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[H.R. 4739 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 460
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4739

                          [Report No. 116-229]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2019

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                              June 1, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect U.S. Customs and 
   Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines 
  against potential synthetic opioid exposure, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetic Opioid Exposure 
Prevention and Training Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROTECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL SYNTHETIC OPIOID EXPOSURE 
              WITHIN U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 415 the following new section:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 416. PROTECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL SYNTHETIC OPIOID 
              EXPOSURE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall issue a policy that specifies effective 
protocols and procedures for the safe handling of potential synthetic 
opioids, including fentanyl, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
officers, agents, other personnel, and canines, and to reduce the risk 
of injury or death resulting from accidental exposure and enhance post-
exposure management.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Training.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Together with the issuance of 
        the policy described in subsection (a), the Commissioner of 
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall require mandatory and 
        recurrent training on the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) The potential risk of opioid 
                exposure and safe handling procedures for potential 
                synthetic opioids, including precautionary measures 
                such as the use of personal protective equipment during 
                such handling.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) How to access and administer opioid 
                receptor antagonists, including naloxone, post-exposure 
                to potential synthetic opioids.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Integration.--The training described in 
        paragraph (1) may be integrated into existing training under 
        section 411(l) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 
        agents, and other personnel.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Personal Protective Equipment and Opioid Receptor 
Antagonists.--Together with the issuance of the policy described in 
subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall ensure the availability of personal protective equipment and 
opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to all U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines at 
risk of accidental exposure to synthetic opioids.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Oversight.--To ensure effectiveness of the policy 
described in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection shall regularly monitor the efficacy of the 
        implementation of such policy and adjust protocols and 
        procedures, as necessary; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the Inspector General of the Department 
        shall audit compliance with the requirements of this section 
        not less than once each year for the 5 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this section.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 415 the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 416. Protection against potential synthetic opioid 
                            exposure.''.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention 
and Training Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL SYNTHETIC OPIOID EXPOSURE WITHIN 
              U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 415 the following new section:

``SEC. 416. PROTECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL SYNTHETIC OPIOID EXPOSURE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall issue a policy that specifies effective protocols and 
procedures for the safe handling of potential synthetic opioids, 
including fentanyl, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 
agents, other personnel, and canines, and to reduce the risk of injury 
or death resulting from accidental exposure and enhance post-exposure 
management.
    ``(b) Training.--
            ``(1) In general.--Together with the issuance of the policy 
        described in subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
        and Border Protection shall require mandatory and recurrent 
        training on the following:
                    ``(A) The potential risk of opioid exposure and 
                safe handling procedures for potential synthetic 
                opioids, including precautionary measures such as the 
                use of personal protective equipment during such 
                handling.
                    ``(B) How to access and administer opioid receptor 
                antagonists, including naloxone, post-exposure to 
                potential synthetic opioids.
            ``(2) Integration.--The training described in paragraph (1) 
        may be integrated into existing training under section 411(l) 
        for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and 
        other personnel.
    ``(c) Personal Protective Equipment and Opioid Receptor 
Antagonists.--Together with the issuance of the policy described in 
subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall ensure the availability of personal protective equipment and 
opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to all U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines at 
risk of accidental exposure to synthetic opioids.
    ``(d) Oversight.--To ensure effectiveness of the policy described 
in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection shall regularly monitor the efficacy of the 
        implementation of such policy and adjust protocols and 
        procedures, as necessary; and
            ``(2) the Inspector General of the Department shall audit 
        compliance with the requirements of this section not less than 
        once during the 3-year period after the date of the enactment 
        of this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 415 the following new item:

``Sec. 416. Protection against potential synthetic opioid exposure.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 460

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4739

                          [Report No. 116-229]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect U.S. Customs and 
   Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines 
  against potential synthetic opioid exposure, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 1, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment