Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act

Bill: 118-hr-5237
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

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Latest action: action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the fentanyl crisis, including with respect to the effects on government programs and finances.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5237 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Fry (for himself, Mr. Gallego , Mr. Lamborn , and Mr. Santos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report on the effects of the fentanyl crisis, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act . 2. Report on the fentanyl crisis (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the fentanyl crisis. (b) Report The report shall include information related to the fentanyl crisis, including the following: (1) The effects, and implications of such effects, on— (A) the general labor market, disaggregated by race and gender, including— (i) the unemployment rate; (ii) the employment to total population ratio; (iii) the population that is age 16 or older; and (iv) the population that is not younger than age 25 or older than age 54; (B) industry sectors, such as construction and finance; (C) Federal tax revenue; (D) means-tested Federal benefits programs, including Medicaid; (E) Federal health programs, including Medicare; (F) housing instability, including evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness, and the economic effect on individuals experiencing such instability; and (G) State finances, including the resulting effect on the Federal Government. (2) Information on— (A) the availability of each Federally assisted rental housing program to individuals with a known drug conviction; (B) the number of individuals age 18 or younger who have died from a fentanyl overdose; and (C) actions the Federal Government can take to— (i) mitigate the burden of the fentanyl crisis on States; and (ii) efficiently address such crisis. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Federally assisted rental housing The term Federally assisted rental housing means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rent and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) State The term State means each of the 50 States.