[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2009. 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 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) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 
     1996.--Section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic 
     opioids.''.
       (d) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.--Section 
     101(p)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
     1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(p)(2)) is amended by inserting ``, 
     including illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or synthetic 
     opioids'' after ``precursors''.
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