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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8701 

To reform the Intelligence Community, the intelligence-related activities of 

the counter-drug mission of the United States Government, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Mr. WENSTRUP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 

A BILL 

To reform the Intelligence Community, the intelligence-related activities of the counter-drug mission of the United 

States Government, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Intelligence Reform 

5 and Transnational Crime Prevention Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) transnational organized crime poses a sig2 nificant threat to national security and contributes 

3 directly to the tens of thousands of illicit fentanyl 

4 overdoses in the United States each year; 

5 (2) transnational criminal organizations engage 

6 in a variety of criminal activities in addition to drug 

7 trafficking, including weapons trafficking, migrant 

8 smuggling, human trafficking, cybercrime, intellec9 tual property theft, money laundering, wildlife and 

10 timber trafficking, illegal fishing, and illegal mining; 

11 (3) the threat of transnational criminal organi12 zations continues to escalate as criminal organiza13 tions expand in size and influence and adapt to ex14 isting United States strategy and policy; 

15 (4) transnational criminal organizations require 

16 more than just a law enforcement response, as their 

17 activities affect the global supply chain, create global 

18 instability, and require the engagement of United 

19 States allies; 

20 (5) the intelligence community must have the 

21 resources and coordination to adequately address the 

22 threat of transnational criminal organizations; and 

23 (6) the Controlled Substances Act and the Na24 tional Security Act of 1947 should be amended to 


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1 include authorities necessary to disrupt and deter 

2 the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States. 

3 SEC. 3. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO DIS4 RUPTING AND DETERRING ILLICIT 

5 FENTANYL. 

6 (a) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES FRAME7 WORK.—The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure 

8 that disrupting transnational criminal organizations and 

9 individuals engaged in illicit fentanyl and related activities 

10 to the United States shall be among the highest priorities 

11 in the National Intelligence Priorities Framework of the 

12 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (or any suc13 cessor mechanism established for the prioritization of such 

14 programs and activities). 

15 (b) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM PROJECTS, 

16 PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES.—The Director of National 

17 Intelligence shall ensure that, with respect to 

18 transnational criminal organizations and individuals en19 gaged in illicit fentanyl and related activities that affect 

20 the United States and United States citizens, interests, 

21 and partners— 

22 (1) projects, programs, and activities carried 

23 out under the National Intelligence Program shall 

24 prioritize the collection and analysis of intelligence 

25 with regard to such activities; and 


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1 (2) each element of the intelligence community 

2 increases resources to identify, understand, monitor, 

3 and support actions to disrupt such activities in the 

4 global supply chain and to identify and warn of 

5 emerging and changing threats, trends, and 

6 transnational criminal organizations activities re7 lated to illicit fentanyl activities. 

8 (c) ANNUAL BRIEF.—The head of each element of 

9 the intelligence community shall provide to the Permanent 

10 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep11 resentatives and Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

12 Senate an annual briefing with respect to intelligence 

13 products developed by such element that informed stra14 tegic operational planning and supported United States 

15 government actions to deter illicit fentanyl and save Amer16 ican lives. 

17 (d) CERTAIN OFFENSES.—The use of the Classified 

18 Information Procedures Act shall apply as needed in sup19 port of prosecuting offenses under sections 3 and 5 of this 

20 Act. 

21 SEC. 4. STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL PLANNING TO DISRUPT 

22 AND DETER ILLICIT FENTANYL. 

23 (a) NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT FINDING.—Con24 gress finds that the Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 

25 2023 declared fentanyl trafficking a national security 


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1 threat stemming from drug cartels and smugglers, di2 rected the Pentagon to develop a fentanyl-specific counter3 drug strategy, including enhanced cooperation with for4 eign nations, required the Secretary of Defense to increase 

5 security cooperation with the Mexican military, and ad6 dress coordination efforts between the military and Fed7 eral law enforcement agencies. 

8 (b) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTER9 NARCOTICS CENTER.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of the National 

11 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3056) is amended 

12 to read as follows (and conforming the table of con13 tents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 

14 ‘‘SEC. 119. NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTER15 NARCOTICS CENTER. 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.—There is within 

17 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a Na18 tional Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center. 

