HUNTER Act of 2022

Halting the Use of Narcotics Through Effective Recovery Act of 2022 or the HUNTER Act of 2022

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase (or support the purchase of) pipes, syringes, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inject, or otherwise introduce into the body any controlled substance unlawfully. This includes funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for overdose prevention, syringe services, and other harm reduction programs.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6704 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6704

   To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support the 
                    purchase of, drug paraphernalia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2022

Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Biggs, Mr. 
  Duncan, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Posey, Mr. Steube, Ms. 
    Herrell, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. Perry) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support the 
                    purchase of, drug paraphernalia.

    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 ``Halting the Use of Narcotics Through 
Effective Recovery Act of 2022'' or the ``HUNTER Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR DRUG 
              PARAPHERNALIA.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds, including funds appropriated by 
section 2706 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3 
note), may be used for the purchase, or to support the purchase by any 
recipient of Federal assistance, of any drug paraphernalia.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``drug paraphernalia''--
            (1) has the definition given to that term in section 863 of 
        title 18, United States Code; and
            (2) includes, to the extent covered by such definition, 
        crack pipes, harm reduction vending machines, syringes, and 
        safe smoking kits and supplies.
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