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Requiring Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to participate in random drug testing.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

F

EBRUARY

27, 2019 Mr. H

IGGINS

of Louisiana submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Requiring Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to participate in random drug testing.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

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concurring),

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This concurrent resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Ex-

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posing Congressional Drug Abuse Act’’.

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SEC. 2. RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF MEMBERS OF THE

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SEN-

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ATE.

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(a) I

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ENERAL

.—Each Member of the House of

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Representatives and the Senate shall participate in accord-

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ance with this concurrent resolution in a program for test-

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ing for illegal use of controlled substances.

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(b) F

EATURES

.—The program under this concurrent

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resolution shall include the following features:

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(1) Each Member of the House of Representa-

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tives and the Senate shall be subject to a random

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drug test once per term of such Member.

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(2) Each confirmed positive result under the

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program shall be provided as follows:

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(A) To the Member involved.

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(B) In the case of a Member of the House

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of Representatives, to the Committee on Ethics

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of the House of Representatives for such review

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as may be necessary under the Rules of the

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House of Representatives.

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(C) In the case of a Member of the Senate,

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to the Select Committee on Ethics of the Sen-

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ate for such review as may be necessary under

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the Standing Rules of the Senate.

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(3) The Committee on Ethics of the House of

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Representatives, with respect to a Member of the

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House, and the Select Committee on Ethics of the

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Senate, with respect to a Member of the Senate,

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shall publicly disclose the identity of each Member

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who refuses to participate in the program and take

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other action against each such Member as appro-

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priate.

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(4) Each Member of the House of Representa-

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tives and the Senate shall reimburse the House of

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Representatives or the Senate for the cost of the

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random drug test of such Member under the pro-

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gram.

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(c) R

EGULATIONS

.—The Committee on House Ad-

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ministration of the House of Representatives and the

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Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate

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shall each issue such rules and regulations as may be nec-

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essary to carry out this concurrent resolution.

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(d) D

EFINITIONS

.—In this concurrent resolution, the

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following definitions shall apply:

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(1) The term ‘‘confirmed positive result’’—

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(A) means a random drug test—

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(i) which has initially tested as posi-

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tive for the presence of an illegal controlled

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substance;

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(ii) for which the initially positive test

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has been confirmed by a second test using

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a different chemical process than the proc-

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ess used for the initial test; and

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(iii) which has been reviewed and cer-

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tified as positive by a medical review offi-

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