[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9172

 To establish the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative to promote 
  bilateral counterdrug interdiction efforts with the governments of 
              specified countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2024

Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
  Mr. Lawler, Ms. Titus, Mr. Stanton, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Pappas, Mr. 
  Schneider, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, and Ms. Spanberger) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative to promote 
  bilateral counterdrug interdiction efforts with the governments of 
              specified countries, 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 TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Destruction Initiative for Stored 
Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement Act'' or the ``DISPOSE Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Beneficiary countries.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the term ``beneficiary countries'' means Colombia, 
                Mexico, and Peru.
                    (B) Updates.--The Secretary of State, in 
                consultation with the Attorney General and the 
                Secretary of Defense, may add or remove 1 or more 
                countries from the list of beneficiary countries under 
                subparagraph (A) after providing written notification 
                of such changes to the appropriate congressional 
                committees.
            (3) Listed chemical.--The term ``listed chemical'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 102 of the Controlled 
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF PRECURSOR CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General, may carry out the 
``Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative'' in beneficiary countries 
to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b).
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes described in this subsection are--
            (1) improving and increasing rates of seizure and 
        destruction of listed chemicals in beneficiary countries;
            (2) alleviating the backlog of seized listed chemicals and 
        disposing the hazardous waste generated by illicit drug 
        trafficking in beneficiary countries in an environmentally safe 
        and effective manner;
            (3) ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not 
        reintroduced into the illicit drug production stream within 
        beneficiary countries;
            (4) freeing up storage space for future listed chemical 
        seizures within beneficiary countries; or
            (5) reducing the negative environmental impact of listed 
        chemicals.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; PROGRESS UPDATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit an 
implementation plan to the appropriate congressional committees that 
includes a timeline and stated objectives for actions to be taken in 
beneficiary countries in support of the Precursor Chemical Destruction 
Initiative.
    (b) Elements.--The implementation plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include--
            (1) a multi-year strategy with a timeline, overview of 
        objectives, budgetary projections, and anticipated outcomes for 
        the region and for each beneficiary country;
            (2) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress 
        of the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative towards 
        accomplishing the outcomes referred to in paragraph (1);
            (3) a plan for the delineation of the roles to be carried 
        out by the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the 
        Department of Defense, and any other Federal department or 
        agency in carrying out the Precursor Chemical Destruction 
        Initiative; and
            (4) a plan for addressing security and government 
        corruption and providing updates to the appropriate 
        congressional committees on the results of such efforts.
    (c) Annual Progress Update.--Not later than 1 year after the 
submission of the implementation plan pursuant to subsection (a), and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a written description of the 
results achieved by the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative, 
including--
            (1) the implementation of the strategy and plans described 
        in subsection (a);
            (2) compliance with, and progress related to, meeting the 
        benchmarks referred to in subsection (b)(2); and
            (3) the type and quantity of listed chemicals destroyed by 
        each beneficiary country.

SEC. 5. FUNDING.

    The Secretary of State shall use amounts otherwise appropriated for 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement programs managed by 
the Department of State to carry out this Act.
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