119-hr2194

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2194 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2194

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
 of 1998 to reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program and modify the Program with respect to promising practices, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government 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

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 A BILL

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
 of 1998 to reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program and modify the Program with respect to promising practices, 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 ``Ending Drug Trafficking in Our 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM.

    (a) Reauthorization.--

Section 707

    (p) of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706

    (p) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking ``and'';

    (2) in paragraph

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

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

    (7) $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 
 2031.''.

    (b) Modification With Respect to Promising Practices.--

Section 707

    (q) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 1706

    (q) ) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``

    (4) Promising practices.--Beginning in fiscal year 2026, 
 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall do the 
 following:
 ``
        (A) For each promising practice that the Director 
 identifies, review the promising practice to determine 
 whether the promising practice has the potential to 
 enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
 activities performed by means of a HIDTA, including the 
 following:
 ``
            (i) The identification and investigation 
 of any entity that is responsible for 
 trafficking an illegal drug that has resulted 
 in an overdose in a HIDTA.
 ``
            (ii) Information sharing and coordination 
 for Federal, State, territorial, Tribal, and 
 local responses to crimes that involve an 
 illegal drug and criminal use of a firearm.
 ``
            (iii) The implementation and evaluation 
 of evidence-based substance use disorder 
 prevention practices, programs, and strategies.
 ``
        (B) For each promising practice that the Director 
 determines to have such potential, develop the 
 promising practice for use by each HIDTA.
 ``
            (C) Promulgate each promising practice developed 
 under subparagraph
        (B) to each HIDTA.''.
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