19 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM

20 AND COUNTERNARCOTICS CENTER.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is a Director of the 

22 National Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics 

23 Center, who shall be the head of the National 

24 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center, and 


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1 who shall be appointed by the President, by and 

2 with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Director of the Na4 tional Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center 

5 may not simultaneously serve in any other capacity 

6 in the executive branch. 

7 ‘‘(c) REPORTING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Na9 tional Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center 

10 shall report to the Director of National Intelligence 

11 with respect to matters described in paragraph (2) 

12 and the President with respect to matters described 

13 in paragraph (3). 

14 ‘‘(2) MATTERS REPORTED TO DIRECTOR OF NA15 TIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—The matters described in 

16 this paragraph are as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) The budget and programs of the Na18 tional Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics 

19 Center. 

20 ‘‘(B) The conduct of intelligence operations 

21 implemented by other elements of the intel22 ligence community. 

23 ‘‘(3) MATTERS REPORTED TO PRESIDENT.— 

24 The matters described in this paragraph are the 

25 planning and progress of joint counterterrorism and 


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1 counternarcotics operations (other than intelligence 

2 operations). 

3 ‘‘(d) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The primary missions of 

4 the National Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Cen5 ter shall be as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) To serve as the primary organization in 

7 the United States Government for analyzing and in8 tegrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by 

9 the United States Government pertaining to ter10 rorism, counterterrorism, narcotics, and counter11 narcotics excepting intelligence pertaining exclusively 

12 to domestic terrorists and domestic counterter13 rorism. 

14 ‘‘(2) To conduct strategic operational planning 

15 for counterterrorism and counternarcotics activities, 

16 integrating all instruments of national power, includ17 ing diplomatic, financial, military, intelligence, 

18 homeland security, and law enforcement activities 

19 within and among agencies. 

20 ‘‘(3) To assign roles and responsibilities as part 

21 of its strategic operational planning duties to lead 

22 Departments or agencies, as appropriate, for 

23 counterterrorism and counternarcotics activities that 

24 are consistent with applicable law and that support 

25 counterterrorism and counternarcotics strategic 


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1 operational plans but shall not direct the execution 

2 of any resulting operations. 

3 ‘‘(4) To ensure that agencies, as appropriate, 

4 have access to and receive all-source intelligence sup5 port needed to execute their counterterrorism or 

6 coutnernarcotics plans or perform independent, al7 ternative analysis. 

8 ‘‘(5) To ensure that such agencies have access 

9 to and receive intelligence needed to accomplish their 

10 assigned activities. 

11 ‘‘(6) To serve as the central and shared knowl12 edge bank on known and suspected terrorists and 

13 international terror groups, known or suspected drug 

14 traffickers, and transnational criminal organizations, 

15 as well as their goals, strategies, capabilities, and 

16 networks of contacts and support. 

17 ‘‘(e) DOMESTIC COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTER18 NARCOTICS INTELLIGENCE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE INTELLIGENCE.— 

20 The Center may, consistent with applicable law, the 

21 direction of the President, and the guidelines re22 ferred to in section 102A(b), receive intelligence per23 taining exclusively to domestic counterterrorism or 

24 counternarcotics from any Federal, State, or local 

25 government or other source necessary to fulfill its 


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1 responsibilities and retain and disseminate such in2 telligence. 

3 ‘‘(2) REQUEST OF INFORMATION FROM CEN4 TER.—Any agency authorized to conduct counterter5 rorism or counternarcotics activities may request in6 formation from the Center to assist it in its respon7 sibilities, consistent with applicable law and the 

8 guidelines referred to in section 102A(b). 

9 ‘‘(f) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIREC10 TOR.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Na12 tional Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center 

13 shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) serve as the principal adviser to the 

15 Director of National Intelligence on intelligence 

16 operations relating to counterterrorism and 

17 counternarcotics; 

18 ‘‘(B) provide strategic operational plans 

19 for the civilian and military counterterrorism 

20 and counternarcotics efforts of the United 

21 States Government and for the effective inte22 gration of counterterrorism and counter23 narcotics intelligence and operations across 

24 agency boundaries, both inside and outside the 

25 United States; 


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1 ‘‘(C) advise the Director of National Intel2 ligence on the extent to which the counterter3 rorism and counternarcotics program rec4 ommendations and budget proposals of the de5 partments, agencies, and elements of the 

