To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increase and to provide enhanced penalties for certain offenses involving counterfeit pills.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increase and to provide enhanced penalties for certain offenses involving counterfeit pills., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Education, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9343B9B2E72D4E23A1C6265A54C6FC5A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Fentanyl Now Act of 2023.
- Section HBB1189489C4B4E3DB6FC7B66CDD4B023: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The United States is in the midst of the worst opioid epidemic in history. Illicit fentanyl is typically mixed into...
- Section HD618AA84ECC24CD1A4E43240735A8B23: 3. Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701(a)) is amended—...
- Section H9D4E6CEAF33F4BFCBDDF5A3288E89047: 4. Prevention and treatment of fentanyl-laced substance use The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall...
- Section H89CC19800942400992E8C65D8C35C06C: 5. Enhanced law enforcement efforts The Attorney General shall increase the resources available to law enforcement agencies to combat the trafficking of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increase and to provide enhanced penalties for certain offenses involving counterfeit pills., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Education, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increase and to provide enhanced penalties for certain offenses involving counterfeit pills., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Evans, Mr. …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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