3.0.0 1280 2025-12-05T08:42:26Z 2025-12-05T08:42:26Z Senate S S 2023-04-25 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1280 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2023-12-13T18:49:02Z Markup By 2023-05-10T14:00:02Z Referred To 2023-04-25T21:20:27Z 118 1734 HR 2023-12-19 Became Public Law No: 118-23. Related bill CRS 2023-12-13 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286. Calendars 2023-12-13 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2023-12-13 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2023-05-10 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2023-04-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-04-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-04-25 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2023-05-31 False W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2023-05-31 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2023-06-13 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2023-06-13 False 2023-06-07T22:09:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59250 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 10, 2023 Science, Technology, Communications Advanced technology and technological innovations 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Chemistry 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Congressional oversight 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Drug trafficking and controlled substances 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Higher education 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Research administration and funding 2023-05-10T13:45:19Z Science and engineering education 2023-05-10T13:45:18Z Science, Technology, Communications 2023-05-05T13:58:41Z

00 2023-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2023-05-17T00:39:25Z <p><b>Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality Research Act of 2023 or the TRANQ Research Act</b> <b>of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support research and other activities related to identifying xylazine (a compound used in veterinary medicine as a nonopioid tranquilizer), novel synthetic opioids, and other emerging substances of concern.</p> <p>In particular, NIST must support</p> <ul> <li>basic measurement science and research, including graduate and postgraduate research;</li> <li>near-real time spectrometry capabilities (i.e., a technique for rapidly identifying the chemical composition of a substance);</li> <li>strategies and voluntary best practices for handling, transporting, and analyzing such substances; and</li> <li>collaboration with other government agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector to enhance relevant narcotic and opioid detection and analysis capabilities.</li> </ul>

25 2023-12-13 Reported to Senate 2024-01-26T16:59:40Z <p><b>Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality Research Act of 2023 or the TRANQ Research Act</b> <b>of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support research and other activities related to identifying xylazine (a compound used in veterinary medicine as a nonopioid tranquilizer), novel synthetic opioids, and other new psychoactive substances.</p> <p>In particular, NIST must support</p> <ul> <li>basic measurement science and research, including graduate and postgraduate research;</li> <li>near-real time spectrometry capabilities (i.e., a technique for rapidly identifying the chemical composition of a substance);</li> <li>strategies and voluntary best practices for handling, transporting, and analyzing such substances; and</li> <li>collaboration with other government agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector to enhance relevant narcotic and opioid detection and analysis capabilities.</li> </ul> <p>The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the capability of the federal government to respond to the threats posed by new psychoactive substances like xylazine, including with respect to available technology and laboratories.</p>

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