[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3028]
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  SA 864. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 1015. THREAT ANALYSIS REGARDING FENTANYL CRISIS.

       (a) Threat Analysis.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Defense Threat 
     Reduction Agency and the Office of the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization 
     Policy, shall conduct an analysis of--
       (1) any potential threats the illicit fentanyl drug trade 
     poses to the defense interests of the United States;
       (2) the illicit fentanyl drug trade, including the 
     manufacture, distribution, and sale or trade, and trans-
     shipment of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances;
       (3) new or emerging techniques or technologies that are 
     likely to affect the evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug 
     trade; and
       (4) United States laws, executive orders, secretarial 
     orders, and agency actions that are likely affecting the 
     evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug trade across the 
     southern border of the United States.
       (b) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report that includes--
       (1) the threat analysis required under subsection (a), 
     including any recommendations of the Secretary for any 
     related actions;
       (2) any actions the Department of Defense has taken in 
     response to such threat analysis; and
       (3) any other matter the Secretary of Defense determines to 
     be appropriate.
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