119th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for first responder training.
June 23, 2025
Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for first responder training.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Safer Response Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. 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;
(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”;
(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”.