118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1619Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced May 16, 2023
Last action May 16, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 16, 2023
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Referred
May 16, 2023
Armed Services
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and submit a strategy to use existing authorities to target, disrupt, or degrade threats to national security that are caused or exacerbated by fentanyl trafficking. The strategy must be submitted in an unclassified form, but it may include a classified index. Additionally, DOD must seek to enhance cooperation with defense officials of Mexico to target, disrupt, and degrade transnational criminal organizations within Mexico that traffic fentanyl.

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
May 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 16, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.