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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9172 

To establish the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative to promote bilateral counterdrug interdiction efforts with the governments of specified 

countries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 

Mr. LAWLER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. STANTON, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. PAPPAS, 

Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative 

to promote bilateral counterdrug interdiction efforts with 

the governments of specified countries, 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 TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Destruction Initiative 

5 for Stored Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘DISPOSE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

9 Senate; 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

11 the House of Representatives; and 

12 (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (2) BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘beneficiary coun17 tries’’ means Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. 

18 (B) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State, in 

19 consultation with the Attorney General and the 

20 Secretary of Defense, may add or remove 1 or 

21 more countries from the list of beneficiary 

22 countries under subparagraph (A) after pro23 viding written notification of such changes to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees. 

25 (3) LISTED CHEMICAL.—The term ‘‘listed 

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1 tion 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

2 U.S.C. 802). 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF PRECURSOR CHEMICAL DE4 STRUCTION INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, in co6 ordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney 

7 General, may carry out the ‘‘Precursor Chemical Destruc8 tion Initiative’’ in beneficiary countries to achieve the pur9 poses described in subsection (b). 

10 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in this sub11 section are— 

12 (1) improving and increasing rates of seizure 

13 and destruction of listed chemicals in beneficiary 

14 countries; 

15 (2) alleviating the backlog of seized listed 

16 chemicals and disposing the hazardous waste gen17 erated by illicit drug trafficking in beneficiary coun18 tries in an environmentally safe and effective man19 ner; 

20 (3) ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not 

21 reintroduced into the illicit drug production stream 

22 within beneficiary countries; 

23 (4) freeing up storage space for future listed 

24 chemical seizures within beneficiary countries; or 


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1 (5) reducing the negative environmental impact 

2 of listed chemicals. 

3 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; PROGRESS UPDATES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

6 in coordination with the Attorney General and the Sec7 retary of Defense, shall submit an implementation plan 

8 to the appropriate congressional committees that includes 

9 a timeline and stated objectives for actions to be taken 

10 in beneficiary countries in support of the Precursor Chem11 ical Destruction Initiative. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan required 

13 under subsection (a) shall include— 

14 (1) a multi-year strategy with a timeline, over15 view of objectives, budgetary projections, and antici16 pated outcomes for the region and for each bene17 ficiary country; 

18 (2) specific, measurable benchmarks to track 

19 the progress of the Precursor Chemical Destruction 

20 Initiative towards accomplishing the outcomes re21 ferred to in paragraph (1); 

22 (3) a plan for the delineation of the roles to be 

23 carried out by the Department of State, the Depart24 ment of Justice, the Department of Defense, and 

25 any other Federal department or agency in carrying 


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1 out the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative; 

2 and 

3 (4) a plan for addressing security and govern4 ment corruption and providing updates to the appro5 priate congressional committees on the results of 

6 such efforts. 

7 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than 1 

8 year after the submission of the implementation plan pur9 suant to subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Sec10 retary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General 

11 and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro12 priate congressional committees a written description of 

13 the results achieved by the Precursor Chemical Destruc14 tion Initiative, including— 

15 (1) the implementation of the strategy and 

16 plans described in subsection (a); 

17 (2) compliance with, and progress related to, 

18 meeting the benchmarks referred to in subsection 

19 (b)(2); and 

20 (3) the type and quantity of listed chemicals de21 stroyed by each beneficiary country. 

22 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

23 The Secretary of State shall use amounts otherwise 

24 appropriated for International Narcotics Control and Law 


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1 Enforcement programs managed by the Department of 

2 State to carry out this Act. 

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