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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2194
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act
of 1998 to reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro-
gram and modify the Program with respect to promising practices, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH18, 2025
Mr. H
ARDERof California (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary,
and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 1998 to reauthorize the High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas Program and modify the Pro-
gram with respect to promising practices, 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 ‘‘Ending Drug Traf-4
ficking in Our Communities Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PRO-1
GRAM. 2
(a) R
EAUTHORIZATION.—Section 707(p) of the Of-3
fice of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 4
of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(p)) is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’; 6
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 7
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8
(3) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(7) $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 10
through 2031.’’. 11
(b) M
ODIFICATIONWITHRESPECT TOPROMISING 12
P
RACTICES.—Section 707(q) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 13
1706(q)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(4) P
ROMISING PRACTICES.—Beginning in fis-15
cal year 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 16
Director shall do the following: 17
‘‘(A) For each promising practice that the 18
Director identifies, review the promising prac-19
tice to determine whether the promising prac-20
tice has the potential to enhance the efficiency 21
and effectiveness of the activities performed by 22
means of a HIDTA, including the following: 23
‘‘(i) The identification and investiga-24
tion of any entity that is responsible for 25
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trafficking an illegal drug that has resulted 1
in an overdose in a HIDTA. 2
‘‘(ii) Information sharing and coordi-3
nation for Federal, State, territorial, Trib-4
al, and local responses to crimes that in-5
volve an illegal drug and criminal use of a 6
firearm. 7
‘‘(iii) The implementation and evalua-8
tion of evidence-based substance use dis-9
order prevention practices, programs, and 10
strategies. 11
‘‘(B) For each promising practice that the 12
Director determines to have such potential, de-13
velop the promising practice for use by each 14
HIDTA. 15
‘‘(C) Promulgate each promising practice 16
developed under subparagraph (B) to each 17
HIDTA.’’. 18
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