[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4245]
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  SA 5224. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 5376, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of S. Con. Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       In title VII, strike section 70001 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 70001. 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 2022, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, which 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2027, to acquire, 
     deploy, operate, and maintain nonintrusive inspection 
     capabilities, including chemical screening devices, to 
     identify, in an operational environment, synthetic opioids 
     and other narcotics at purity levels that are not more than 
     10 percent.
       (b) Use of Funds.--Amounts appropriated under subsection 
     (a) may also be used--
       (1) to train users on the equipment described in subsection 
     (a);
       (2) to provide directors of ports of entry with an 
     alternate method for identifying narcotics, including 
     synthetic opioids, at lower purity levels;
       (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; and
       (4) to modify and upgrade ports of entry to accommodate 
     capabilities funded under this section.
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