,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hifh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,lamborn 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,banks1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1
 ,mr4 ,jackson1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4       
,donalds1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama1 ,mr4 
,issa1 ,mr4 ,pfluger1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4
 ,neguse1 and ,mr4 ,bilirakis7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
allow ,states and local educational     
agencies to use unspent ,,covid-#ai     
elementary and secondary school         
emergency relief funds to purchase      
life-saving opioid antagonists and to   
provide related training and education  
to students and teachers4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,kids from ,fentanyl ,act4  
#b4 ,additional funds for opioid        
antagonists and related training and    
education  7a7 ,in general              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 a ,state or local educational      
agency that has received funds under an 
,,esserf program may1 in lieu of the    
original requested or authorized use for
 such funds1 use a portion1 or all1 of  
the unexpended funds to carry out one or
 more of the following activities3 7#a7 
,purchase naloxone or other opioid      
antagonists4  7#b7 ,provide training to 
school nurses1 teachers1 school         
administrators1 and school resource     
officers on how to administer naloxone  
or other opioid antagonists4  7#c7      
,provide fentanyl awareness classes or  
materials to students4  7b7 ,limitations
 on ,secretarial authority ,the         
,secretary of ,education shall not--    
7#a7 require the use of funds under     
subsection 7a7 to be in response to1 or 
in any way connected with1 ,,covid-#ai2 
or  7#b7 prevent or discourage a ,state 
or local educational agency from using  
,,esserf program funds to carry out any 
of the activities authorized under      
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,rule of           

construction ,nothing in this ,act shall
 be construed to supercede any ,state   
law regulating the use of naloxone or   
other opioid antagonists in schools4    
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,,esserf program ,the term ,,esserf     
program means a program carried out     
under-- 7,a7 section #ahjjc of the      
,,cares ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #cdja note2 
,public ,law #aaf-acf72  7,b7 section   
#cac of division ,m of the ,consolidated
 ,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7,public   
,law #aaf-bfj2 #acd ,stat4 #aibi72 or   
7,c7 section #bjja of the ,american     
,rescue ,plan ,act of #bjba 7,public    
,law #aag-b2 #ace ,stat4 #ai74  7#b7    
,fentanyl awareness class or material   
,the term fentanyl awareness class or   
material means any program1 class1 or   
educational material designed to teach--
 7,a7 the dangers of using drugs which  
may be contaminated with fentanyl2  7,b7
 the prevention of drug abuse1 including
 through safe disposal of prescription  
medications and other safety            

precautions2 and  7,c7 the detection of 
early warning signs of addiction in     
school-aged children and youth4  7#c7   
,opioid antagonist ,the term opioid     
antagonist means a medication approved  
by the ,food and ,drug ,administration  
for the purpose of rapidly reversing an 
opioid overdose4