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HR 6744 117th Congress House

PIPES Act

Official title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for local substance use disorder services for the purchase of sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal dru… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for local substance use disorder services for the purchase of sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs, or to procure, supply, or distribute pipes, cylindrical objects, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.

Introduced: February 15, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Feb 15, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 16, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act

This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs.

First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.

Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3645 Identical bill PIPES Act
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 Cosponsors 1
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Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Feb 15, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6744: PIPES Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6744/
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"H.R. 6744: PIPES Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6744/.
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H.R. 6744, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6744/.
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[H.R. 6744: PIPES Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6744/)
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