HR 8968 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act

Introduced Sep 22, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Doug Lamborn R-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 22, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 22, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act

This bill allows states and local educational agencies to use unexpended COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds for additional purposes. In particular, these funds may be used for (1) purchasing naloxone or other opioid antagonists; (2) providing training to school nurses, teachers, school administrators, and school resource officers on how to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists; and (3) providing fentanyl awareness classes or materials to students.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2022 to Dec 13, 2022; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXAugust PflugerOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-INJim BanksOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-MOVicky HartzlerOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CAJim CostaSep 28, 2022
R-TXMayra FloresSep 28, 2022
R-GARick W. AllenSep 28, 2022
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezSep 29, 2022
R-SDDusty JohnsonSep 29, 2022
D-KSSharice DavidsSep 30, 2022
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerOct 14, 2022
D-NHAnn M. KusterOct 25, 2022
D-MNAngie CraigDec 13, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Sep 22, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 153, September 22, 2022, page H8114.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists and to provide related training and education to students and teachers.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in House

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