H.R. 621

Summary

H.R. 621, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 22, 2025 by Rep. David Joyce (R) with 27 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 621 has 27 co-sponsors.

119 HR 621 IH: Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 621  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 22, 2025   Mr. Joyce of Ohio  (for himself,  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Fitzpatrick ,  Ms. Schrier ,  Ms. Tenney , and  Mr. Neguse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
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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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025  .
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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
Section 3021(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10701(a) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following, and redesignating succeeding paragraphs accordingly:
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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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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. David Joyce (R) sponsors H.R. 621, and 27 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

David Joyce

Rep. · R–OH-14 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025

Madeleine Dean

Rep. · D–PA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Joseph Neguse

Rep. · D–CO-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Kim Schrier

Rep. · D–WA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Rep. · D–MI-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025

Thomas Suozzi

Rep. · D–NY-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025

Mike Kelly

Rep. · R–PA-16 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025

Laura Gillen

Rep. · D–NY-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 621 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jan 22, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 621 has taken 2 actions since Jan 22, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 621 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 621, as Identical bill.

S 180Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025May 20, 2025 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 77. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 621 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

10 clients hired 11 firms and 53 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 621 in 39 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Budget/Appropriations, Automotive Industry, Health Issues, Retirement, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 53.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 621 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 621’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 621 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Drug trafficking and controlled substances to First responders and emergency personnel.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 621, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:H.R. 621.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H300]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com