S. 2532Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Safe Response Act

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The Safe Response Act reauthorizes the federal first‑responder training program, updating it to allow a wider range of drug‑related training materials, expanding coverage beyond just opioids, and boosting funding to $57 million per year for FY 2026‑2030. The changes affect first‑responder agencies and the communities they serve, including tribal entities.

Key Provisions

Changes the language for training materials to cover products that are "approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed," expanding what can be used in training.
Removes the specific focus on opioids and broadens the scope to include opioids, heroin, and other drugs, and replaces "opioid overdose" with simply "overdose" to cover all drug overdoses.
Increases the program’s annual funding to $57 million for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 (up from $36 million in earlier years).
Corrects the capitalization of "Tribes and Tribal" in the statutory reference.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

July 30, 2025

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July 30, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

July 30, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 30, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2532

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 30, 2025

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Hassan, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To reauthorize the program of first responder training.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safe Response Act.

First responder training program

Section 546 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–1) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking tribes and tribal and inserting Tribes and Tribal;

(2)

in subsections (a), (c), and (d)—

(A)

by striking approved or cleared each place it appears and inserting approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed; and

(B)

by striking opioid each place it appears;

(3)

in subsection (f)—

(A)

by striking approved or cleared each place it appears and inserting approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed;

(B)

in paragraph (1), by striking opioid;

(C)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

by striking opioid and heroin and inserting opioid, heroin, and other drug; and

(ii)

by striking opioid overdose and inserting overdose; and

(D)

in paragraph (3), by striking opioid and heroin; and

(4)

in subsection (h), by striking $36,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.