[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5936. Mr. PORTMAN 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 B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1012. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY 
                   INVESTIGATIONS TO COUNTER DRUG SMUGGLING BY 
                   TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 508 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     878) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Special Agents of the Homeland Security 
     Investigations and State, tribal, and local law enforcement 
     officers designated by the Executive Associate Director for 
     Homeland Security Investigations pursuant to section 401(i) 
     of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401(i)) shall have the 
     powers and authorities described in subsection (a) for the 
     enforcement of this Act, which shall be exercised in the 
     performance of the Department of Homeland Security's existing 
     functions related to customs and criminal law enforcement 
     under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
     296).''.
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