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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 983 

To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate date on opioidrelated overdoses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 27, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of 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 

date on opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Overcoming Prevalent 

5 Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘OPIOIDS Act’’. 

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

8 The Attorney General may award grants to States, 

9 territories, and localities to support improved data and 

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1 tivities to improve postmortem toxicology testing, data 

2 linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 

3 electronic death reporting, or the comprehensiveness of 

4 data on fatal and nonfatal opioid-related overdoses. 

5 SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make 

7 grants to local law enforcement agencies and forensic lab8 oratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses 

9 for the purpose of— 

10 (1) training to help officers identify overdoses; 

11 (2) upgrading essential systems for tracing 

12 drugs and processing samples in forensic labora13 tories to provide timely, accurate, and standard data 

14 reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor15 mation System; or 

16 (3) training to better trace criminals through 

17 the darknet. 

18 (b) MANDATORY REPORTING.—None of the funds 

19 made under subsection (a) may be used by grantees that 

20 do not submit to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor21 mation System reports on overdose data. 

22 (c) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CEN23 TERS.—Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 

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1 cies on how to best coordinate with State and Federal 

2 partners for tracking drug-related activity. 

3 (d) COPS GRANTS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni4 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

5 U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(24) to provide training and resources for con12 tainment devices to prevent secondary exposure to 

13 fentanyl and other substances for first responders.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY RE15 FORM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Drug Enforcement Adminis17 tration shall develop uniform reporting standards for 

18 inputting data into the National Forensic Laboratory In19 formation System for purity, formulation, and weight to 

20 allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and be21 tween agencies and the sharing of data. 

22 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) may 

23 be construed to require the creation of new or increased 

24 obligations or reporting requirements on State or local lab25 oratories. 


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1 SEC. 5. DEA TESTING. 

2 The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit 

3 to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a spe4 cific line item for the level of funding necessary for the 

5 Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program. 

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