[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1398]
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SA 1383. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR NARCOTIC AND OPIOID DETECTION.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, which
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, to acquire,
deploy, operate, and maintain chemical screening devices to
identify, in an operational environment, synthetic opioids
and other narcotics at purity levels less than or equal to 10
percent.
(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts appropriated under subsection
(a) may also be used--
(1) to train users on the equipment described in such
subsection;
(2) to provide directors of ports of entry with an
alternate method for identifying narcotics, including
synthetic opioids, at lower purity levels; and
(3) to test any new chemical screening devices to
understand the abilities and limitations of such devices
relating to identifying narcotics at various purity levels
before U.S. Customs and Border Protection commits to the
acquisition of such devices.
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