CAPTAGON Act
Latest action · Sep 21, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedDec 14, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Countering Assad's Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act or the CAPTAGON Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and other appropriate federal agencies to report to Congress a strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking networks linked to the regime of Bashar al Asad in Syria.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 14, 2021 to Sep 19, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Dec 14, 2021 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Apr 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 19, 2022 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2021Markup Jul 28, 2022 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2021 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2021 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2021 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 21, 2022 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Sep 20, 2022Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1361, proceedings on H.R. 6265 are considered vacated.
- Sep 20, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1361, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1433, as amended; H.R. 4009, as amended; H.R. 4358, as amended; H.R. 6265; H.R. 6846, as amended; H.R. 7240, as amended; H.R. 7338, as amended; H.R. 8453, as amended; H.R. 8503, as amended; and H.R. 8520, as amended; and the following resolution was agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 558, as amended. (consideration: CR H7984-7992; text: CR H7985)
- Sep 19, 2022Mr. Malinowski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 19, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7906-7908)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7984Text printed H7985 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Sep 20, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7906–H7908Text printed H7906 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, J. French Hill R-AR, Tom Malinowski D-NJ | Sep 19, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 12, 2022H.R. 6265, Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking and Garnering of Narcotics ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 28, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 215, December 14, 2021, page H7824.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33487 | Syria: Transition and U.S. Policy | Report | Feb 26, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 1361 | Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1098) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans; and for other purposes. | Related bill | Sep 20, 2022 |
| S 3392 | A bill to require an interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked in the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. | Related bill | Dec 14, 2021 |
| HR 7776 | James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | Related bill | Dec 23, 2022 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a strategy by the United States Government to disrupt and dismantle the Captagon trade and narcotics networks of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act
- CAPTAGON Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- CAPTAGON Act
- Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- CAPTAGON Act
- Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Middle East
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Syria
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2022Referred in Senate
- Sep 20, 2022Engrossed in House
- Dec 14, 2021Introduced 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.
