[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 36 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3430. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY ON OPIOID TRAFFICKING THROUGH NORTHERN BORDER 
                   STATES.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General, shall conduct a study 
     on the trafficking of narcotics, specifically opioids, 
     through States that border Canada.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General, shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
     on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 
     report on the study conducted under subsection (a), which 
     shall include--
       (1) a description of--
       (A) the patterns and trends in the trafficking of opioids;
       (B) trafficking transportation and delivery methods;
       (C) detection efforts and countermeasures used by the 
     United States and Canada;
       (D) opioid user trends in the United States and Canada; and
       (E) any opioid user awareness campaigns in the United 
     States or Canada;
       (2) a discussion of what efforts, if any, the Attorney 
     General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are 
     coordinating with Canadian officials to combat opioid 
     trafficking and use; and
       (3) recommendations on--
       (A) to how best to combat narcotics trafficking between the 
     United States and Canada; and
       (B) needed legal authorizations, funding levels, or 
     international agreements in order to help facilitate better 
     interdiction and prevention efforts.
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