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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5046 
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 addressing the national epidemic of opioid abuse, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2016 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. FORBES, Mr. BISHOP 
of Michigan, and Mr. GUINTA) 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 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. 
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’’. 
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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; 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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-
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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 
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 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 
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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-
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 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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