[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4983]
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  SA 5583. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. PROTECTING AMERICA FROM NARCOTICS AND ILLICIT 
                   CHEMICALS.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Protecting America from Narcotics and Illicit Chemicals Act 
     of 2022'' or the ``PANIC Act of 2022''.
       (b) Modified Definition of Major Illicit Drug Producing 
     Country.--Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) that is a significant direct source of covered 
     synthetic drugs, psychotropic drugs, or other controlled 
     substances, including precursor chemicals, when those 
     precursor chemicals are used in the production of such drugs 
     and substances, significantly affecting the United States;'';
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(9) the term `covered synthetic drug' means--
       ``(A) a synthetic controlled substance (as defined in 
     section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     802(6))), including fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue; or
       ``(B) a new psychoactive substance.''.
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