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S 1959 105th Congress Senate Health Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to substance abuse programs Intravenous drug abuse Needle exchange programs

A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to provide or support programs to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes for the use of illegal drugs.

Introduced: April 21, 1998 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 21, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Apr 21, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3356)
Apr 21, 1998
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits Federal funds from being made available to carry out any program of distributing sterile hypodermic needles or syringes to individuals for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

What's happening now April 21, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · May 13, 1998
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 6, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1959: A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to provide or support programs to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes for the use of illegal drugs.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1959/
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"S. 1959: A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to provide or support programs to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes for the use of illegal drugs.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1959/.
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S. 1959, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1959/.
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