I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6065 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention 
and treatment of the use of synthetic recreational drugs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
the prevention and treatment of the use of synthetic 
recreational drugs, 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 ‘‘Synthetic Drug Over-
dose Prevention and Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SYNTHETIC RECREATIONAL DRUGS. 
Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 317T of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b–22) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 317U. SYNTHETIC RECREATIONAL DRUGS. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Director’) shall— 
‘‘(1) complete a study on strategies for pre-
venting and treating the use of synthetic recreational 
drugs (as identified pursuant to subsection (b)(3)), 
including best rehabilitation practices; and 
‘‘(2) submit a report to the Congress on the re-
sults of such study. 
‘‘(b) DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, shall establish and maintain a 
database of synthetic recreational drugs. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 
the information in the database under paragraph (1) 
publicly available for use in preventing and treating 
the use of synthetic recreational drugs. 
‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION
OF
SYNTHETIC
REC-
REATIONAL DRUGS.—Beginning not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of the Syn-
thetic Drug Overdose Prevention and Education Act, 
for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall 
specify (and update as necessary) a list of sub-
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stances, each of which shall satisfy the following cri-
teria: 
‘‘(A) The substance is an analogue of a 
controlled substance (as defined in section 102 
of the Controlled Substances Act). 
‘‘(B) The substance is not marketed as a 
drug (as defined in section 201 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act). 
‘‘(C) The substance is determined by the 
Secretary to be marketed for recreational 
human use, irrespective of claims to the con-
trary in the labeling and promotion of the sub-
stance. 
Each substance identified on the most recent list 
specified by the Secretary pursuant to this para-
graph is referred to in this section as a ‘synthetic 
recreational drug’. 
‘‘(c) CANNABIMIMETIC AGENTS.— 
‘‘(1) OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector, in collaboration with the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-
ministration, the Director of the National Institute 
on Drug Abuse, the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health, and the Administrator of the Drug 
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Enforcement Administration, shall develop and im-
plement a national outreach campaign to educate 
law enforcement personnel, State and local agencies, 
health care professionals, community health organi-
zations, parents, youth, and other community mem-
bers about preventing and treating the use of 
cannabimimetic agents. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director may 
make grants to Federally-qualified health cen-
ters for programs to increase public awareness 
about, and prevent and treat, the use of 
cannabimimetic agents. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The maximum 
amount of a grant under this section shall be 
$100,000. 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this paragraph, there is 
authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2019. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘cannabimimetic agent’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 202(d)(2) of 
the Controlled Substances Act. 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘Federally-qualified health cen-
ter’ has the meaning given to such term in section 
1861(aa) of the Social Security Act.’’. 
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