To make an amount available for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the Department of the Treasury to investigate the illicit trade of synthetic opioids originating from the People's Republic of China.

SA 3553. Ms. COLLINS (for Mr. Manchin) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; as follows:

On page 145, line 16, strike ``2020.'' and insert ``2020:
Provided  further, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used to support
and augment new and ongoing investigations into the illicit
trade of synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl and its
analogues, originating from the People's Republic of China:
Provided further, That not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury,
in coordination with the Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the heads of other Federal
agencies, as appropriate, shall submit a comprehensive report
(which shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
include a classified annex) summarizing efforts by actors in
the People's Republic of China to subvert United States laws
and to supply illicit synthetic opioids to persons in the
United States, including up-to-date estimates of the scale of
illicit synthetic opioids flows from the People's Republic of
China, to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate.''.
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