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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 617
To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on opioid-
related overdoses, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY18, 2025
Mr. S
COTTof Florida (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and 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
electronic death reporting, or the comprehensiveness of 3
data on fatal and nonfatal opioid-related overdoses. 4
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—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) M
ANDATORYREPORTING.—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) F
EDERALLAWENFORCEMENT TRAININGCEN-22
TERS.—Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 23
provide training to State and local law enforcement agen-24
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cies on how to best coordinate with State and Federal 1
partners for tracking drug-related activity. 2
(d) COPS G
RANTS.—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 (23), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6
end; 7
(2) in paragraph (24), 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) I
NGENERAL.—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) C
LARIFICATION.—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
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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
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