Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025
This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program administered by the Department of Justice.
Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for purchasing containment devices for first responders and training first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances.
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- THE FRIEDKIN GROUP, INC.
- STEPTOE LLP
- RAFFANIELLO & ASSOCIATES
- NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
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- NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- White House Office
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 621: Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-621/
"H.R. 621: Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-621/.
H.R. 621, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-621/.
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