6 United States Government conform to the pri7 orities established by the President; 

8 ‘‘(D) disseminate terrorism and narcotics 

9 information, including current terrorism and 

10 narcotics threat analysis, to the President, the 

11 Vice President, the Secretaries of State, De12 fense, and Homeland Security, the Attorney 

13 General, the Director of the Central Intelligence 

14 Agency, and other officials of the executive 

15 branch as appropriate, and to the appropriate 

16 committees of Congress; 

17 ‘‘(E) support the Department of Justice 

18 and the Department of Homeland Security, and 

19 other appropriate agencies, in fulfillment of 

20 their responsibilities to disseminate terrorism 

21 and narcotics information, consistent with ap22 plicable law, guidelines referred to in section 

23 102A(b), Executive orders and other Presi24 dential guidance, to State and local government 

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1 semination of terrorism and narcotics informa2 tion to foreign governments as approved by the 

3 Director of National Intelligence; 

4 ‘‘(F) develop a strategy for— 

5 ‘‘(i) combining terrorist and travel in6 telligence operations and law enforcement 

7 planning and operations into a cohesive ef8 fort to intercept terrorists, find terrorist 

9 travel facilitators, and constrain terrorist 

10 mobility; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) combining drug trafficking and 

12 supply chains for production and manufac13 ture, finance, and distribution of narcotics 

14 with law enforcement planning and oper15 ations into a cohesive effort to disrupt the 

16 flow of narcotics; 

17 ‘‘(G) have primary responsibility within the 

18 United States Government for conducting net 

19 assessments of terrorist and drug trafficking 

20 threats; 

21 ‘‘(H) consistent with priorities approved by 

22 the President, assist the Director of National 

23 Intelligence in establishing requirements for the 

24 intelligence community for the collection of ter25 rorism and narcotics information; and 


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1 ‘‘(I) perform such other duties as the Di2 rector of National Intelligence may prescribe or 

3 are prescribed by law. 

4 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

5 paragraph (1)(G) may be construed to limit the au6 thority of the departments and agencies of the 

7 United States to conduct net assessments. 

8 ‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The Director of the National 

9 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center may not 

10 direct the execution of counterterrorism or counter11 narcotics operations. 

12 ‘‘(h) RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.—The Director of 

13 National Intelligence shall resolve disagreements between 

14 the National Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Cen15 ter and the head of a department, agency, or element of 

16 the United States Government on designations, assign17 ments, plans, or responsibilities under this section. The 

18 head of such a department, agency, or element may appeal 

19 the resolution responsibilities, consistent with applicable 

20 law and the guidelines referred to in section 102A(b).’’. 

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

22 (A) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.— 

23 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

24 101 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (i) in section 201, by striking ‘‘Na2 tional Counterterrorism Center’’ each place 

3 it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

4 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics 

5 Center’’; and 

6 (ii) in section 210D, by striking ‘‘Na7 tional Counterterrorism Center’’ each place 

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

9 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics 

10 Center’’. 

11 (B) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES.— 

12 Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘National Counterter14 rorism Center’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

15 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Cen16 ter’’. 

17 (C) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TER18 RORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2005.— 

19 (i) Section 7215 of the Intelligence 

20 Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

21 2004 (6 U.S.C. 123) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘National Counterterrorism Center’’ 

23 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Na24 tional Counterterrorism and Counter25 narcotics Center’’. 


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1 (ii) Section 7202 of the Intelligence 

2 Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

3 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1777) is amended by strik4 ing ‘‘National Counterterrorism Center’’ 

5 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Na6 tional Counterterrorism and Counter7 narcotics Center’’. 

8 (D) WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NA9 TIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

10 FISCAL YEAR 2021.—Section 1299F of the Wil11 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (22 

13 U.S.C. 2656j) is amended by striking ‘‘National 

14 Counterterrorism Center’’ each place it appears 

15 and inserting ‘‘National Counterterrorism and 

16 Counternarcotics Center’’. 

17 (E) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.— 

18 The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

19 3001 et seq.) is amended— 

20 (i) in section 102A(f), by striking 

21 ‘‘National Counterterrorism Center’’ each 

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

23 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics 

24 Center’’; and 


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1 (ii) in section 103(c), by striking ‘‘Na2 tional Counterterrorism Center’’ and in3 serting ‘‘National Counterterrorism and 

4 Counternarcotics Center’’. 

5 (F) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

6 ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.—Section 1079 of 

7 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis8 cal Year 2008 (50 U.S.C. 3307) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘National Counterterrorism Center’’ 

10 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

11 Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Cen12 ter’’. 

