INTERDICT Act
Latest action · Jan 10, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-112.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 24, 2017
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2017
- To the PresidentDec 29, 2017
- Became lawJan 10, 2018Public Law 115-112
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 21, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to: (1) increase the number of chemical screening devices available to CBP officers to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, including such substances imported through the mail or by an express consignment operator or carrier; and (2) dedicate the appropriate number of CBP personnel, including scientists, to interpret data collected by such devices during all operational hours.
(Sec. 4) The bill authorizes appropriations to the CBP to ensure that the necessary screening and interdiction resources are available during all operational hours.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 574 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed412–3 | Oct 24, 2017 |
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2017 to Sep 21, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 25, 2017 |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 12, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 12, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 21, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2017Markup Sep 7, 2017Reported Sep 21, 2017 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2017Discharged Sep 7, 2017 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2018Signed by President.
- Jan 10, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-112.
- Dec 29, 2017Presented to President.
- Dec 22, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 21, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8279)
In the Congressional Record 8
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E870 | Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S148 | Shelley Moore Capito R-WV | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8209–S8211, S8279 | Edward J. Markey D-MA, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Sherrod Brown D-OH | Dec 21, 2017 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1443 | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA | Oct 26, 2017 |
| House | Recorded votes H8096enact | — | Oct 24, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 19, 2017H.R. 2142, INTERDICT ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 7, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 70, April 25, 2017, page H2847.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
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Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 708 | INTERDICT Act | Identical bill | Mar 23, 2017 |
Titles 13
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, and for other purposes
- Short Title
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- INTERDICT Act
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- INTERDICT Act
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- INTERDICT Act
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- INTERDICT Act
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act
- INTERDICT Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Oct 25, 2017Received in Senate
- Oct 24, 2017Engrossed in House
- Sep 21, 2017Reported in House
- Apr 25, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
