Stop Our Scourge Act of 2022 or the SOS Act of 2022
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.