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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9623

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

                           September 17, 2024

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