Gio’s Law

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4019 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4019

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 establish a grant program for provide access to, and training on the 
 administration of, epinephrine products for law enforcement officers, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2025

  Ms. Gillen (for herself and Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 establish a grant program for provide access to, and training on the 
 administration of, epinephrine products for law enforcement officers, 
                        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 ``Gio's Law''.

SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO EMERGENCY EPINEPHRINE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

   ``PART PP--LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO EMERGENCY EPINEPHRINE GRANT 
                                PROGRAM

``SEC. 3061. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    ``The Attorney General is authorized to make grants under this part 
to States and units of local government to--
            ``(1) purchase epinephrine products for use by State, 
        local, and tribal law enforcement agencies;
            ``(2) train State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
        officers, in accordance with the curricula developed or 
        identified under section 3062.

``SEC. 3062. STANDARDIZED TRAINING.

    ``Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this part, 
the Attorney General shall develop a training curricula, or identify 
effective existing training curricula, to train law enforcement officer 
to--
            ``(1) recognize the symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction; 
        and
            ``(2) correctly administer epinephrine products to any 
        individual reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic 
        reaction.

``SEC. 3063. APPLICATION.

    ``The chief executive of a State or unit of local government 
seeking a grant under this part shall submit to the Attorney General an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably require, including a 
certification of the State attorney general of the State, or the State 
in which the unit of local government is located, that a law 
enforcement officer who is authorized in that jurisdiction to 
administer epinephrine products to any individual reasonably believed 
to be having an anaphylactic reaction is protected from civil liability 
arising from administering such a product.

``SEC. 3064. DEFINITION.

    ``In this part, the term `epinephrine product' means--
            ``(1) an epinephrine auto-injector; and
            ``(2) a product that facilitates the administration of 
        epinephrine other than by injection.

``SEC. 3065. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out 
this part for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS.

    On an annual basis, the Attorney General, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall submit to Congress 
and make publicly available, data on the frequency of the 
administration of epinephrine products (as such term is defined in 
section 3064 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968) by Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
officers.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.

     Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall design and implement a public awareness campaign 
to educate members of the public about--
            (1) the symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction; and
            (2) the role of law enforcement officers and first 
        responders in administering epinephrine products.
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