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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9871 

To establish grants to combat opioid trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish grants to combat opioid trafficking. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Fentanyl Traf5 ficking with Local Task Forces Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT AUTHORIZATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 

8 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

9 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

10 new part: 


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1 ‘‘PART PP—GRANTS TO COMBAT OPIOID 

2 TRAFFICKING 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3061. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO COMBAT 

4 OPIOID TRAFFICKING. 

5 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The COPS Director 

6 is authorized to make grants to eligible entities for the 

7 purpose of locating, investigating, and interdicting illicit 

8 activities relating to the distribution of opioids. 

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For the purpose of the 

10 grants made under this part, eligible entities are States, 

11 State law enforcement agencies, units of local government, 

12 Indian Tribes, multi-jurisdictional task forces, and re13 gional consortia. 

14 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 

16 this part, an eligible entity shall submit to the COPS 

17 Director an application at such time, in such man18 ner, and containing such information as the COPS 

19 Director may require. Each application shall in20 clude— 

21 ‘‘(A) a detailed explanation of— 

22 ‘‘(i) the intended uses of funds pro23 vided under the grant; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) how the activities funded under 

25 the grant will meet the purpose of this 

26 part; 


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1 ‘‘(B) an assurance that the applicant shall 

2 maintain and report such data, records, and in3 formation (programmatic and financial) as the 

4 COPS Director may reasonably require; and 

5 ‘‘(C) a certification, made in a form ac6 ceptable to the COPS Director, that— 

7 ‘‘(i) the programs to be funded by the 

8 grant meet all the requirements of this 

9 part; 

10 ‘‘(ii) all the information contained in 

11 the application is correct; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the applicant will comply with 

13 all provisions of this part and all other ap14 plicable Federal laws. 

15 ‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 90 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this part, the COPS 

17 Director shall promulgate guidelines to implement 

18 this part, including the information that must be in19 cluded and the requirements that eligible entities 

20 must meet, in submitting the applications required 

21 under this part. 

22 ‘‘(3) STREAMLINING APPLICATIONS.—To the 

23 greatest extent possible, the COPS Director shall 

24 streamline the grant application process to minimize 

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1 cants and to prevent the collection of extraneous or 

2 duplicative information. 

3 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made under this part 

4 shall be used— 

5 ‘‘(1) to hire and train law enforcement officers 

6 and other employees; 

7 ‘‘(2) to hire and train law enforcement officers 

8 and other employees to establish new, or support 

9 and expand existing, multi-jurisdictional task forces, 

10 regional consortia, or both; 

11 ‘‘(3) to procure equipment, technology, or sup12 port systems, or pay overtime; or 

13 ‘‘(4) for any other activities or items the Attor14 ney General determines appropriate to support the 

15 purpose described in subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(e) DURATION.—A grant made under this part shall 

17 be for not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years. 

18 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING.—Of the 

19 funds appropriated to carry out the grant program under 

20 this part not less than 20 percent for Indian Tribes, and 

21 not less than 20 percent for multi-jurisdictional task 

22 forces. 

23 ‘‘(g) CONTRACTS AND SUBAWARDS.—A State, unit of 

24 local government, or Indian Tribe may, in using a grant 

25 under this part for purposes authorized under subsection 


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1 (d), use the grant to contract with or make subawards 

2 to a State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, a unit 

3 of local government, a Tribal organization, a multi-juris4 dictional task force, or a regional consortia. 

5 ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The COPS Director 

6 may reserve not more than 2 percent from amounts appro7 priated to carry out this part for administrative costs. 

8 ‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The COPS Director may 

10 provide technical assistance to the eligible entities 

11 described in subsection (b) in furtherance of the pur12 poses described in subsection (d). 

13 ‘‘(2) TRAINING CENTERS AND FACILITIES.— 

14 The technical assistance provided by the COPS Di15 rector may include the establishment and operation 

16 of training centers or facilities, either directly or by 

17 contracting or cooperative arrangements. The func18 tions of the centers or facilities established under 

19 this paragraph may include instruction and seminars 

20 for police executives, managers, trainers, supervisors, 

21 and such others as the COPS Director considers to 

22 be appropriate for supporting efforts related to lo23 cating, investigating, and interdicting illicit activities 

24 relating to the distribution of opioids. 


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1 ‘‘(j) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this part, 

2 the COPS Director shall give priority to applicants that 

3 will use awarded funds to establish new, or support and 

4 expand existing, multi-jurisdictional task forces or re5 gional consortia. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3062. REPORT. 

7 ‘‘Beginning not later than 2 years after the date of 

8 enactment of this part, and annually thereafter, the COPS 

9 Director shall submit to Congress a report describing ef10 fectiveness of this grant program and make recommenda11 tions for how it can be improved. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 3063. DEFINITIONS. 

13 ‘‘In this part: 

14 ‘‘(1) COPS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘COPS Di15 rector’ means the Attorney General, acting through 

16 the Director of the Office of Community Oriented 

17 Policing Services. 

18 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

19 means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska 

20 Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, commu21 nity, component band, or component reservation in22 dividually identified (including parenthetically) on 

23 the list published by the Secretary under section 104 

24 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 

25 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 


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1 ‘‘(3) MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL TASK FORCE.— 

2 The term ‘multi-jurisdictional task force’ means any 

3 local law enforcement entities composed of law en4 forcement officers from different State, local, or 

5 Tribal law enforcement agencies, which may also in6 clude other support staff members or law enforce7 ment partners at the Federal, State, or local level. 

8 ‘‘(4) REGIONAL CONSORTIA.—The term ‘re9 gional consortium’ means any law enforcement enti10 ties composed of multi-jurisdictional task forces that 

11 cross State lines. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 3064. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

14 this part $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 

15 through 2029.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1701(m) of 

17 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

18 (34 U.S.C. 10381(m)) is repealed. 

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