[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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