SWIFT Detection Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4773 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4773

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to fund detection and testing 
   activities, such as wastewater surveillance, to detect synthetic 
                    opioids, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2023

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mrs. 
   Trahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to fund detection and testing 
   activities, such as wastewater surveillance, to detect synthetic 
                    opioids, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Substance Wastewater Inspection For 
Trends in Detection Act of 2023'' or the ``SWIFT Detection Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. USE OF GRANTS BY STATES, LOCALITIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES TO 
              CONDUCT WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE.

    Section 392A(a)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280b-1(a)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, including through the use 
of wastewater surveillance to identify trends associated with 
controlled substance use if it is determined by appropriate evidence 
that wastewater surveillance is an effective way to survey controlled 
substance use within a community'' before the semicolon.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES TO DETECT FENTANYL 
              AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.

    Section 7011(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d-10 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) public, private, and academic entities with expertise 
        in detection and testing activities, such as wastewater 
        surveillance, with respect to synthetic opioids, including 
        fentanyl and its analogues.''.
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