[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8278]
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  SA 4691. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1013. 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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