[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 617

  To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on 
           opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 18, 2025

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Welch) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on 
           opioid-related overdoses, 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 ``Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in 
Overdose Information Data Sets Act'' or the ``OPIOIDS Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCURATE DATA ON OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSES.

    The Attorney General may award grants to States, territories, and 
localities to support improved data and surveillance on opioid-related 
overdoses, including for activities to improve postmortem toxicology 
testing, data linkage across data systems throughout the United States, 
electronic death reporting, or the comprehensiveness of data on fatal 
and nonfatal opioid-related overdoses.

SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make grants to local 
law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in communities with 
high rates of drug overdoses for the purpose of--
            (1) training to help officers identify overdoses;
            (2) upgrading essential systems for tracing drugs and 
        processing samples in forensic laboratories to provide timely, 
        accurate, and standard data reporting to the National Forensic 
        Laboratory Information System; or
            (3) training to better trace criminals through the darknet.
    (b) Mandatory Reporting.--None of the funds made under subsection 
(a) may be used by grantees that do not submit to the National Forensic 
Laboratory Information System reports on overdose data.
    (c) Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.--Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers shall provide training to State and local 
law enforcement agencies on how to best coordinate with State and 
Federal partners for tracking drug-related activity.
    (d) COPS Grants.--Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (23), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (24), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) to provide training and resources for containment 
        devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other 
        substances for first responders.''.

SEC. 4. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY REFORM.

    (a) In General.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall develop 
uniform reporting standards for inputting data into the National 
Forensic Laboratory Information System for purity, formulation, and 
weight to allow for better comparison across jurisdictions and between 
agencies and the sharing of data.
    (b) Clarification.--Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to 
require the creation of new or increased obligations or reporting 
requirements on State or local laboratories.

SEC. 5. DEA TESTING.

    The Drug Enforcement Administration shall submit to Congress, as 
part of the annual budget process, a specific line item for the level 
of funding necessary for the Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program.
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