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S. 548 119th Congress Senate

Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require a Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 12, 2025 Introduced by: Rick Scott Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Border security and unlawful immigrationCaribbean areaCrime preventionDrug trafficking and controlled substances
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Puerto RicoSmuggling and traffickingU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 12, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to include a Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy in its National Drug Control Strategy. This strategy must include measures for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs through the Caribbean region into the United States, including measures to combat drug trafficking and drug-related violent crime in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The bill also revises ONDCP's authorization to (1) add definitions for state and for United States to specify that its authorization includes U.S. territories and possessions, and (2) revise the definition for supply reduction to ensure that the National Drug Control Strategy includes efforts to disrupt the financial networks of drug trafficking organizations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 548: Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-548/
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"S. 548: Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-548/.
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S. 548, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-548/.
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