S.Amdt. 6336

SA 6336. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Grassley) 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. TRAINING REGARDING THE USE OF CONTAINMENT DEVICES TO PREVENT POTENTIAL SYNTHETIC OPIOID EXPOSURE.

(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the “Prevent Exposure to Narcotics and Toxins Act of 2022” or the “PREVENT Act of 2022”.

(b) Training.--Section 416(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) How to use containment devices to prevent potential synthetic opioid exposure.”.

(c) Availability of Containment Devices.--Section 416(c) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 216(c)) is amended--

(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting “, Containment Devices,” after “Equipment”; and

(2) by striking “and opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone” and inserting “, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices”.

(d) Applicability to Other Components.--If the Secretary of Homeland Secretary determines that officers, agents, other personnel, or canines of a component of the Department of Homeland Security other than U.S. Customs and Border Protection are at risk of potential synthetic opioid exposure in the course of their duties, the head of such component shall carry out the responsibilities under section 416 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216) in the same manner and to the same degree as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection carries out such responsibilities.