[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4315 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4315

To address the foreign production of precursor chemicals that are used 
  for the illicit production of narcotics and psychotropic drugs and 
          other controlled substances, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2022

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To address the foreign production of precursor chemicals that are used 
  for the illicit production of narcotics and psychotropic drugs and 
          other controlled substances, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America from Narcotics 
and Illicit Chemicals Act of 2022'' or the ``PANIC Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. MODIFIED DEFINITION OF MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRY.

    Section 481(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2291(e)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``or'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) that is a direct source of covered synthetic 
                drugs or psychotropic drugs or other controlled 
                substances, including precursor chemicals, when those 
                precursor chemicals are used in the production of such 
                drugs and substances, significantly affecting the 
                United States;''.
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