I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5628 
To establish a demonstration program under which the Drug Enforcement 
Administration provides grants to certain States to enable those States 
to increase participation in drug take-back programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. CICILLINE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a demonstration program under which the Drug 
Enforcement Administration provides grants to certain 
States to enable those States to increase participation 
in drug take-back programs. 
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 ‘‘Access to Increased 
Drug Disposal Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
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(1) the term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the At-
torney General, acting through the Assistant Attor-
ney General for the Office of Justice Programs; 
(2) the term ‘‘authorized collector’’ means a 
narcotic treatment program, a hospital or clinic with 
an on-site pharmacy, a retail pharmacy, or a reverse 
distributor that is authorized as a collector under 
section 1317.40 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or any successor regulation); 
(3) the term ‘‘covered grant’’ means a grant 
awarded under section 3; and 
(4) the term ‘‘eligible collector’’ means a person 
who is eligible to be an authorized collector. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 
The Attorney General shall award grants to States 
to enable States to increase the participation of eligible 
collectors as authorized collectors. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION. 
A State desiring a covered grant shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application that, at a minimum— 
(1) identifies the single State agency that over-
sees pharmaceutical care and will be responsible for 
complying with the requirements of the grant; 
(2) details a plan to increase participation rates 
of eligible collectors as authorized collectors; and 
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(3) describes how the State will select eligible 
collectors to be served under the grant. 
SEC. 5. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
A State that receives a covered grant, and any sub-
recipient of the grant, may use the grant amounts only 
for the costs of installation, maintenance, training, pur-
chasing, and disposal of controlled substances associated 
with the participation of eligible collectors as authorized 
collectors. 
SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. 
The Attorney General shall award a covered grant to 
States and strongly consider States in the lowest quartile 
of States based on the participation rate of eligible collec-
tors as authorized collectors, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, as well as States in the highest quartile of 
overdose rates based on the most recent data from the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
SEC. 7. DURATION OF GRANTS. 
The Attorney General shall determine the period of 
years for which a covered grant is made to a State. 
SEC. 8. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 
A State that receives a covered grant shall submit 
to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such 
manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 
that— 
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(1) lists the ultimate recipients of the grant 
amounts; 
(2) describes the activities undertaken by the 
State using the grant amounts; and 
(3) contains performance measures relating to 
the effectiveness of the grant, including changes in 
the participation rate of eligible collectors as author-
ized collectors. 
SEC. 9. DURATION OF PROGRAM. 
The Attorney General may award covered grants for 
each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
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