[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1889. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROTECTING AMERICANS AGAINST FENTANYL AND OTHER 
                   SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States that--
       (1) fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, which are being 
     smuggled into the United States and killing tens of thousands 
     of Americans annually, shall be treated as weapons of mass 
     destruction; and
       (2) all cabinet officials and other Government officers 
     shall, in advancing American interests by working with other 
     countries and international organizations, advocate for 
     treating fentanyl and other synthetic opioids as weapons of 
     mass destruction.
       (b) Homeland Security Act of 2002.--Section 1921 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591g) is amended by 
     inserting ``fentanyl or synthetic opioid,'' after 
     ``chemical,''.
       (c) Criminal Code.--Section 2332a(c)(2) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end and 
     inserting ``or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic 
     opioids; and''.
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