FACTS Act
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Cosponsors (9)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)Original· 2025-05-01
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)Original· 2025-05-01
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)Original· 2025-05-01
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)· 2025-05-21
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)· 2025-09-16
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)· 2025-10-17
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)· 2025-10-24
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)· 2025-10-24
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-05-01
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Committee Activity
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- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-05-01
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-05-01
Plain-English Summary
Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools Act or the FACTS Act This bill establishes grant programs and requires strategies and studies to address the misuse of synthetic opioids (i.e., laboratory-derived substances such as fentanyl and its derivatives) among youth. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to partnerships between educational and health organizations for prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts related to the use of synthetic opioids by middle and high school-aged children. It also allows school-based health centers to use existing HHS grants to purchase naloxone to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses and to establish programs to address misuse of synthetic opioids. Also, the bill authorizes state educational agencies to use certain Department of Education (ED) grant funds to provide training to school personnel on addressing students’ misuse of synthetic opioids. State and local educational agencies must also address such misuse in their educational plans in order to qualify for certain ED grants. Finally, the bill (1) establishes an interagency taskforce to coordinate federal efforts to address synthetic opioid misuse among youth, (2) requires an evaluation of the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System’s effectiveness in identifying the specific synthetic opioids causing youth overdoses, (3) expands the data reported by the National Center for Education Statistics to include information about the use of synthetic opioids in schools, and (4) requires two recurring HHS surveys to include questions on youth exposure to synthetic opioids.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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