I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8386 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs 
for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 
Mr. LAMB (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) 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 provide for the eligibility of rural commu-
nity response pilot programs for funding under the Com-
prehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grants for Rural Ef-
forts to Address Treatment and Ensure Recovery in Com-
munities Act of 2020’’ or as the ‘‘GREATER Commu-
nities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RURAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE 
PILOT PROGRAMS FOR FUNDING UNDER THE 
COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) a pilot program for rural areas to im-
plement community response programs that 
focus on presenting alternatives to incarceration 
and reducing opioid overdose deaths, as de-
scribed in subsection (f).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) RURAL PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot program 
described under this subsection shall make grants to rural 
areas to implement community response programs to re-
duce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this sub-
section shall be jointly operated by local law enforcement 
and public health agencies or public safety, public health, 
and behavioral health collaborations. A community re-
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sponse program under this subsection shall identify gaps 
in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services 
for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system 
and shall establish treatment protocols to address identi-
fied shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Of-
fice of Justice Programs, shall increase the amount pro-
vided as a grant under this section for a pilot program 
by no more than five percent for each of the two years 
following certification by the Attorney General of the sub-
mission of data by the rural area on the prescribing of 
schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances to a pre-
scription drug monitoring program, or any other central-
ized database administered by an authorized State agency, 
which includes tracking the dispensation of such sub-
stances, and providing for interoperability and data shar-
ing with each other such program (including an electronic 
health records system) in each other State, and with any 
interstate entity that shares information between such 
programs.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROVISION REGARDING CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL 
FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 
Section 3024 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10704) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) provides that no less than 10 percent of 
grants issued pursuant to this part shall be awarded 
to rural areas.’’. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
Section 3025 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘rural area’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)).’’. 
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