,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ah1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to permit the   
,attorney ,general to award grants for  
accurate data on opioid-related         
overdoses1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,overcoming ,prevalent ,inadequacies
 in ,overdose ,information ,data ,sets  
,act or the ,,opioids ,act 4  #b4       
,accurate data on opioid-related        
overdoses ,the ,attorney ,general may   
award grants to ,states1 territories1   
and localities to support improved data 
and surveillance on opioid-related      
overdoses1 including for activities to  
improve postmortem toxicology testing1  
data linkage across data systems        
throughout the ,united ,states1         
electronic death reporting1 or the      

comprehensiveness of data on fatal and  
nonfatal opioid-related overdoses4  #c4 
,law enforcement grants  7a7 ,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-- 7#a7     
training to help officers identify      
overdoses2  7#b7 upgrading essential    
systems for tracing drugs and processing
 samples in forensic laboratories to    
provide timely1 accurate1 and standard  
data reporting to the ,national         
,forensic ,laboratory ,information      
,system2 or  7#c7 training to better    
trace criminals through the darknet4    
7b7 ,mandatory reporting ,none of the   
funds made under subsection 7a7 may be  
used by grantees that do not submit to  
the ,national ,forensic ,laboratory     
,information ,system reports on overdose
 data4  7c7 ,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      
activity4  7d7 ,,cops grants ,section   
#agja7;b7 of the ,omnibus ,crime        
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcha7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#bc71 by   
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#bd71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#bd7 to provide training and         
resources for containment devices to    
prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl  
and other substances for first          
responders4  4  #d4 ,office of ,national
 ,drug ,control ,policy reform  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,drug ,enforcement         
,administration shall develop uniform   
reporting standards for inputting data  
into the ,national ,forensic ,laboratory
 ,information ,system for purity1       
formulation1 and weight to allow for    

better comparison across jurisdictions  
and between agencies and the sharing of 
data4  7b7 ,clarification ,nothing in   
subsection 7a7 may be construed to      
require the creation of new or increased
 obligations or reporting requirements  
on ,state or local laboratories4  #e4   
,,dea testing ,the ,drug ,enforcement   
,administration shall submit to         
,congress1 as part of the annual budget 
process1 a specific line item for the   
level of funding necessary for the      
,fentanyl ,signature ,profiling         
,program4