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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5628 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. CICILLINE) 

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

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 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 States and strongly consider States in the lowest quartile 

13 of States based on the participation rate of eligible collec14 tors as authorized collectors, as determined by the Attor15 ney General, as well as States in the highest quartile of 

16 overdose rates based on the most recent data from the 

17 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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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