S.Amdt. 1889

SA 1889. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROTECTING AMERICANS AGAINST FENTANYL AND OTHER
SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States that--
(1) fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, which are being
smuggled into the United States and killing tens of thousands
of Americans annually, shall be treated as weapons of mass
destruction; and
(2) all cabinet officials and other Government officers
shall, in advancing American interests by working with other
countries and international organizations, advocate for
treating fentanyl and other synthetic opioids as weapons of
mass destruction.
(b) Homeland Security Act of 2002.--Section 1921 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591g) is amended by
inserting ``fentanyl or synthetic opioid,'' after
``chemical,''.
(c) Criminal Code.--Section 2332a(c)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end and
inserting ``or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic
opioids; and''.
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