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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6144 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

authorize grant programs to combat fentanyl poisonings. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2023 

Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 

WILLIAMS of New York, Mrs. BICE, and Mr. MILLS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to authorize grant programs to combat 

fentanyl poisonings. 

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 ‘‘Combatting Fentanyl 

5 Poisonings Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL 

7 POISONINGS. 

8 (a) GRANT PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—Subpart 1 of 

9 part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 


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1 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C 10151 et seq.) is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; 

4 and 

5 (2) by inserting after section 508 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 509. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL 

7 POISONINGS. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO PREVENT THE SALE OF CON9 TROLLED SUBSTANCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, 

11 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

12 Assistance, and in consultation with the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services, is authorized to award 

14 grants to State and local law enforcement agencies 

15 to assist such agencies in planning, designing, estab16 lishing, or operating locally based, proactive pro17 grams to combat the sale, marketing, or distribution 

18 of controlled substances (as such term is defined in 

19 section 102 of the Controlled Substance Act (21 

20 U.S.C. 802)) using social media platforms, including 

21 programs that— 

22 ‘‘(A) prioritize the arrest of individuals 

23 who use social media platforms as a primary 

24 source of marketing or distributing controlled 

25 substances; 


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1 ‘‘(B) provide education and training, in2 cluding online training resources, to school per3 sonnel, clinicians, and the public in order to— 

4 ‘‘(i) educate such persons on the dan5 gers of ingesting controlled substances pur6 chased using a social media platform, espe7 cially the risk of fentanyl poisoning from a 

8 counterfeit substance (as such term is de9 fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub10 stance Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); 

11 ‘‘(ii) educate parents or personnel who 

12 are charged with the well-being and safety 

13 of children on commonly used methods of 

14 communication between online drug dealers 

15 and potential victims. 

16 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—The head of a State or 

17 local law enforcement agency seeking a grant under 

18 this section shall submit to the Attorney General an 

19 application, at such time, in such manner, and con20 taining such information as the Attorney General 

21 may reasonably require. 

22 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS

23 ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL.— 

24 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, 

25 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice 


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1 Assistance, and in consultation with the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services, is authorized to award 

3 grants to non-profit organizations to assist such or4 ganizations in designing, establishing, and operating 

5 public education and awareness campaigns that 

6 teach individuals about the dangers of fentanyl. 

7 ‘‘(2) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under 

8 this section may be used for the following purposes: 

9 ‘‘(A) Providing transportation for parents 

10 or immediate family members of individuals 

11 who died from fentanyl poisoning to speak at 

12 public events or awareness campaigns. 

13 ‘‘(B) Creating, producing, and dissemi14 nating educational materials related to the dan15 gers of fentanyl, such as documentaries, pam16 phlets, books, and infographics. 

17 ‘‘(C) Providing counseling or mentorship 

18 services to individuals who have had a friend or 

19 a family member die from fentanyl poisoning. 

20 ‘‘(D) Providing naloxone or overdose rever21 sal education and training services to parents 

22 and school employees. 

23 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS.—Grants 

24 awarded under this section may not be used to pur25 chase harm reduction services or supplies, such as 


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1 substance abuse test kits, sharps or medication dis2 posal kits, medication lockboxes, supplies to promote 

3 sterile injection (including syringes and drug para4 phernalia), safer smoking kits (including pipes, pi5 pettes, and drug paraphernalia), and written edu6 cational materials on safer injection practices, except 

7 that such funds may be used to purchase naloxone, 

8 naloxone administration supplies, or naloxone ad9 ministration training. 

10 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The maximum 

11 amount of a grant under this subsection is $50,000. 

12 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

13 ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization that 

14 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev15 enue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 

16 under section 501(a) of such Code.’’. 

17 (b) RESERVED FUNDS.—Section 506(a) of the Omni18 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

19 U.S.C. 10157(a)) is amended— 

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

21 end; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

23 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(3) $10,000,000 for grants under section 

2 509(a); and 

3 ‘‘(4) $2,000,000 for grants under section 

4 509(b).’’. 

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