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S 1619 118th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023

Introduced: May 16, 2023 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 16, 2023
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Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023

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.

What's happening now May 16, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3359 Identical bill To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for…
  • S 2226 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
  • HR 2670 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 16, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1619: Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1619/
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"S. 1619: Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1619/.
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S. 1619, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1619/.
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