S.Amdt. 5936

SA 5936. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1012. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS TO COUNTER DRUG SMUGGLING BY TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 508 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 878) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Special Agents of the Homeland Security Investigations and State, tribal, and local law enforcement officers designated by the Executive Associate Director for Homeland Security Investigations pursuant to section 401(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401(i)) shall have the powers and authorities described in subsection (a) for the enforcement of this Act, which shall be exercised in the performance of the Department of Homeland Security's existing functions related to customs and criminal law enforcement under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).”.