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Calendar No. 474 

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, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. COONS) 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

JUNE 19, 2018 

Reported by Mr. GRASSLEY, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) the term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the At4 torney General, acting through the Assistant Attor5 ney General for the Office of Justice Programs; 

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

7 narcotic treatment program, a hospital or clinic with 

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

9 distributor, that is authorized as a collector under 

10 section 1317.40 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula11 tions (or any successor regulation); 

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

13 awarded under section 3; and 

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

15 who is eligible to be an authorized collector. 

16 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 

17 The Attorney General shall award grants to States 

18 to enable the States to increase the participation of eligible 

19 collectors as authorized collectors. 

20 SEC. 4. APPLICATION. 

21 A State desiring a covered grant shall submit to the 

22 Attorney General an application that, at a minimum— 

23 (1) identifies the single State agency that over24 sees pharmaceutical care and will be responsible for 

25 complying with the requirements of the grant; 


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1 (2) details a plan to increase participation rates 

2 of eligible collectors as authorized collectors; and 

3 (3) describes how the State will select eligible 

4 collectors to be served under the grant. 

5 SEC. 5. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

6 A State that receives a covered grant, and any sub7 recipient of the grant, may use the grant amounts only 

8 for the costs of installation, maintenance, training, pur9 chasing, and disposal of controlled substances associated 

10 with the participation of eligible collectors as authorized 

11 collectors. 

12 SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. 

13 The Attorney General shall award a covered grant to 

14 5 States, not less than three of which shall be States in 

15 the lowest quartile of States based on the participation 

16 rate of eligible collectors as authorized collectors, as deter17 mined by the Attorney General. 

18 SEC. 7. DURATION OF GRANTS. 

19 The Attorney General shall determine the period of 

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

21 SEC. 8. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

22 A State that receives a covered grant shall submit 

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

24 manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 

25 that— 


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1 (1) lists the ultimate recipients of the grant 

2 amounts; 

3 (2) describes the activities undertaken by the 

4 State using the grant amounts; and 

5 (3) contains performance measures relating to 

6 the effectiveness of the grant, including changes in 

7 the participation rate of eligible collectors as author8 ized collectors. 

9 SEC. 9. DURATION OF PROGRAM. 

10 The Attorney General may award covered grants for 

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

12 of enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor15 ney General such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

16 this Act. 


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Calendar No. 474 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2645 

A BILL 

To establish a demonstration program under which 

grams. increase participation in drug take-back progrants to certain States to enable those States to the Drug Enforcement Administration provides 

JUNE 19, 2018 

Reported without amendment 


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