To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 16, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
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 16, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and submit a strategy to use existing authorities to target, disrupt, or degrade threats to national security that are caused or exacerbated by fentanyl trafficking. The strategy must be submitted in an unclassified form, but it may include a classified index.
Additionally, DOD must seek to enhance cooperation with defense officials of Mexico to target, disrupt, and degrade transnational criminal organizations within Mexico that traffic fentanyl.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2023 to Dec 19, 2023; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Dec 19, 2023 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 16, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 16, 2023 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 16, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
- May 16, 2023Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 82, May 16, 2023, page H2377.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1619 | Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023 | Identical bill | May 16, 2023 |
| S 2226 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Related bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
| HR 2670 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Related bill | Dec 22, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Introduced 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.
