    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-254
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other
    personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the
    Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid
    detection capability, and for other purposes. <>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act
    of 2019''.
    SEC. 2. <>  STRATEGY TO ENSURE DETECTION OF ALL
    OPIOID PURITY LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
    section, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
    shall--
    (1) implement a strategy to ensure deployed chemical
    screening devices are able to identify in an operational
    environment narcotics at purity levels less than or equal to 10
    percent, or provide ports of entry with an alternate method for
    identifying narcotics at lower purity levels; and
    (2) <>  require testing of any new chemical
    screening devices to understand the abilities and limitations of
    such devices relating to identifying narcotics at various purity
    levels before CBP commits to the acquisition of such devices.
    SEC. 3. <>  PLAN TO ENSURE OPIOID DETECTION
    EQUIPMENT RESILIENCY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
    section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement a plan for
    the long-term development of a centralized spectral database for
    chemical screening devices. Such plan shall address the following:
    (1) How newly identified spectra will be collected, stored,
    and distributed to such devices in their operational
    environment, including at ports of entry.

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    (2) Identification of parties responsible for updates and
    maintenance of such database.

    Approved December 23, 2020.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4761:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-319, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Homeland Security).
    SENATE REPORTS: No. 116-244 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental
    Affairs).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 165 (2019):
    Dec. 9, considered and passed House.
    Vol. 166 (2020):
    Dec. 7, considered and passed
    Senate.