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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2463 

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for drug disposal sites. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2015 

Mr. BERA (for himself and Mr. ROE of Tennessee) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 

in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for 

drug disposal sites. 

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 ‘‘Dispose Responsibly 

5 of your Pills Act of 2015’’ or ‘‘DROP Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR DRUG DISPOSAL SITES. 

7 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 

8 in coordination with the Administrator of the Drug En9 forcement Administration, the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services, and the Director of the Office of Na2 tional Drug Control Policy, may make grants to eligible 

3 entities to expand or make available disposal sites for un4 wanted prescription medications. 

5 (b) APPLICATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

7 grant under this section shall submit an application 

8 to the Attorney General— 

9 (A) that meets the criteria under para10 graph (2); and 

11 (B) at such time, in such manner, and ac12 companied by such information as the Attorney 

13 General may require. 

14 (2) CRITERIA.—An eligible entity, in submitting 

15 an application under paragraph (1), shall— 

16 (A) describe the evidence-based method17 ology and outcome measurements that will be 

18 used to evaluate the program funded with a 

19 grant under this section, and specifically ex20 plain how such measurements will provide valid 

21 measures of the impact of the program; 

22 (B) describe how the program could be 

23 broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effec24 tive; and 


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1 (C) identify the governmental and commu2 nity agencies that will coordinate the program. 

3 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a 

4 grant received under this section for— 

5 (1) expenses of a prescription drug disposal 

6 site, including materials and resources; 

7 (2) implementing disposal procedures and proc8 esses; 

9 (3) implementing community education strate10 gies, including community education materials and 

11 resources; 

12 (4) replicating a prescription drug take back 

13 initiative throughout multiple jurisdictions; and 

14 (5) training of law enforcement officers and 

15 other community participants. 

16 (d) GRANT AMOUNTS AND DURATION.— 

17 (1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney General 

18 may not award a grant under this section in an 

19 amount that exceeds $250,000. 

20 (2) DURATION.—The Attorney General shall 

21 award grants under this section for a period not to 

22 exceed 2 years. 

23 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT.—The Attorney 

24 General shall make a grant to provide technical assistance 


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1 and training for an eligible entity receiving a grant under 

2 this section. 

3 (f) EVALUATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

5 make a grant for evaluation of the performance of 

6 each eligible entity receiving a grant under this sec7 tion. 

8 (2) REPORTS.—Each fiscal year, the recipient 

9 of a grant under this subsection shall submit to the 

10 Attorney General a report that evaluates— 

11 (A) the effectiveness of the prescription 

12 drug take back program of each eligible entity 

13 receiving a grant under this section; and 

14 (B) the effect of disposal efforts on drug 

15 circulation. 

16 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Attorney Gen17 eral shall make the reports submitted under para18 graph (2) publicly available on the public Internet 

19 website of the Attorney General. 

20 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 

23 (h) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec24 tion, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 


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1 (1) a State, local, or tribal law enforcement 

2 agency; 

3 (2) a manufacturer, distributor, or reverse dis4 tributor of prescription medications; 

5 (3) a retail pharmacy; 

6 (4) a registered narcotic treatment program; 

7 (5) a hospital or clinic with an on-site phar8 macy; 

9 (6) an eligible long-term care facility; or 

10 (7) any other entity authorized by the Drug 

11 Enforcement Administration to dispose of prescrip12 tion medications. 

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