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Strengthening Communities of Recovery Act
To reauthorize the program for strengthening communities of recovery for individuals with substance use disorders.
Summary
This bill reauthorizes a federal program that supports communities of recovery for individuals with substance use disorders. It increases annual funding for the program from $5 million to $16 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. The bill also updates the program's language to allow it to both build and strengthen communities of recovery, rather than only building new ones.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To reauthorize the program for strengthening communities of recovery for individuals with substance use disorders.
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 “Strengthening Communities of Recovery Act”.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY.
Section 547 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking “building” and inserting “strengthening”;
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by inserting “or strengthen” after “build”; and
(3) in subsection (f), by striking “$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029”. <all>
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