Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2021
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide education and training related to synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and its analogues.
Specifically, HHS must launch a public education campaign on the dangers of synthetic opioids and related issues.
HHS must also produce training materials to prevent exposure to synthetic opioids for first responders and others who are at high risk of such exposure and disseminate the materials to ambulance transport personnel, local sheriff deputies, and other first responders and individuals in high-risk occupations.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2021 to Jul 26, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Apr 5, 2021 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jul 26, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 5, 2021Markup Jul 21, 2021Reported Nov 30, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 13, 2021Markup Jul 15, 2021Reported Jul 15, 2021 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Dec 9, 2021 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Dec 8, 2021Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7541-7542)
- Dec 8, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 14 (Roll no. 423).
- Dec 8, 2021Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 30, 2021Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-181.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 | Recorded votes H7541enactLists H7542Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2364, Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act | — | Dec 8, 2021 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1292 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA | Dec 1, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6693, H6694Text printed H6693 | Brett Guthrie R-KY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Nov 30, 2021 |
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 report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 60, April 5, 2021, page H1713.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-20 | AN EPIDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC: UNDERSTANDING SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE IN AMERICA327 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 14, 2021 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to provide for a public education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic opioids.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Law enforcement officers
- Prescription drugs
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2021Referred in Senate
- Dec 8, 2021Engrossed in House
- Nov 30, 2021Reported in House
- Apr 5, 2021Introduced 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.
