HR 3666
118th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Asia
Chemical and biological weapons
China
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
SOS Act of 2023
Introduced: May 25, 2023
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To President
Became law
May 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
May 25, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
May 25, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023 or the SOS Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to conduct an assessment regarding that substance.
Specifically, the office must assess
- foreign manufacturing of illicit fentanyl,
- the tools and capabilities across federal agencies to address trafficking of that substance,
- the capabilities of the Mexican military to conduct counterdrug missions with respect to that substance,
- the capacities and willingness of China to take specified actions with respect to that substance, and
- illicit fentanyl being trafficked into the United States from Mexico.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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