S.Amdt. 3430

SA 3430. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. STUDY ON OPIOID TRAFFICKING THROUGH NORTHERN BORDER
STATES.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in
coordination with the Attorney General, shall conduct a study
on the trafficking of narcotics, specifically opioids,
through States that border Canada.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
coordination with the Attorney General, shall submit to the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a
report on the study conducted under subsection (a), which
shall include--
(1) a description of--
(A) the patterns and trends in the trafficking of opioids;
(B) trafficking transportation and delivery methods;
(C) detection efforts and countermeasures used by the
United States and Canada;
(D) opioid user trends in the United States and Canada; and
(E) any opioid user awareness campaigns in the United
States or Canada;
(2) a discussion of what efforts, if any, the Attorney
General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are
coordinating with Canadian officials to combat opioid
trafficking and use; and
(3) recommendations on--
(A) to how best to combat narcotics trafficking between the
United States and Canada; and
(B) needed legal authorizations, funding levels, or
international agreements in order to help facilitate better
interdiction and prevention efforts.
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