[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6577. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1270A. COORDINATION WITH FOREIGN STATES TO TEST CAPTAGON 
                   AND OTHER ILLICIT DRUG SAMPLES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered foreign state.--The term ``covered foreign 
     state'' means a foreign state in which Captagon has been 
     seized or interdicted.
       (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a partnership, joint 
     venture, association, corporation, organization, network, 
     group, or subgroup, or any form of business collaboration.
       (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person''--
       (A) means--
       (i) any citizen or national of a foreign country; or
       (ii) any entity not organized under the laws of the United 
     States or a jurisdiction within the United States; and
       (B) does not include the government of a foreign country.
       (b) In General.--The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
     State, and in coordination with the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, may coordinate with the necessary agencies and 
     instrumentalities of covered foreign states to acquire 
     samples of Captagon, its precursor chemicals, and other 
     illicit drugs interdicted by the law enforcement agencies or 
     other units of government of such covered foreign states.
       (c) Purpose.--Any testing conducted pursuant to subsection 
     (b) should be conducted for the purpose of obtaining 
     information that could help identify drug and drug precursor 
     trafficking routes, any foreign persons, entities, or 
     governments responsible for providing chemical precursors 
     used by drug trafficking organizations to synthesize illicit 
     substances, to assist the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
     Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration in efforts to identify and impose 
     sanctions.
       (d) Sample Acquisition and Testing Consistent With Law.--
     Acquisition and testing of any sample authorized under this 
     section shall be conducted in accordance with--
       (1) the requirements under chapter 8 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.); and
       (2) the laws of the relevant covered foreign state.
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