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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2645 

To establish a demonstration program under which the Drug Enforcement 

Administration provides grants to certain States to enable those States 

to increase participation in drug take-back programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 11, 2018 

Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a demonstration program under which the Drug 

Enforcement Administration provides grants to certain 

States to enable those States to increase participation 

in drug take-back programs. 

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 ‘‘Access to Increased 

5 Drug Disposal Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the At2 torney General, acting through the Assistant Attor3 ney General for the Office of Justice Programs; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘authorized collector’’ means a 

5 narcotic treatment program, a hospital or clinic with 

6 an on-site pharmacy, a retail pharmacy, or a reverse 

7 distributor, that is authorized as a collector under 

8 section 1317.40 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula9 tions (or any successor regulation); 

10 (3) the term ‘‘covered grant’’ means a grant 

11 awarded under section 3; and 

12 (4) the term ‘‘eligible collector’’ means a person 

13 who is eligible to be an authorized collector. 

14 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 

15 The Attorney General shall award grants to States 

16 to enable the States to increase the participation of eligible 

17 collectors as authorized collectors. 

18 SEC. 4. APPLICATION. 

19 A State desiring a covered grant shall submit to the 

20 Attorney General an application that, at a minimum— 

21 (1) identifies the single State agency that over22 sees pharmaceutical care and will be responsible for 

23 complying with the requirements of the grant; 

24 (2) details a plan to increase participation rates 

25 of eligible collectors as authorized collectors; and 


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1 (3) describes how the State will select eligible 

2 collectors to be served under the grant. 

3 SEC. 5. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

4 A State that receives a covered grant, and any sub5 recipient of the grant, may use the grant amounts only 

6 for the costs of installation, maintenance, training, pur7 chasing, and disposal of controlled substances associated 

8 with the participation of eligible collectors as authorized 

9 collectors. 

10 SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. 

11 The Attorney General shall award a covered grant to 

12 5 States, not less than three of which shall be States in 

13 the lowest quartile of States based on the participation 

14 rate of eligible collectors as authorized collectors, as deter15 mined by the Attorney General. 

16 SEC. 7. DURATION OF GRANTS. 

17 The Attorney General shall determine the period of 

18 years for which a covered grant is made to a State. 

19 SEC. 8. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

20 A State that receives a covered grant shall submit 

21 to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such 

22 manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 

23 that— 

24 (1) lists the ultimate recipients of the grant 

25 amounts; 


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1 (2) describes the activities undertaken by the 

2 State using the grant amounts; and 

3 (3) contains performance measures relating to 

4 the effectiveness of the grant, including changes in 

5 the participation rate of eligible collectors as author6 ized collectors. 

7 SEC. 9. DURATION OF PROGRAM. 

8 The Attorney General may award covered grants for 

9 each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor13 ney General such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

14 this Act. 

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