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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1257 
To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on opioid- 
related overdoses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2025 
Ms. LEE of Florida (for herself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate 
data on opioid-related overdoses, 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 ‘‘Overcoming Prevalent 
Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets Act’’ or 
the ‘‘OPIOIDS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ACCURATE DATA ON OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSES. 
The Attorney General may award grants to States, 
territories, and localities to support improved data and 
surveillance on opioid-related overdoses, including for ac-
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tivities to improve postmortem toxicology testing, data 
linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 
training to equip officers to address overdoses and related 
criminal activity, electronic death reporting, or the com-
prehensiveness of data on fatal opioid-related overdoses. 
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to local law enforcement agencies and forensic lab-
oratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses 
for the purpose of— 
(1) training to help officers identify overdoses; 
(2) upgrading essential systems for tracing 
drugs and processing samples in forensic labora-
tories to provide timely, accurate, and standard data 
reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor-
mation System; 
(3) training to better trace criminals through 
the darknet; or 
(4) providing training, staffing, and equipment 
in medical examiners and coroners’ offices to provide 
more timely and comprehensive services in suspected 
overdose cases. 
(b) MANDATORY REPORTING.—None of the funds 
made under subsection (a) may be used by grantees that 
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do not submit to the National Forensic Laboratory Infor-
mation System reports on overdose data. 
(c) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CEN-
TERS.—Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall 
provide training to State and local law enforcement agen-
cies on how to best coordinate with State and Federal 
partners for tracking drug-related activity. 
(d) COPS GRANTS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10381) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (23), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (24), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(25) to provide training and resources for con-
tainment devices to prevent secondary exposure to 
fentanyl and other substances for first responders.’’. 
SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY RE-
FORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration shall develop uniform reporting standards for 
inputting data into the National Forensic Laboratory In-
formation System for purity, formulation, and weight to 
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allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and be-
tween agencies and the sharing of data. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) may 
be construed to require the creation of new or increased 
obligations or reporting requirements on State or local lab-
oratories. 
SEC. 5. DEA TESTING. 
The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit 
to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a spe-
cific line item for the level of funding necessary for the 
Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program. 
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