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Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018

Introduced: May 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
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May 16, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 16, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a joint task force to enhance DHS border security operations to detect, interdict, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States. The task force may coordinate with the private sector and with other federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, or international task forces and entities.

DHS shall determine whether to establish the task force and notify Congress of its determination within 90 days.

What's happening now May 16, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5762 Related bill Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2864: Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2864/
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"S. 2864: Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2864/.
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S. 2864, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2864/.
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