Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
Latest action · Jun 1, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 460.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement a safety framework to protect its personnel from exposure to potential synthetic opioids.
Among other things, the CBP must do the following:
- issue a policy that specifies protocols and procedures for the safe handling of potential synthetic opioids;
- require mandatory training on the potential risk of exposure to and safe handling procedures for synthetic opioids, as well as how to administer opioid receptor antagonists (e.g., naloxone) after exposure; and
- provide personal protective equipment and opioid receptor antagonists to officers, agents, other personnel, and canines at risk of exposure to synthetic opioids.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 656 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed393–0 | Dec 9, 2019 |
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2019 to Oct 23, 2019; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Oct 23, 2019 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2019Markup Oct 23, 2019Reported Dec 3, 2019 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2019Discharged Dec 3, 2019 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Oct 18, 2019 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 10, 2019Markup Mar 11, 2020Reported Jun 1, 2020 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-229.
- Jun 1, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 460.
- Mar 11, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Dec 10, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Dec 9, 2019Ms. Clarke (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 9, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9369-9370)
- Dec 9, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4739.
- Dec 9, 2019At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Dec 9, 2019Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9381-9382)
- Dec 9, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 - 0 (Roll no. 656). (text: CR H9369)
- Dec 9, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 3, 2019Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-318, Part I.
- Dec 3, 2019Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 3, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 259.
- Oct 23, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 23, 2019Ordered to be Reported.
- Oct 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2019Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9369, H9370Text printed H9369Recorded votes H9381enact | Clay Higgins R-LA, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Dec 9, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 9, 2020H.R. 4739, Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2020
- Jan 15, 2020H.R. 4739, Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on December 9, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 165, October 18, 2019, page H8259.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3345 | Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act | Related bill | Feb 27, 2020 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines against potential synthetic opioid exposure, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Law enforcement officers
- Mammals
- Service animals
- Worker safety and health
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Reported to Senate
- Dec 10, 2019Referred in Senate
- Dec 9, 2019Engrossed in House
- Dec 3, 2019Reported in House
- Oct 18, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
