OPIOIDS Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3150 To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate date on opioid- related overdoses, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 9, 2023 Ms. LEE of Florida (for herself and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate date on opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Overcoming Prevalent 4 Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets Act’’ or 5 the ‘‘OPIOIDS Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. ACCURATE DATA ON OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSES. 7 The Attorney General may award grants to States, 8 territories, and localities to support improved data and 9 surveillance on opioid-related overdoses, including for ac- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3150.IH H3150 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3150 IH tivities to improve postmortem toxicology testing, data 1 linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 2 electronic death reporting, or the comprehensiveness of 3 data on fatal and nonfatal opioid-related overdoses. 4 SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make 6 grants to local law enforcement agencies and forensic lab- 7 oratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses 8 for the purpose of— 9 (1) training to help officers identify overdoses; 10 (2) upgrading essential systems for tracing 11 drugs and processing samples in forensic labora- 12 tories to provide timely, accurate, and standard data 13 reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor- 14 mation System; or 15 (3) training to better trace criminals through 16 the darknet. 17 (b) MANDATORY REPORTING.—None of the funds 18 made under subsection (a) may be used by grantees that 19 do not submit to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor- 20 mation System reports on overdose data. 21 (c) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CEN- 22 TERS.—Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 23 provide training to State and local law enforcement agen- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3150.IH H3150 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3150 IH cies on how to best coordinate with State and Federal 1 partners for tracking drug-related activity. 2 (d) COPS GRANTS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni- 3 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 4 U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 5 (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6 end; 7 (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(24) to provide training and resources for con- 11 tainment devices to prevent secondary exposure to 12 fentanyl and other substances for first responders.’’. 13 SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY RE- 14 FORM. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Drug Enforcement Adminis- 16 tration shall develop uniform reporting standards for 17 inputting data into the National Forensic Laboratory In- 18 formation System for purity, formulation, and weight to 19 allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and be- 20 tween agencies and the sharing of data. 21 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) may 22 be construed to require the creation of new or increased 23 obligations or reporting requirements on State or local lab- 24 oratories. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3150.IH H3150 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3150 IH SEC. 5. DEA TESTING. 1 The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit 2 to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a spe- 3 cific line item for the level of funding necessary for the 4 Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3150.IH H3150 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS