S.Amdt. 1244

SA 1244. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Welch) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 331, to
amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of
fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. OVERCOMING PREVALENT INADEQUACIES IN OVERDOSE
INFORMATION DATA SETS.

(a) Accurate Data on Opioid-related Overdoses.--The
Attorney General may award grants to States, territories, and
localities to support improved data and surveillance on
opioid-related overdoses, including for activities to improve
postmortem toxicology testing, data linkage across data
systems throughout the United States, electronic death
reporting, or the comprehensiveness of data on fatal and
nonfatal opioid-related overdoses.
(b) Law Enforcement Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Attorney General may award grants to
local law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in
communities with high rates of drug overdoses for the purpose
of--
(A) training to help officers identify overdoses;
(B) upgrading essential systems for tracing drugs and
processing samples in forensic laboratories to provide
timely, accurate, and standard data reporting to the National
Forensic Laboratory Information System; or
(C) training to better trace criminals through the darknet.
(2) 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
activity.
(3) Cops grants.--Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is
amended--
(A) in paragraph (23), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in paragraph (24), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(25) to provide training and resources for containment
devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other
substances for first responders.''.
(c) Office of National Drug Control Policy Reform.--
(1) In general.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall
develop uniform reporting standards for inputting data into
the National Forensic Laboratory Information System for
purity, formulation, and weight to allow for better
comparison across jurisdictions and between agencies and the
sharing of data.
(2) Clarification.--Nothing in paragraph (1) may be
construed to require the creation of new or increased
obligations or reporting requirements on State or local
laboratories.
(d) Dea Testing.--The Drug Enforcement Administration shall
submit to Congress, as part of the annual budget process, a
specific line item for the level of funding necessary for the
Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program.

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