[118th Congress Public Law 43]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 138 STAT. 453]]

Public Law 118-43
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections 
         at ports of entry. <<NOTE: Mar. 18, 2024 -  [S. 206]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Eradicating 
Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National 
Yearly Losses of life Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 19 USC 1583a note.>> SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and 
Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of 
life Act'' or the ``END FENTANYL Act''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 19 USC 1583a note.>> ENSURING TIMELY UPDATES TO 
                    U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD 
                    MANUALS.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline. Review.>>  In General.--Not less frequently 
than triennially, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall review and update, as necessary, the current policies and manuals 
of the Office of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of 
entry to ensure the uniform implementation of inspection practices that 
will effectively respond to technological and methodological changes 
designed to disguise illegal activity, such as the smuggling of drugs 
and humans, along the border.

    (b) <<NOTE: Summary.>>  Reporting Requirement.--Shortly after each 
update required under subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate

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and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
that summarizes the policy and manual changes implemented by such 
update.

    Approved March 18, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 206:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 118-16 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 169 (2023):
                                    June 22, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 170 (2024):
                                    Mar. 5, 7, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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