Title: Crack is Whack Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Crack is Whack Act
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to operate or control an injection center (i.e., a medically supervised injection site) in violation of a federal statute commonly known as the Crack House Statute. The statute generally prohibits making facilities available for the purpose of unlawfully using a controlled substance.
The bill also prohibits (1) federal funds from being made available to any state, local, tribal, or private entity that operates or controls such an injection center; and (2) the use of federal funds by a federal agency to purchase or provide any drug paraphernalia directly or indirectly through grants or other assistance.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6741 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6741

  To prohibit Federal funds from being used to operate or control an 
    injection center in violation of section 416 of the Controlled 
  Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly referred to as the ``Crack 
               House Statute''), and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2022

 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
    on the Judiciary, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit Federal funds from being used to operate or control an 
    injection center in violation of section 416 of the Controlled 
  Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly referred to as the ``Crack 
               House Statute''), and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crack is Whack Act''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR UNLAWFUL INJECTION CENTERS OR PURCHASE OF 
              DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

    No Federal funds may be--
            (1) used by any Federal agency to operate or control, or to 
        pay the salaries of officers and employees of such an agency to 
        operate or control, an injection center in violation of section 
        416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly 
        referred to as the ``Crack House Statute'');
            (2) made available to any State, local, Tribal, or private 
        entity that operates or controls such an injection center; or
            (3) used by any Federal agency to purchase or provide any 
        drug paraphernalia (as defined in section 863 of title 18, 
        United States Code), directly or indirectly through the award 
        of grants or other assistance.
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