HR 2351
Passed a chamber
Requires the Coast Guard to update its policy on using naloxone to treat opioid and fentanyl overdoses and to keep that medication available at all Coast Guard installations and in each operational environment.
Official title: To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to update the policy of the Coast Guard regarding the use of medication to treat drug overdose, and for other purposes.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
26-MAR-2025
Referred
26-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
02-APR-2025
Reported
06-JUN-2025
On the calendar
06-JUN-2025
Passed
09-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
10-JUN-2025
- Requires the Coast Guard to update its overdose medication policy within one year, covering naloxone or similar medication for opioid and fentanyl overdoses.
- Requires naloxone or similar medication to be available on all Coast Guard installations and in each operational environment, with a rule that one supply at a multi-facility installation counts if access is arranged for all units.
- Requires the Coast Guard to join a tracking system established under section 706 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and directs a memorandum of understanding to allow Coast Guard access to it.
- Requires a briefing to House and Senate committees within two years on naloxone use and opioid use in the Coast Guard over the prior five years, and requires compliance with federal privacy laws. Amends 46 U.S.C. 70503(a) to revise the prohibited acts involving controlled substances on board covered vessels.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (26-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
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