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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="2152" measure-id="id116s2152" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-07-17" update-date="2020-04-21">
<title>A bill to require a study and report on Coast Guard interdiction of illicit drugs in the transit zones, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s2152v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-04-21">
<action-date>2019-07-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a study to identify gaps in resources that contribute to low interdiction rates for maritime noncommercial smuggling of illicit drugs into the United States from Central America and South America.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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