[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3553. Ms. COLLINS (for Mr. Manchin) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       On page 145, line 16, strike ``2020.'' and insert ``2020: 
     Provided  further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used to support 
     and augment new and ongoing investigations into the illicit 
     trade of synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl and its 
     analogues, originating from the People's Republic of China: 
     Provided further, That not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     in coordination with the Administrator of the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration and the heads of other Federal 
     agencies, as appropriate, shall submit a comprehensive report 
     (which shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
     include a classified annex) summarizing efforts by actors in 
     the People's Republic of China to subvert United States laws 
     and to supply illicit synthetic opioids to persons in the 
     United States, including up-to-date estimates of the scale of 
     illicit synthetic opioids flows from the People's Republic of 
     China, to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and the Committee on Financial Services of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs of the Senate.''.
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