL AND OTHER POTEN- 7 TIALLY LETHAL SUBSTANCES, AND PUR- 8 CHASING SUCH CONTAINMENT DEVICES FOR 9 USE BY FIRST RESPONDERS. 10 Section 3021(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701(a)) is amend- 12 ed by inserting after paragraph (3) the following, and re- 13 designating succeeding paragraphs accordingly: 14 ‘‘(4) Providing training and resources for first 15 responders on the use of containment devices to pre- 16 vent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other poten- 17 tially lethal substances, and purchasing such con- 18 tainment devices for use by first responders.’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:24 Feb 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H795.IH H795 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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