Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 20, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a joint task force to enhance DHS border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States. The task force may coordinate with: (1) the private sector, which may include a two-year assignment of a private sector employee to a task force; and (2) other federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, or international task forces and entities.
(Sec. 3) DHS shall determine whether to establish the task force and notify Congress of its determination within 90 days.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2018 to Jun 5, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | May 10, 2018 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jun 5, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 May 10, 2018Markup Jun 6, 2018Reported Jun 14, 2018 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2018 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 19, 2018Mr. Donovan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5267-5269)
- Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5762.
- Jun 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5267-5268)
- Jun 19, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 14, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-755.
- Jun 14, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
- Jun 6, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 6, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- May 10, 2018Introduced in House
- May 10, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 | Cost estimates E962 | Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Jul 3, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E870 | Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Jun 20, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5267–H5269Text printed H5267 | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. R-NY, James R. Langevin D-RI | Jun 19, 2018 |
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
- Jul 3, 2018H.R. 5762, Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018As passed by the House of Representatives on June 19, 2018.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 76, May 10, 2018, page H3930.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-68 | OPIOIDS IN THE HOMELAND: DHS COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO FIGHT THE EPIDEMIC48 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 19, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2864 | Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 16, 2018 |
| HR 3722 | Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 15, 2019 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a Joint Task Force to enhance integration of the Department of Homeland Security's border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 14, 2018Reported in House
- May 10, 2018Introduced 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.
