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PIPES Act

USA117th CongressS-3645| Senate 
| Updated: 2/14/2022
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (1)
Marco Rubio (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs. First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics. Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2299
PIPES Act of 2020
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 16, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-6744
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2299
    PIPES Act of 2020


  • February 14, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 14, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • February 16, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-6744
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 117-3632: CRACK Act of 2022
  • HR 117-6744: PIPES Act

PIPES Act

USA117th CongressS-3645| Senate 
| Updated: 2/14/2022
Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs. First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics. Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2299
PIPES Act of 2020
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 16, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-6744
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2299
    PIPES Act of 2020


  • February 14, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 14, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • February 16, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-6744
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (1)
Marco Rubio (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 117-3632: CRACK Act of 2022
  • HR 117-6744: PIPES Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted