IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7990 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 

international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs and 

new psychoactive substances, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Emerging 

3 Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting 

4 Results Act’’ or the ‘‘FENTANYL Results Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF EFFORTS OF THE DEPART6 MENT OF STATE TO COMBAT INTER7 NATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN COVERED SYN8 THETIC DRUGS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

10 prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 

11 international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs by car12 rying out programs and activities to include the following: 

13 (1) Supporting increased data collection by the 

14 United States and foreign countries through in15 creased drug use surveys among populations, in16 creased use of wastewater testing where appropriate, 

17 and multilateral sharing of that data. 

18 (2) Engaging in increased consultation and 

19 partnership with international drug agencies, includ20 ing the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and 

21 Drug Addiction, and regulatory agencies in foreign 

22 countries. 

23 (3) Carrying out the program to provide assist24 ance to build the capacity of foreign law enforcement 

25 agencies with respect to covered synthetic drugs, as 

26 required by section 3. 


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1 (4) Carrying out exchange programs for govern2 mental and nongovernmental personnel in the 

3 United States and in foreign countries to provide 

4 educational and professional development on demand 

5 reduction matters relating to the illicit use of nar6 cotics and other drugs, as required by section 4. 

7 (b) REPORT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 of State shall submit to the appropriate congres11 sional committees a report on the implementation of 

12 this section. 

13 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT14 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap15 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

16 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

17 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO BUILD THE 

2 CAPACITY OF FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

3 AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO COVERED SYN4 THETIC DRUGS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 660 of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), the 

7 Secretary of State shall establish a program to provide as8 sistance to build the capacity of law enforcement agencies 

9 of the countries described in subsection (c) to help such 

10 agencies to identify, track, and improve their forensics de11 tection capabilities with respect to covered synthetic drugs. 

12 (b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall 

13 prioritize assistance under subsection (a) among those 

14 countries described in subsection (c) in which such assist15 ance would have the most impact in reducing illicit use 

16 of covered synthetic drugs in the United States. 

17 (c) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—The foreign countries 

18 described in this subsection are— 

19 (1) countries that are producers of covered syn20 thetic drugs; 

21 (2) countries whose pharmaceutical and chem22 ical industries are being exploited for development or 

23 procurement of precursors of covered synthetic 

24 drugs; or 

25 (3) major drug-transit countries as defined by 

26 the President. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

3 out this section $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

4 2021 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 4. EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND 

6 NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL TO PRO7 VIDE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DE8 VELOPMENT ON DEMAND REDUCTION MAT9 TERS RELATING TO ILLICIT USE OF NAR10 COTICS AND OTHER DRUGS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall carry 

12 out an exchange program for governmental and non13 governmental personnel in the United States and foreign 

14 countries to provide educational and professional develop15 ment on demand reduction matters relating to the illicit 

16 use of narcotics and other drugs. 

17 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re18 quired by subsection (a)— 

19 (1) shall be limited to individuals who have ex20 pertise and experience in matters described in sub21 section (a); 

22 (2) in the case of inbound exchanges, may be 

23 carried out as part of exchange programs and inter24 national visitor programs administered by the Bu25 reau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the DeVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:15 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7990.RFS H7990

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1 partment of State, including the International Vis2 itor Leadership Program; and 

3 (3) shall include outbound exchanges for gov4 ernmental and nongovernmental personnel in the 

5 United States. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

7 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out ex8 change programs and international visitor programs ad9 ministered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af10 fairs of the Department of State for each of the fiscal 

11 years 2021 through 2025, there is authorized to be appro12 priated to the Secretary to carry out this section 

13 $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year. 

14 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 

15 CONTROL PROGRAM. 

16 (a) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAT17 EGY REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

18 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(10) SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AND NEW

21 PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.—Information 

23 that contains an assessment of the countries 

24 significantly involved in the manufacture, pro25 duction, or transshipment of synthetic opioids, 


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1 including fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, to 

2 include the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) The scale of legal domestic pro4 duction and any available information on 

5 the number of manufacturers and pro6 ducers of such opioids in such countries. 

7 ‘‘(ii) Information on any law enforce8 ment assessments of the scale of illegal 

9 production, including a description of the 

10 capacity of illegal laboratories to produce 

11 such opioids. 

12 ‘‘(iii) The types of inputs used and a 

13 description of the primary methods of syn14 thesis employed by illegal producers of 

15 such opioids. 

16 ‘‘(iv) An assessment of the policies of 

17 such countries to regulate licit manufac18 ture and interdict illicit manufacture, di19 version, distribution, and shipment of such 

20 opioids and an assessment of the effective21 ness of the policies’ implementation. 

22 ‘‘(B) NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 

23 Information on the policies of responding to 

24 new psychoactive substances (as such term is 


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1 defined in section 7 of the FENTANYL Results 

2 Act), to include the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) Which governments have articu4 lated policies on scheduling of such sub5 stances. 

6 ‘‘(ii) Any data on impacts of such 

7 policies and other responses to such sub8 stances. 

9 ‘‘(iii) An assessment of what policies 

10 the United States may want to consider 

11 articulating.’’. 

12 (b) DEFINITION OF MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRO13 DUCING COUNTRY.—Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assist14 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘means a country in 

17 which—’’ and inserting ‘‘means— 

18 ‘‘(A) a country in which—’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘(A) 1,000’’ and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(i) 1,000’’; 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘(B) 1,000’’ and inserting 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(ii) 1,000’’; 


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1 (D) by striking ‘‘(C) 5,000’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(iii) 5,000’’; 

4 (E) in subparagraph (A)(iii), as redesig5 nated by this subsection, by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 

6 end; and 

7 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) a country which is a significant direct 

9 source of illicit narcotic or psychotropic drugs 

10 or other controlled substances significantly af11 fecting the United States.’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (5) to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(5) the term ‘major drug-transit country’ 

14 means a country through which illicit narcotic or 

15 psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances 

16 significantly affecting the United States are trans17 ported.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that— 

20 (1) the President should direct the United 

21 States Representative to the United Nations to use 

22 the voice and vote of the United States at the 

23 United Nations to advocate for more transparent as24 sessments of countries by the International Nar25 cotics Control Board; and 


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1 (2) bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral inter2 national cooperation is essential to combating the 

3 trafficking of covered synthetic drugs. 

4 SEC. 7. DEFINITION. 

5 In this Act: 

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

7 (A) a synthetic controlled substance (as de8 fined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Sub9 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6))), including 

10 fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue; or 

11 (B) a new psychoactive substance. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘new psychoactive substance’’ 

13 means a substance of abuse, or any preparation 

14 thereof, that— 

15 (A) is not— 

16 (i) included in any schedule as a con17 trolled substance under the Controlled 

18 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.); or 

19 (ii) controlled by the Single Conven20 tion on Narcotic Drugs signed at New 

21 York, New York, on March 30, 1961, or 

22 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 

23 signed at Vienna, Austria, on February 21, 

24 1971; 


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

2 market; and 

3 (C) poses a threat to the public health and 

4 safety. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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