PIPES Act

Bill: 117-hr-6744
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-15
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act</strong></p><p>This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs.</p> <p>First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.</p> <p>Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6744 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2022 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Ms. Malliotakis , and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds for local substance use disorder services for the purchase of sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs, or to procure, supply, or distribute pipes, cylindrical objects, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act . 2. Prohibition on certain uses of funds Section 2706 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Prohibited uses of funds (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no funds appropriated in this section shall be used— (A) subject to paragraph (2), to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug; or (B) to procure, supply, or distribute pipes, cylindrical objects, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics. (2) Exception The limitation under paragraph (1)(A) does not apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other than making purchases described in such paragraph if the relevant State, local, territorial, or Tribal health department, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State, local, territorial, or Tribal jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is operating in accordance with applicable law. .