IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 135 
Requiring Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to 
participate in random drug testing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Requiring Members of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate to participate in random drug testing. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This concurrent resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Ex-
posing Congressional Drug Abuse Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF MEMBERS OF THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SEN-
ATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Member of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall participate in accord-
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ance with this concurrent resolution in a program for test-
ing for illegal use of controlled substances. 
(b) FEATURES.—The program under this concurrent 
resolution shall include the following features: 
(1) Each Member of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate shall be subject to a random 
drug test once per term of such Member. 
(2) Each confirmed positive result under the 
program shall be provided as follows: 
(A) To the Member involved. 
(B) In the case of a Member of the House 
of Representatives, to the Committee on Ethics 
of the House of Representatives for such review 
as may be necessary under the Rules of the 
House of Representatives. 
(C) In the case of a Member of the Senate, 
to the Select Committee on Ethics of the Sen-
ate for such review as may be necessary under 
the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on Ethics of the House of 
Representatives, with respect to a Member of the 
House, and the Select Committee on Ethics of the 
Senate, with respect to a Member of the Senate, 
shall publicly disclose the identity of each Member 
who refuses to participate in the program and take 
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other action against each such Member as appro-
priate. 
(4) Each Member of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate shall reimburse the House of 
the Representatives or the Senate for the cost of the 
random drug test of such Member under the pro-
gram. 
(c) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate shall each issue such 
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this concurrent resolution. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this concurrent resolution, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘confirmed positive result’’— 
(A) means a random drug test— 
(i) which has initially tested as posi-
tive for the presence of an illegal controlled 
substance; 
(ii) for which the initially positive test 
has been confirmed by a second test using 
a different chemical process than the proc-
ess used for the initial test; and 
(iii) which has been reviewed and cer-
tified as positive by a medical review offi-
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