13 SEC. 5. PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUC14 TION, MANUFACTURE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF 

15 ILLICIT FENTANYL, COVERED SYNTHETIC 

16 DRUGS, AND NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUB17 STANCES. 

18 Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘§ 2339E. Providing material support for the produc21 tion, manufacture, and distribution of il22 licit fentanyl, covered synthetic drugs, 

23 and new psychoactive substances 

24 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever provides material support 

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1 source, or ownership of material support or resources, 

2 knowing or intending that they are to be used in prepara3 tion for, or in carrying out, a violation of section 1009 

4 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 959) or in 

5 preparation for, or in carrying out, the concealment of an 

6 escape from the commission of any such violation, or at7 tempts or conspires to do such an act— 

8 ‘‘(1) in the case of an individual, shall be fined 

9 not more than $10,000,000, imprisoned for not less 

10 than 10 years, or both; or 

11 ‘‘(2) in the case of an organization, shall be 

12 fined not more than $50,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) SECOND OFFENSE.—Any person who com15 mits a violation described in subsection (a), after a 

16 prior conviction for a violation described in sub17 section (a) has become final— 

18 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual, shall be 

19 fined not more than $20,000,000, imprisoned 

20 for not less than 20 years, or both; or 

21 ‘‘(B) in the case of an organization, shall 

22 be fined not more than $75,000,000. 

23 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL OFFENSE.—Any person who 

24 commits a violation described in subsection (a), after 


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1 two prior convictions for a violation described in 

2 subsection (a) have become final— 

3 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual, shall be 

4 fined not more than $20,000,000, imprisoned 

5 for life, or both; or 

6 ‘‘(B) in the case of an organization, shall 

7 be fined not more than $75,000,000. 

8 ‘‘(c) PROSECUTION OF VIOLATION.—A violation of 

9 this section may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial dis10 trict in which the underlying offense was committed, or 

11 in any other Federal judicial district as provided by law.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. CRIMINAL OFFENSE WITH RESPECT TO BRIBERY OF 

13 PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS 

14 RELATED TO NARCOTICS. 

15 (a) BRIBERY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS.—Whoever di16 rectly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers, or promises 

17 anything of value to any public official or foreign official 

18 or person who has been selected to be a public official or 

19 foreign official, or offers or promises any public official 

20 or foreign official or any person who has been selected to 

21 be a public official or foreign official anything of value 

22 with intent to influence any official act, or to influence 

23 such person to commit or aid in committing or collude in 

24 or allow any drug trafficking offense in violation of section 

25 401, 406, or 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 


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1 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), or make opportunity for the commis2 sion of any drug trafficking offense in violation of section 

3 401, 406, or 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

4 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), or to induce such public official to 

5 do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty 

6 of such person, shall be fined not more than $20,000,000, 

7 imprisoned for not more than 25 years, or both. 

8 (b) RECEIPT OF CERTAIN THINGS OF VALUE BY

9 PUBLIC OFFICIALS.—Whoever, being a public official or 

10 foreign official or person selected to be a public official 

11 or foreign official, directly or indirectly, corruptly de12 mands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or ac13 cept anything of value personally or for any other person 

14 in return for being influenced in the performance of any 

15 official act, being influenced to commit or aid in commit16 ting or collude in or allow any drug trafficking offense 

17 in violation of section 401, 406, or 416 of the Controlled 

18 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), or to make oppor19 tunity for the commission of any drug trafficking offense 

20 in violation of section 401, 406, or 416 of the Controlled 

21 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), or being induced 

22 to do or omit to do any act in violation of the official duty 

23 of such official or person shall be fined not more than 

24 $20,000,000, imprisoned for not more than 25 years, or 

25 both. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘public official’’ means a Member 

3 of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or 

4 an officer or employee or person acting for or on be5 half of the United States, or any department, agency 

6 or branch of Government thereof, including the Dis7 trict of Columbia, in any official function, under or 

8 by authority of any such department, agency, or 

9 branch of Government, or a juror; 

10 (2) the term ‘‘person who has been selected to 

11 be a public official’’ means any person who has been 

12 nominated or appointed to be a public official, or 

13 has been officially informed that such person will be 

14 so nominated or appointed; 

