S.Amdt. 1236

MR. BOOKER submitted this amendment to the bill S. 331, which is about the Controlled Substances Act and fentanyl-related substances.

Purpose and Changes

The purpose of this amendment is to allow federal funds and grants to be used to buy and use devices that detect dangerous drugs mixed into other substances.

• It changes the 21st Century Cures Act to provide assistance for expenses related to getting or using adulterant substance detection devices.
• It defines an adulterant substance detection device as a device, including a test strip, that can detect drugs like fentanyl, xylazine, or other adulterants in a drug sample before someone uses a controlled substance.
• It changes the Public Health Service Act to make expenses for getting or using these detection devices allowable under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.