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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5237 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report 

on the effects of the fentanyl crisis, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 18, 2023 

Mr. FRY (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. SANTOS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to submit a report on the effects of the fentanyl crisis, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Fentanyl Crisis Re5 search and Evaluation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE FENTANYL CRISIS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 


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1 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 

2 on the fentanyl crisis. 

3 (b) REPORT.—The report shall include information 

4 related to the fentanyl crisis, including the following: 

5 (1) The effects, and implications of such ef6 fects, on— 

7 (A) the general labor market, 

8 disaggregated by race and gender, including— 

9 (i) the unemployment rate; 

10 (ii) the employment to total popu11 lation ratio; 

12 (iii) the population that is age 16 or 

13 older; and 

14 (iv) the population that is not younger 

15 than age 25 or older than age 54; 

16 (B) industry sectors, such as construction 

17 and finance; 

18 (C) Federal tax revenue; 

19 (D) means-tested Federal benefits pro20 grams, including Medicaid; 

21 (E) Federal health programs, including 

22 Medicare; 

23 (F) housing instability, including evictions, 

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1 nomic effect on individuals experiencing such 

2 instability; and 

3 (G) State finances, including the resulting 

4 effect on the Federal Government. 

5 (2) Information on— 

6 (A) the availability of each Federally as7 sisted rental housing program to individuals 

8 with a known drug conviction; 

9 (B) the number of individuals age 18 or 

10 younger who have died from a fentanyl over11 dose; and 

12 (C) actions the Federal Government can 

13 take to— 

14 (i) mitigate the burden of the fentanyl 

15 crisis on States; and 

16 (ii) efficiently address such crisis. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

18 (1) FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING.— 

19 The term ‘‘Federally assisted rental housing’’ means 

20 a residential dwelling unit that is made available for 

21 rent and for which assistance is provided, or that is 

22 part of a housing project for which assistance is pro23 vided, under any program administered by the Sec24 retary of Housing and Urban Development or the 

25 Secretary of Agriculture. 


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1 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

2 the 50 States. 

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