S.Amdt. 2009

SA 2009. 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 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) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of
1996.--Section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass
Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic
opioids.''.
(d) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.--Section
101(p)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(p)(2)) is amended by inserting ``,
including illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic
opioids'' after ``precursors''.
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