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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7990 

To prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat international 

trafficking in covered synthetic drugs and new psychoactive substances, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Mr. TRONE (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting 

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


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1 SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF EFFORTS OF THE DEPART2 MENT OF STATE TO COMBAT INTER3 NATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN COVERED SYN4 THETIC DRUGS. 

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

6 prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 

7 international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs by car8 rying out programs and activities to include the following: 

9 (1) Supporting increased data collection by the 

10 United States and foreign countries through in11 creased drug use surveys among populations, in12 creased use of wastewater testing where appropriate, 

13 and multilateral sharing of that data. 

14 (2) Engaging in increased consultation and 

15 partnership with international drug agencies, includ16 ing the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and 

17 Drug Addiction, and regulatory agencies in foreign 

18 countries. 

19 (3) Carrying out the program to provide assist20 ance to build the capacity of foreign law enforcement 

21 agencies with respect to covered synthetic drugs, as 

22 required by section 3. 

23 (4) Carrying out exchange programs for govern24 mental and nongovernmental personnel in the 

25 United States and in foreign countries to provide 

26 educational and professional development on demand 


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1 reduction matters relating to the illicit use of nar2 cotics and other drugs, as required by section 4. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con7 gressional committees a report on the implementa8 tion of this section. 

9 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap11 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

13 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

16 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate. 

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

19 CAPACITY OF FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

20 AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO COVERED SYN21 THETIC DRUGS. 

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

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

24 Secretary of State shall establish a program to provide as25 sistance to build the capacity of law enforcement agencies 


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

2 agencies to identify, track, and improve their forensics de3 tection capabilities with respect to covered synthetic drugs. 

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

5 prioritize assistance under subsection (a) among those 

6 countries described in subsection (c) in which such assist7 ance would have the most impact in reducing illicit use 

8 of covered synthetic drugs in the United States. 

9 (c) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—The foreign countries 

10 described in this subsection are— 

11 (1) countries that are producers of covered syn12 thetic drugs; 

13 (2) countries whose pharmaceutical and chem14 ical industries are being exploited for development or 

15 procurement of precursors of covered synthetic 

16 drugs; or 

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

18 the Secretary of State. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

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

22 2021 through 2025. 


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1 SEC. 4. EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND 

2 NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL TO PRO3 VIDE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DE4 VELOPMENT ON DEMAND REDUCTION MAT5 TERS RELATING TO ILLICIT USE OF NAR6 COTICS AND OTHER DRUGS. 

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

8 out an exchange program for governmental and non9 governmental personnel in the United States and foreign 

10 countries to provide educational and professional develop11 ment on demand reduction matters relating to the illicit 

12 use of narcotics and other drugs. 

13 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re14 quired by subsection (a)— 

15 (1) shall be limited to individuals who have ex16 pertise and experience in matters described in sub17 section (a); 

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

19 carried out as part of exchange programs and inter20 national visitor programs administered by the Bu21 reau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the De22 partment of State, including the International Vis23 itor Leadership Program; and 

24 (3) shall include outbound exchanges for gov25 ernmental and nongovernmental personnel in the 

26 United States. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

2 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out ex3 change programs and international visitor programs ad4 ministered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af5 fairs of the Department of State for each of the fiscal 

6 years 2021 through 2025, there is authorized to be appro7 priated to the Secretary to carry out this section 

8 $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 

10 CONTROL PROGRAM. 

11 (a) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAT12 EGY REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

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

14 at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(10) SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AND NEW

16 PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.—A separate 

18 section that contains an assessment of the 

19 countries likely involved in the manufacture, 

20 production, or transshipment of synthetic 

21 opioids, including fentanyl and fentanyl ana22 logues, to include the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) The scale of legal domestic pro24 duction and any available information on 


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1 the number of manufacturers and pro2 ducers of such opioids in such countries. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Information on any law enforce4 ment assessments of the scale of illegal 

5 production, including a description of the 

6 capacity of illegal laboratories to produce 

7 such opioids. 

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

9 description of the primary methods of syn10 thesis employed by illegal producers of 

11 such opioids. 

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

13 such countries to regulate licit manufac14 ture and interdict illicit manufacture, di15 version, distribution, and shipment of such 

16 opioids and an assessment of the effective17 ness of the policies’ implementation. 

18 ‘‘(B) NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 

19 A separate section on the policies of responding 

20 to new psychoactive substances (as such term is 

21 defined in section 7 of the FENTANYL Results 

22 Act), to include the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) Which governments have articu24 lated policies on scheduling of such sub25 stances. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Any data on impacts of such 

2 policies and other responses to such sub3 stances. 

4 ‘‘(iii) An assessment of what policies 

5 the United States may want to consider 

6 articulating.’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITION OF MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRO8 DUCING COUNTRY.—Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assist9 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

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

12 which—’’ and inserting ‘‘means— 

13 ‘‘(A) a country in which—’’; 

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

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) 1,000’’; 

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

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(ii) 1,000’’; 

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

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) 5,000’’; 

23 (E) in subparagraph (A)(iii), as redesig24 nated by this subsection, by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 

25 end; and 


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

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

3 source of illicit narcotic or psychotropic drugs 

4 or other controlled substances significantly af5 fecting the United States.’’; and 

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

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

8 means a country through which are transported il9 licit narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other con10 trolled substances significantly affecting the United 

11 States.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) the President should direct the United 

15 States Representative to the United Nations to use 

16 the voice and vote of the United States at the 

17 United Nations to advocate for more transparent as18 sessments of countries by the International Nar19 cotics Control Board; and 

20 (2) bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral inter21 national cooperation is essential to combating the 

22 flow of covered synthetic drugs. 

23 SEC. 7. DEFINITION. 

24 In this Act: 

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


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1 (A) a synthetic controlled substance (as de2 fined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Sub3 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6))), including 

4 fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue; or 

5 (B) a new psychoactive substance. 

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

7 means a substance of abuse, or any preparation 

8 thereof, 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.); or 

13 (ii) controlled by the Single Conven14 tion on Narcotic Drugs signed at New 

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

16 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 

17 signed at Vienna, Austria, on February 21, 

18 1971; 

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

20 market; and 

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

22 safety. 

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