Hunter Act

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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
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(Original Signature of Member)
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To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support the purchase
of, drug paraphernalia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support
the purchase of, drug paraphernalia.
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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’’.
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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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