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Union Calendar No. 531 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8663 

[Report No. 118–634] 

To require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of 

Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and 

disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Mr. LALOTA (for himself and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

AUGUST 23, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina 

AUGUST 23, 2024 

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 require the Science and Technology Directorate in the 

Department of Homeland Security to develop greater 

capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances 

in very low concentrations. 


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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 TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Detection Equipment 

5 and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of 

6 Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘DETECT 

7 Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024’’. 

8 SEC. 2. ENHANCING THE CAPACITY TO DETECT, IDENTIFY, 

9 AND DISRUPT DRUGS SUCH AS FENTANYL 

10 AND XYLAZINE. 

11 Section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

12 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

14 end; 

15 (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(15) carrying out research, development, test19 ing, evaluation, and cost-benefit analyses to improve 

20 the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of equipment 

21 and reference libraries for use by Federal, State, 

22 local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agen23 cies for the accurate detection of drugs or the dis24 ruption of drug trafficking for drugs such as 

25 fentanyl and xylazine, including, but not limited to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) portable equipment that can detect 

2 and identify drugs with minimal or no handling 

3 of the sample; 

4 ‘‘(B) equipment that can separate complex 

5 mixtures containing low concentrations of drugs 

6 and high concentrations of cutting agents into 

7 their component parts to enable signature ex8 traction for field identification and detection; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) technologies that use machine learn11 ing or artificial intelligence (as defined in sec12 tion 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 

13 Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401)) and 

14 other techniques to predict whether the sub15 stances in a sample are controlled substance 

16 analogues or other new psychoactive substances 

17 not yet included in available reference librar18 ies.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS. 

20 In carrying out section 302(15) of the Homeland Se21 curity Act of 2002, as added by section 2, the Under Sec22 retary for Science and Technology shall— 

23 (1) follow the recommendations, guidelines, and 

24 best practices described in the Artificial Intelligence 

25 Risk Management Framework (NIST AI 100–1) or 


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1 any successor document published by the National 

2 Institute of Standards and Technology; and 

3 (2) establish the Directorate of Science and 

4 Technology’s research, development, testing, evalua5 tion, and cost-benefit analysis priorities under such 

6 section 302(15) based on the latest available infor7 mation, including the latest State and Territory Re8 port on Enduring and Emerging Threats published 

9 by the Drug Enforcement Administration or any 

10 successor document. 


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Union Calendar No. 531 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8663 

[Report No. 118–634] 

A BILL 

To require the Science and Technology Directorate 

rupt illicit substances in very low concentrations. velop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disin the Department of Homeland Security to deAUGUST 23, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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