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HRES 268 115th Congress House 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

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China.

Introduced: April 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
May 18, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Apr 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
 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 into the United States;
  • 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.
What's happening now May 18, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1