H.R. 5252

Summary

H.R. 5252, the HOPE Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 10, 2025 by Rep. Gabe Amo (D) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 5252 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5252 IH: Having Overdose Protection Equipment Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5252  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 10, 2025   Mr. Amo  (for himself,  Mr. McDowell ,  Mr. Tonko ,  Ms. Norton , and  Mr. Thanedar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal kits, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Having Overdose Protection Equipment Act   or the   HOPE Act  .
2.
Use of certain State and Tribal grant funds for public access opioid overdose reversal kits
Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (b)(4)(A), by inserting  and other activities related to acquiring, making available, and maintaining public access opioid overdose reversal kits  after  primary prevention activities ; and
(2)
in subsection (h)—
(A)
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
(B)
by transferring paragraph (4), as so redesignated, so as to appear after paragraph (3); and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
(2)
Public access opioid overdose reversal kit
The term  public access opioid overdose reversal kit  means a kit that includes—
(A)
opioid overdose reversal medication; and
(B)
instructions on how to administer such medication.
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To amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal kits, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Gabe Amo (D) sponsors H.R. 5252, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Gabe Amo

Rep. · D–RI-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 10, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Addison McDowell

Rep. · R–NC-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Shri Thanedar

Rep. · D–MI-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Paul Tonko

Rep. · D–NY-20 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Brittany Pettersen

Rep. · D–CO-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 4, 2025

Angela Craig

Rep. · D–MN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

Seth Magaziner

Rep. · D–RI-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5252 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Sep 10, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5252 has taken 2 actions since Sep 10, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5252 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5252 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• HOPE Act — Display Title
• HOPE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Having Overdose Protection Equipment Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal kits, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 11 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5252 in 10 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 Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Homeland Security, Aviation/Airlines/Airports.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5252 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5252’s is Health.

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