S.Amdt. 864

SA 864. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. 1015. THREAT ANALYSIS REGARDING FENTANYL CRISIS.

(a) Threat Analysis.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency and the Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization
Policy, shall conduct an analysis of--
(1) any potential threats the illicit fentanyl drug trade
poses to the defense interests of the United States;
(2) the illicit fentanyl drug trade, including the
manufacture, distribution, and sale or trade, and trans-
shipment of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances;
(3) new or emerging techniques or technologies that are
likely to affect the evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug
trade; and
(4) United States laws, executive orders, secretarial
orders, and agency actions that are likely affecting the
evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug trade across the
southern border of the United States.
(b) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report that includes--
(1) the threat analysis required under subsection (a),
including any recommendations of the Secretary for any
related actions;
(2) any actions the Department of Defense has taken in
response to such threat analysis; and
(3) any other matter the Secretary of Defense determines to
be appropriate.
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