Bill Details
HR.172 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
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Cosponsors
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This bill would stop federal money from going to any state, local, Tribal, or private group that runs or controls an illegal injection center. In simple terms, if an entity operates a site that allows drug use in a way that breaks federal drug law, it could lose access to federal funds.
- The funding ban would apply to state, local, Tribal, and private entities.
- The bill targets injection centers that violate federal drug law, specifically the part of the law often called the “Crack House Statute.”
- The bill’s main purpose is to prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting these centers.
Official Summaries
Defund Heroin Injection Centers Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to a state, local, tribal, or private entity that operates or controls an injection center (i.e., a medically supervised injection site) in violation of the federal statute commonly known as the Crack House Statute. The statute generally prohibits making facilities available for the purpose of unlawfully using a controlled substance.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 172 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 172
To prohibit Federal funds for any State, local, Tribal, or private
entity that operates or controls an injection center in violation of
section 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly
referred to as the ``Crack House Statute'').
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To prohibit Federal funds for any State, local, Tribal, or private
entity that operates or controls an injection center in violation of
section 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly
referred to as the ``Crack House Statute'').
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 ``Defund Heroin Injection Centers Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ENTITIES OPERATING UNLAWFUL INJECTION
CENTERS.
No Federal funds may be made available to any State, local, Tribal,
or private entity that operates or controls an injection center in
violation of section 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
856; commonly referred to as the ``Crack House Statute'').
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