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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1257
To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on opioid-
related overdoses, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY12, 2025
Ms. L
EEof Florida (for herself and Mr. PAPPAS) 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
data 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
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tivities to improve postmortem toxicology testing, data 1
linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 2
training to equip officers to address overdoses and related 3
criminal activity, electronic death reporting, or the com-4
prehensiveness of data on fatal opioid-related overdoses. 5
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 7
grants to local law enforcement agencies and forensic lab-8
oratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses 9
for the purpose of— 10
(1) training to help officers identify overdoses; 11
(2) upgrading essential systems for tracing 12
drugs and processing samples in forensic labora-13
tories to provide timely, accurate, and standard data 14
reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor-15
mation System; 16
(3) training to better trace criminals through 17
the darknet; or 18
(4) providing training, staffing, and equipment 19
in medical examiners and coroners’ offices to provide 20
more timely and comprehensive services in suspected 21
overdose cases. 22
(b) M
ANDATORYREPORTING.—None of the funds 23
made under subsection (a) may be used by grantees that 24
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do not submit to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor-1
mation System reports on overdose data. 2
(c) F
EDERALLAWENFORCEMENT TRAININGCEN-3
TERS.—Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 4
provide training to State and local law enforcement agen-5
cies on how to best coordinate with State and Federal 6
partners for tracking drug-related activity. 7
(d) COPS G
RANTS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni-8
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 9
U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 10
(1) in paragraph (23), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 11
end; 12
(2) in paragraph (24), by striking the period at 13
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
(3) by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(25) to provide training and resources for con-16
tainment devices to prevent secondary exposure to 17
fentanyl and other substances for first responders.’’. 18
SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY RE-19
FORM. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Drug Enforcement Adminis-21
tration shall develop uniform reporting standards for 22
inputting data into the National Forensic Laboratory In-23
formation System for purity, formulation, and weight to 24
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allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and be-1
tween agencies and the sharing of data. 2
(b) C
LARIFICATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) may 3
be construed to require the creation of new or increased 4
obligations or reporting requirements on State or local lab-5
oratories. 6
SEC. 5. DEA TESTING. 7
The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit 8
to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a spe-9
cific line item for the level of funding necessary for the 10
Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program. 11
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