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To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for first responder training.
Summary
This bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand grants for first responder training programs. The bill would broaden the scope of the training program from focusing exclusively on opioid response to covering general overdose response for opioids, heroin, and other drugs. The bill would expand the training to include drugs and products that are approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed by federal authorities. The bill would increase annual grant funding from $36 million per year (for fiscal years 2019-2023) to $57 million per year (for fiscal years 2026-2030).
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Josh Harder’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- GOOGLE $34,620
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS $28,100
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY $25,550
- BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP $19,800
- COOLEY LLP $16,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Harder → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jun 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
A BILL
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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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;
(3) in subsection (f)—
(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”;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(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”. <all>
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