119-hr1257

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1257 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1257

 To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on 
 opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 12, 2025

 Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in 
Overdose Information Data Sets Act'' or the ``OPIOIDS Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCURATE DATA ON OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSES.

 The Attorney General may award grants to States, territories, and 
localities to support improved data and surveillance on opioid-related 
overdoses, including for activities to improve postmortem toxicology 
testing, data linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 
training to equip officers to address overdoses and related criminal 
activity, electronic death reporting, or the comprehensiveness of data 
on fatal opioid-related overdoses.

SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants to local law 
enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in communities with high 
rates of drug overdoses for the purpose of--

    (1) training to help officers identify overdoses;

    (2) upgrading essential systems for tracing drugs and 
 processing samples in forensic laboratories to provide timely, 
 accurate, and standard data reporting to the National Forensic 
 Laboratory Information System;

    (3) training to better trace criminals through the darknet; 
 or

    (4) providing training, staffing, and equipment in medical 
 examiners and coroners' offices to provide more timely and 
 comprehensive services in suspected overdose cases.

    (b) Mandatory Reporting.--None of the funds made under subsection

    (a) may be used by grantees that do not submit to the National Forensic 
Laboratory Information System reports on overdose data.
            (c) Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.--Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers shall provide training to State and local 
law enforcement agencies on how to best coordinate with State and 
Federal partners for tracking drug-related activity.
            (d) COPS Grants.--

Section 1701

    (b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (23) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (24) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (25) to provide training and resources for containment 
 devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other 
 substances for first responders.''.

SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY REFORM.

    (a) In General.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall develop 
uniform reporting standards for inputting data into the National 
Forensic Laboratory Information System for purity, formulation, and 
weight to allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and between 
agencies and the sharing of data.

    (b) Clarification.--Nothing in subsection

    (a) may be construed to 
require the creation of new or increased obligations or reporting 
requirements on State or local laboratories.

SEC. 5. DEA TESTING.

 The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit to Congress, as 
part of the annual budget process, a specific line item for the level 
of funding necessary for the Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program.
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