I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9598 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
to reauthorize such Office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 
Mr. COMER (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DUARTE, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 
GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, and Ms. PLASKETT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 
and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act to reauthorize such Office, 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 ‘‘Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY RE-
AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL 
DRUG CONTROL POLICY REAUTHORIZATION ACT
OF 
1998.—The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 702 (21 U.S.C. 1701)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Account-
ability’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (L), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (M), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(N) tertiary prevention support or serv-
ices, including opioid antagonists or overdose 
reversal agents such as naloxone, and other 
harm reduction activities such as overdose and 
drug detection testing.’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
follows:; 
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‘‘(7) EMERGING
DRUG
THREAT.—The term 
‘emerging drug threat’ means the occurrence of a 
new and growing trend in the illicit use or misuse 
of a drug, class of drugs, or non-controlled sub-
stance, or a new or evolving method of drug con-
sumption or trafficking, including rapid expansion in 
the supply of or demand for such a drug or sub-
stance.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘drug 
laws’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘drug, trade, 
and illicit drug trafficking laws’’; 
(E) in paragraph (10), by inserting after 
‘‘demand reduction,’’ the following: ‘‘illicit drug 
trafficking,’’; 
(F) by redesignating paragraphs (15), 
(16), and (17) as paragraphs (17), (18), and 
(19), respectively; 
(G) by inserting after paragraph (14) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) PRECURSOR CHEMICAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘precursor 
chemical’ includes a listed chemical and an un-
regulated precursor. 
‘‘(B) LISTED CHEMICAL.—The term ‘listed 
chemical’ has the meaning given that term in 
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section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 802). 
‘‘(C) UNREGULATED
PRECURSOR.—The 
term ‘unregulated precursor’— 
‘‘(i) means any chemical used in the 
production of illicit drugs that has not 
been identified as a listed chemical under 
the Controlled Substances Act; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include a solvent or rea-
gent. 
‘‘(16) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the 
United States.’’; 
(H) in paragraph (19), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(G) and (H) as subparagraphs (H) and 
(I), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(F) the following: 
‘‘(G) activities to map, track, dismantle, 
and disrupt the financial enablers of drug traf-
ficking organizations, transnational criminal or-
ganizations, and money launderers involved in 
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the manufacture and trafficking of drugs in the 
United States and in foreign countries;’’; and 
(I) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’, when used in a geographical sense, means 
all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the 
territories and possessions of the United States, and 
any waters within the jurisdiction of the United 
States. 
‘‘(21) EVIDENCE.—The term ‘evidence’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3561 of title 44, 
United States Code.’’; 
(2) in section 703(d) (21 U.S.C. 1702(d))— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘ac-
cepted by a contractor to be used in its per-
formance of a contract for the Office’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘accepted— 
‘‘(i) by a contractor (or subcontractor 
thereof at any tier) for use in its perform-
ance of a contract for the Office; or 
‘‘(ii) by a grant recipient (or sub-
grantee thereof at any tier) for use in car-
rying out an award related to a fund ad-
ministered by the Office.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting after 
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ the following: ‘‘and the reg-
istry shall be sent to the appropriate Congres-
sional committees’’; 
(3) in section 704 (21 U.S.C. 1703)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking 
‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (16), by inserting 
after ‘‘to treat addiction’’ the following: ‘‘, 
encourage primary substance use preven-
tion, and increase accessibility and effec-
tiveness of life-saving opioid antagonists or 
reversal agents, such as naloxone’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (20); 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (21) 
as paragraph (20); 
(iv) in paragraph (20), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(v) by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(21) shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the 
Secretary of State regarding the status of the en-
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forcement of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) 
and subparagraph (B) of section 237(a)(2) (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) and subparagraphs (A) and (C) 
of section 212(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) for the 
purposes of ensuring such drug control and illicit 
drug trafficking enforcement activities are ade-
quately resourced.’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking 
‘‘supply reduction, and State, local, and 
tribal affairs, including any drug law en-
forcement activities’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘supply reduction, accessibility to 
life-saving opioid antagonists or reversal 
agents, such as naloxone, and State, local, 
and Tribal affairs, including any drug re-
lated law enforcement activities’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by inserting 
after ‘‘United States’’ the following: ‘‘, 
including at and between the ports of 
entry,’’; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
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(III) in clause (iv), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(IV) by inserting at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(v) requests funding for activities 
that facilitate illicit drug use, but not in-
cluding overdose reversal medications, drug 
checking, or testing technology.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d)(8)(F)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and at United States ports of entry by officers 
and employees of National Drug Control Pro-
gram agencies and domestic and foreign law en-
forcement officers’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘and at and between United States ports of 
entry by officers and employees of National 
Drug Control Program agencies and domestic 
and foreign law enforcement officers’’; 
(E) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘to address illicit drug use issues’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘to address illicit 
drug use, prevention and treatment of 
overdose and addiction, and law enforce-
ment activities’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(F) in subsection (k)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HARM 
REDUCTION
PROGRAMS’’ and inserting 
‘‘SUBSTANCE
USE
PREVENTION, HARM 
REDUCTION, AND
LIFE-SAVING
TREAT-
MENT PROGRAMS’’; and 
(ii) in the first sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘drug addiction and use’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘with the primary goal being the 
prevention of initial or continued use and 
the fostering of life-saving opioid antago-
nists or reversal agents, such as naloxone’’; 
(4) in section 705 (21 U.S.C. 1704)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
after ‘‘Federal Government’’ the following: 
‘‘and such lands owned by a foreign prin-
cipal (as such term in defined in section 
1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611))’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘the pre-
ceding year’’ the following: ‘‘, along 
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with historical comparisons over the 
prior 20 years,’’; 
(II) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by inserting after ‘‘seiz-
ing drugs,’’ the following: ‘‘in-
cluding 
precursor 
chemicals,’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(III) in clause (ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(IV) by inserting at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) the effects of trends of encoun-
ters of inadmissible aliens at and between 
the ports of entry, and the effect of any in-
creases or changes in the level of trade and 
travel, on the capacity and ability of the 
Department of Homeland Security compo-
nents to interdict and prevent the unlawful 
entry of illicit drugs into the United States 
by any means.’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
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(I) by inserting after ‘‘the pre-
ceding year’’ the following: ‘‘, along 
with historical comparisons over the 
prior 20 years,’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii), by inserting 
after ‘‘seizing drugs,’’ the following: 
‘‘including precursor chemicals,’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)(2), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘and 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2031’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘agency shall’’ the following: ‘‘, in accord-
ance with guidelines issued by the Director 
for standard definitions, identification, and 
review procedures,’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (4); 
(5) in section 706 (21 U.S.C. 1705)— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking subparagraph (D); 
(II) in subparagraph (H)— 
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(aa) 
by 
inserting 
after 
‘‘identifying existing’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘evidence,’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘will obtain 
such data’’ and inserting ‘‘will 
ensure such data is obtained’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by 
inserting ‘‘evidence,’’ before ‘‘data’’; 
(IV) in subparagraph (L), by in-
serting ‘‘evidence’’ after ‘‘Such other’’; 
and 
(V) in subparagraph (M)(iv), by 
inserting ‘‘storing and retrieving,’’ 
after ‘‘collecting,’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs 
(G) and (H), respectively; and 
(II) by inserting after subpara-
graph (D) the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(E) The Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs. 
‘‘(F) The Chief Data Officers Council.’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
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