Official Summaries

Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 

This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program administered by the Department of Justice.

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.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 621 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 621

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Protecting First Responders from 
Secondary Exposure Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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.''.
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