H.R. 3359 · 118th Congress · House

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.

Active· Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be sub…
Introduced
May 16, 23
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

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.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAY 16, 2023•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  2. MAY 16, 2023•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. MAY 16, 2023•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

  4. MAY 16, 2023•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

  5. MAY 16, 2023•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Committees

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Foreign Affairs Committee

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Referred: May 16, 2023

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Judiciary Committee

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Referred: May 16, 2023

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Armed Services Committee

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Referred: May 16, 2023

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