Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-26
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-01-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, subject to certain limitations, to waive matching funds requirements applicable to certain grants for reducing substance use among youth. Before waiving these requirements, the program must determine that a grantee is unable to raise funds because of the COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.</p> <p>Currently, the Office of National Drug Control Policy administers this program, and community coalitions that receive the grants must match a specified percentage of the federal award amount with nonfederal funds, including in-kind contributions.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 26 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22, 2021 Mr. Portman (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mrs. Capito , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act . 2. Waiver of Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (a) In general Subject to subsection (b), if the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program determines that, as a result of the public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) as a result of COVID–19, an eligible coalition is unable to raise the amount of non-Federal funds, including in-kind contributions, agreed to be raised by the coalition for a fiscal year under an agreement entered into with the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or (3) of section 1032(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 ( 21 U.S.C. 1532(b) ), the Administrator may, notwithstanding such paragraphs, provide to the eligible coalition the grant or renewal grant, as applicable, for that fiscal year in an amount— (1) with respect to an initial grant or renewal grant described under paragraph (1)(A) or (3)(A) of such section, that exceeds the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal year; (2) with respect to a renewal grant described under paragraph (3)(D)(i) of such section, that exceeds 125 percent of the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal year; and (3) with respect to a renewal grant described under paragraph (3)(D)(ii) of such section, that exceeds 150 percent of the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal year. (b) Limitation The Administrator may not provide a grant or renewal grant to an eligible coalition in an amount exceeding the amount of funds initially agreed to be provided by the Administrator under the applicable agreement.