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Union Calendar No. 260 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4761 

[Report No. 116–319, Part I] 

To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other 

personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the 

Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic 

opioid detection capability, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2019 

Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. KATKO, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 

and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Additional sponsor: Mr. WALKER

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 

agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic 

opioid detection equipment, that the Department of 

Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic 

opioid detection capability, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Opioid Detection 

5 Resilience Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE DETECTION OF ALL OPIOID 

7 PURITY LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this section, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

10 and Border Protection (CBP) shall— 

11 (1) implement a strategy to ensure deployed 

12 chemical screening devices are able to identify in an 

13 operational environment narcotics at purity levels 

14 less than or equal to 10 percent, or provide ports of 

15 entry with an alternate method for identifying nar16 cotics at lower purity levels; and 

17 (2) require testing of any new chemical screen18 ing devices to understand the abilities and limita19 tions of such devices relating to identifying narcotics 

20 at various purity levels before CBP commits to the 

21 acquisition of such devices. 

22 SEC. 3. PLAN TO ENSURE OPIOID DETECTION EQUIPMENT 

23 RESILIENCY. 

24 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security 


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1 shall implement a plan for the long-term development of 

2 a centralized spectral database for chemical screening de3 vices. Such plan shall address the following: 

4 (1) How newly identified spectra will be col5 lected, stored, and distributed to such devices in 

6 their operational environment, including at ports of 

7 entry. 

8 (2) Identification of parties responsible for up9 dates and maintenance of such database. 


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Union Calendar No. 260 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4761 

[Report No. 116–319, Part I] 

A BILL 

To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection ofand for other purposes. to update synthetic opioid detection capability, Department of Homeland Security has a process synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the ficers, agents, and other personnel have adequate 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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