Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5573 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5573 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grant programs to combat fentanyl poisonings. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2025 Mr. Evans of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Gray, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Crank, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grant programs to combat fentanyl poisonings. 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 ``Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL POISONINGS. (a) Grant Programs Authorized.--Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 509 as section 510; and (2) by inserting after section 508 the following: ``SEC. 509. GRANT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT FENTANYL POISONINGS. ``(a) Grants To Prevent the Sale of Controlled Substances on Social Media Platforms.-- ``(1) Authorization.--The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is authorized to award grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to assist such agencies in planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to combat the unlawful sale, marketing, or distribution of controlled substances (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) usin