Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-621
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2025-01-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Employment and training programs

First responders and emergency personnel
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025&nbsp;</strong></p><p>This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use&nbsp;Program administered by the Department of Justice.</p><p>Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for purchasing containment devices for first responders and training first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 621 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2025 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Schrier , Ms. Tenney , and Mr. Neguse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 . 2. Providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders Section 3021(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10701(a) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following, and redesignating succeeding paragraphs accordingly: (4) Providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders. .