A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make 
grants to assist State and local governments in address-
ing the national epidemic of opioid abuse, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Comprehensive Opioid 
Abuse Reduction Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART LL—COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE 
GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3021. DESCRIPTION. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this part, the Attorney General may 
make grants to States, units of local government, and In-
dian tribes, for use by the State, unit of local government, 
or Indian tribe to provide services primarily relating to 
opioid abuse, including for any one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Developing, implementing, or expanding a 
treatment alternative to incarceration program, 
which may include— 
‘‘(A) pre-booking or post-booking compo-
nents, which may include the activities de-
scribed in part HH of this title; 
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‘‘(B) training for criminal justice agency 
personnel on substance use disorders and co-oc-
curring mental illness and substance use dis-
orders; 
‘‘(C) a mental health court, including the 
activities described in part V of this title; 
‘‘(D) a drug court, including the activities 
described in part EE of this title; and 
‘‘(E) a veterans treatment court program, 
including the activities described in subsection 
(i) of section 2991 of this title. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a State, facilitating or en-
hancing planning and collaboration between State 
criminal justice agencies and State substance abuse 
systems in order to more efficiently and effectively 
carry out programs described in paragraph (1) that 
address problems related to opioid abuse. 
‘‘(3) Providing training and resources for first 
responders on carrying and administering an opioid 
overdose reversal drug or device approved by the 
Food and Drug Administration, and purchasing 
such a drug or device for first responders who have 
received such training to carry and administer. 
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‘‘(4) Investigative purposes to locate or inves-
tigate illicit activities related to the unlawful dis-
tribution of opioids. 
‘‘(5) Developing, implementing, or expanding a 
medication-assisted treatment program used or oper-
ated by a criminal justice agency, which may include 
training criminal justice agency personnel on medi-
cation-assisted treatment, and carrying out the ac-
tivities described in part S of this title. 
‘‘(6) In the case of a State, developing, imple-
menting, or expanding a prescription drug moni-
toring program to collect and analyze data related to 
the prescribing of schedule II, III, and IV controlled 
substances through a centralized database adminis-
tered by an authorized State agency, which includes 
tracking the dispensation of such substances, and 
providing for data sharing with other States. 
‘‘(7) Developing, implementing, or expanding a 
program to prevent and address opioid abuse by ju-
veniles. 
‘‘(8) Developing, implementing, or expanding an 
integrated and comprehensive opioid abuse response 
program. 
‘‘(b) CONTRACTS AND SUBAWARDS.—A State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe may, in using a grant 
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under this subpart for purposes authorized by subsection 
(a), use all or a portion of that grant to contract with 
or make one or more subawards to one or more— 
‘‘(1) local or regional organizations that are pri-
vate and nonprofit, including faith-based organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(2) units of local government; or 
‘‘(3) tribal organizations. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIV-
ER.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT
COMPONENT.— 
Each program funded under this subpart shall con-
tain a program assessment component, developed 
pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney 
General, in coordination with the National Institute 
of Justice. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may 
waive the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect 
to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney Gen-
eral, the program is not of sufficient size to justify 
a full program assessment. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10 
percent of a grant made under this subpart may be used 
for costs incurred to administer such grant. 
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‘‘(e) PERIOD.—The period of a grant made under 
this part may not be longer than 4 years, except that re-
newals and extensions beyond that period may be granted 
at the discretion of the Attorney General. 
‘‘SEC. 3022. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under this part, the chief execu-
tive officer of a State, unit of local government, or Indian 
tribe shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
at such time and in such form as the Attorney General 
may require. Such application shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A certification that Federal funds made 
available under this subpart will not be used to sup-
plant State, local, or tribal funds, but will be used 
to increase the amounts of such funds that would, 
in the absence of Federal funds, be made available 
for the activities described in section 3021(a). 
‘‘(2) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant shall main-
tain and report such data, records, and information 
(programmatic and financial) as the Attorney Gen-
eral may reasonably require. 
‘‘(3) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General and executed by the chief 
executive officer of the applicant (or by another offi-
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cer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations 
promulgated by the Attorney General), that— 
‘‘(A) the programs to be funded by the 
grant meet all the requirements of this part; 
‘‘(B) all the information contained in the 
application is correct; 
‘‘(C) there has been appropriate coordina-
tion with affected agencies; and 
‘‘(D) the applicant will comply with all 
provisions of this part and all other applicable 
Federal laws. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that the applicant will work 
with the Drug Enforcement Administration to de-
velop an integrated and comprehensive strategy to 
address opioid abuse. 
‘‘SEC. 3023. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove 
any application (or any amendment to that application) 
submitted under this part without first affording the ap-
plicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the applica-
tion and opportunity for correction and reconsideration. 
‘‘SEC. 3024. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall ensure equitable geo-
graphic distribution of grants under this part and take 
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into consideration the needs of underserved populations, 
including rural and tribal communities. 
‘‘SEC. 3025. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘first responder’ includes a fire-
fighter, law enforcement officer, paramedic, emer-
gency medical technician, or other individual (includ-
ing an employee of a legally organized and recog-
nized volunteer organization, whether compensated 
or not), who, in the course of professional duties, re-
sponds to fire, medical, hazardous material, or other 
similar emergencies. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘medication-assisted treatment’ 
means the use of medications approved by the Food 
and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid 
abuse. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘opioid’ means any drug, includ-
ing heroin, having an addiction-forming or addiction- 
sustaining liability similar to morphine or being ca-
pable of conversion into a drug having such addic-
tion-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘schedule II, III, or IV controlled 
substance’ means a controlled substance that is list-
ed on schedule II, schedule III, or schedule IV of 
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section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812(c)). 
‘‘(5) The terms ‘drug’ and ‘device’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 201 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321). 
‘‘(6) The term ‘criminal justice agency’ means 
a State, local, or tribal— 
‘‘(A) court; 
‘‘(B) prison; 
‘‘(C) jail; 
‘‘(D) law enforcement agency; or 
‘‘(E) other agency that performs the ad-
ministration of criminal justice, including pros-
ecution, pretrial services, and community super-
vision. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘tribal organization’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 450b).’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (26) the following: 
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‘‘(27) There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out part LL $103,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANTEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means a 
grant program operated by the Department of Jus-
tice; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi-
ent of a grant from a covered grant program; 
(3) the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with re-
spect to an organization, means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, and is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code; and 
(4) the term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 
an audit report finding in a final audit report of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 
a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 
that grantee under a covered grant program for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 
cost that is not closed or resolved during a 12-month 
period prior to the date on which the final audit re-
port is issued. 
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(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2016, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of 
the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 
grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds 
awarded under covered grant programs. The Inspector 
General shall determine the appropriate number of cov-
ered grantees to be audited each year. 
(c) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A grantee that is 
found to have an unresolved audit finding under an audit 
conducted under subsection (b) may not receive grant 
funds under a covered grant program in the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year to which the finding relates. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 
awarded funds under the covered grant program from 
which it received a grant award during the 1-fiscal-year 
period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 
an allocation of grant funds under subsection (c), the At-
torney General shall— 
(1) deposit into the General Fund of the Treas-
ury an amount that is equal to the amount of the 
grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
covered grantee; and 
(2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 
to the Fund from the covered grantee that was im-
properly awarded the grant funds. 
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