15 (3) the term ‘‘official act’’ means any decision 

16 or action on any question, matter, cause, suit, pro17 ceeding or controversy, which may at any time be 

18 pending, or which may by law be brought before any 

19 public official, in such official’s official capacity, or 

20 in such official’s place of trust or profit; 

21 (4) the term ‘‘foreign official’’ means— 

22 (A)(i) any official or employee of a foreign 

23 government or any department, agency, or in24 strumentality thereof; or 


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1 (ii) any senior foreign political figure, 

2 as defined in section 1010.605 of title 31, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc4 cessor regulation; 

5 (B) any official or employee of a public 

6 international organization; 

7 (C) any person acting in an official capac8 ity for or on behalf of— 

9 (i) a government, department, agency, 

10 or instrumentality described in subpara11 graph (A)(i); or 

12 (ii) a public international organiza13 tion; or 

14 (D) any person acting in an unofficial ca15 pacity for or on behalf of— 

16 (i) a government, department, agency, 

17 or instrumentality described in subpara18 graph (A)(i); or 

19 (ii) a public international organiza20 tion; and 

21 (5) the term ‘‘public international organization’’ 

22 means— 

23 (A) an organization that is designated by 

24 Executive order pursuant to section 1 of the 


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1 International Organizations Immunities Act (22 

2 U.S.C. 288); or 

3 (B) any other international organization 

4 that is designated by the President by Execu5 tive order for the purposes of this section, effec6 tive as of the date of publication of such order 

7 in the Federal Register. 

8 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘covered synthetic drug’’ means— 

11 (A) a controlled substance (as defined in 

12 section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act 

13 (21 U.S.C. 802(6))) that was produced, pre14 pared, propagated, compounded, or processed 

15 by means of chemical synthesis or by a com16 bination of extraction and chemical synthesis, 

17 including fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue; or 

18 (B) a new psychoactive substance. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘expert advice or assistance’’ 

20 means advice or assistance derived from scientific, 

21 technical, or other specialized knowledge. 

22 (3) The term ‘‘illicit fentanyl’’ means fentanyl 

23 and any analogue thereof that is manufactured, dis24 tributed, or dispensed, or possessed with intent to 

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1 section 401, 406, or 416 of the Controlled Sub2 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841, 846, 856). 

3 (4) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 

4 meaning given such term in section 3 of the Na5 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

6 (5) The term ‘‘material support or resources’’ 

7 means any property, tangible or intangible, or serv8 ice, including currency or monetary instruments or 

9 financial securities, financial services, lodging, train10 ing, exporting, importing, smuggling, expert advice 

11 or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or 

12 identification, communications equipment, facilities, 

13 weapons, lethal substances, personnel (one or more 

14 individuals who may be or include oneself), transpor15 tation, chemical pre-cursors, covered synthetic drug 

16 (including illicit fentanyl and its analogues), or new 

17 psychoactive substance production equipment (man18 ufacturing machinery, die molds, encapsulation ma19 chines, pressers, and parts). 

20 (6) The term ‘‘narco-corruption’’ means for 

21 those who offer bribes and those who receive bribes 

22 and public official or foreign officials engaged in 

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1 ments, or other things of value from drug trafficking 

2 organizations. 

3 (7) The term ‘‘new psychoactive substance’’ 

4 means a psychotropic substance described as of the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act in the ‘Convention 

6 on Psychotropic Substances’ (as such term is de7 fined in section 802 of the Controlled Substances 

8 Act (21 U.S.C. 802(31)) and that— 

9 (A) is not— 

10 (i) included in any schedule as a con11 trolled substance under the Controlled 

12 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) on 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act; or 

14 (ii) controlled by the Single Conven15 tion on Narcotic Drugs or the Convention 

16 on Psychotropic Susbtances (as such terms 

17 are defined in section 802 of the Con18 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

19 802(31)); 

20 (B) is new or has reemerged on the illicit 

21 market as of the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act; and 

23 (C) poses a threat to the national security 

24 of the United States, public health or safety, as 


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1 determined by the President or Director of Na2 tional Intelligence. . 

3 (8) The term ‘‘organization’’ means a person 

4 other than an individual. 

5 (9) The term ‘‘training’’ means instruction or 

6 teaching designed to impart a specific skill, as op7 posed to general knowledge. 

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