S.Amdt. 2352

SA 2352. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1037. PRIORITY IN PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL GUARD
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES
TO STATES EXPERIENCING SEVERE MORTALITY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OPIOID CRISIS.

(a) Element on Severity in State Drug Interdiction and
Counter-drug Activities Plans.--Subsection (c) of section 112
of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) certify the age-adjusted mortality rate of the State
associated with opioid use disorders as based on the most
recent ordinal

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ranking of States according to the age-adjusted overdose
mortality rates of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.''.
(b) Priority.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as
subsections (f) through and (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) Priority in Provision of Funds to States Experiencing
Severe Mortality in Connection With Opioid Crisis.--In
providing funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
afford a priority to States with an overdose mortality rate
that is above the national overdose mortality rate, as
determined by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, in connection with the opioid crisis.''.
(c) Annual Report Matters.--Subsection (g) of such section,
as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is
amended in paragraph (2) by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``, including the effectiveness of
such activities in assisting the State in addressing the
opioid crises (in the case of States afforded a priority in
the provision of funds pursuant to subsection (e))''.
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