I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4431 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for a pilot program under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse 
Grant Program for local law enforcement agencies located in rural areas 
to purchase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2023 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. BUDZINSKI, and Ms. CRAIG) 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 a pilot program under the 
Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program for local 
law enforcement agencies located in rural areas to pur-
chase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose 
deaths, 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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi-
cers Preventing Overdose Deaths Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RURAL NALAXONE PILOT PRO-
GRAMS FOR FUNDING UNDER THE COM-
PREHENSIVE 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), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(11) A pilot program for local law enforcement 
agencies located in rural areas to purchase opioid re-
ceptor antagonists, including naloxone, for use by of-
ficers in the line of duty, as described in subsection 
(g).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) RURAL NALAXONE PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot 
program described under this subsection shall make 
grants to rural areas to implement a program for local 
law enforcement agencies to purchase opioid receptor an-
tagonists, including naloxone, for use by officers in the 
line of duty.’’. 
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 50 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’ has the meaning 
given such term 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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