SOS Act of 2023

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Bill Number

HR 3666

Introduced

May 25, 2023

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

Topics

Asia Chemical and biological weapons China Congressional oversight Drug trafficking and controlled substances Emergency Management Government studies and investigations Latin America Mexico

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Summary

Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023 or the SOS Act of 2023

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.

Actions

May 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
May 25, 2023

Referred 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.
May 25, 2023

Introduced in House

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