[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5057]
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SA 3227. Mr. CURTIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. _____. REPORT ON SPECIALLY VETTED UNITS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
Sensitive Investigative Units and Vetted Units of the Drug
Enforcement Administration are a critical component of
disrupting, degrading, and dismantling international fentanyl
production and trafficking networks.
(b) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State, shall submit to
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives a report that contains--
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of the Sensitive
Investigative Units and Vetted Units of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, particularly those in the United Mexican
States, the Northern Triangle of Central America, and the
Tri-Border Area of South America; and
(B) recommendations for improving the program, including
expanding the program to other jurisdictions.
(2) Report by the comptroller general.--Not later than 180
days after the date report required under paragraph (1) is
submitted, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the committees described in that paragraph a report
that reviews the assessment and recommendations described in
that paragraph.
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