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SRES 535 114th Congress Senate International Affairs Asia China Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health promotion and preventive care International organizations and cooperation Latin America Law enforcement administration and funding Mexico Organized crime

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China.

Introduced: July 14, 2016 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Dec 7, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707.
Dec 7, 2016
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Dec 6, 2016
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 14, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5171-5172)
Jul 14, 2016
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that:

  • the use of illicit fentanyl in the United States and the resulting overdose deaths are a public health crisis;
  • the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States, especially by transnational criminal organizations, is a problem that requires close cooperation between the U.S. government and the governments of Mexico and China; and
  • all three such countries have a shared interest in, and responsibility for, stopping the production of illicit fentanyl and its trafficking into the United States.

Calls for the United States to:

  • support the efforts by the governments of Mexico and China to stop such production and trafficking;
  • take further measures to reduce and prevent heroin and fentanyl consumption through enhanced enforcement to reduce the illegal supply and increased use of evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services; and
  • use its broad diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the governments of China and Mexico, to stop such production and trafficking.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1