HR 9162 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

SOS Act of 2022

Introduced Oct 7, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Brad R. Wenstrup R-OH

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 8, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 7, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Our Scourge Act of 2022 or the SOS Act of 2022

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to conduct an assessment regarding that substance.

Specifically, the office must assess

  • foreign manufacturing of illicit fentanyl,
  • the tools and capabilities across federal agencies to address trafficking of that substance,
  • the capabilities of the Mexican military to conduct counterdrug missions with respect to that substance,
  • the capacities and willingness of China to take specified actions with respect to that substance, and
  • illicit fentanyl being trafficked into the United States from Mexico.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-MOAnn WagnerOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-UTChris StewartOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-NCDan BishopOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-PAJohn JoyceOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-OHMichael R. TurnerOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-WIMike GallagherOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-TXTony GonzalesOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-ARJ. French HillNov 10, 2022
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerNov 16, 2022
R-FLGus M. BilirakisDec 14, 2022

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Oct 7, 2022
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Referred Oct 8, 2022
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 7, 2022
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Oct 7, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 8, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
  2. Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Oct 7, 2022Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
SOS Act of 2022
Stop Our Scourge Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House

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