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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2142 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2142

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen

                                 An Act

 
    To improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
  interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and 
  psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United 
                     States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``International Narcotics Trafficking 
Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology 
Act'' or the ``INTERDICT Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Chemical screening device.--The term ``chemical screening 
    device'' means an immunoassay, narcotics field test kit, infrared 
    spectrophotometer, mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance 
    spectrometer, Raman spectrophotometer, or other scientific 
    instrumentation able to collect data that can be interpreted to 
    determine the presence of fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and 
    other narcotics and psychoactive substances.
        (2) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the 
    Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
        (3) Express consignment operator or carrier.--The term 
    ``express consignment operator or carrier'' has the meaning given 
    that term in section 128.1 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations 
    (or any similar successor regulation).
SEC. 3. INTERDICTION OF FENTANYL, OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS, AND OTHER 
NARCOTICS AND PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.
    (a) Chemical Screening Devices.--The Commissioner shall--
        (1) increase the number of chemical screening devices available 
    to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers over the number of 
    such devices that are available on the date of the enactment of 
    this Act; and
        (2) make such additional chemical screening devices available 
    to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers as the Commissioner 
    determines are necessary to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic 
    opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are 
    illegally imported into the United States, including such 
    substances that are imported through the mail or by an express 
    consignment operator or carrier.
    (b) Personnel to Interpret Data.--The Commissioner shall dedicate 
the appropriate number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, 
including scientists, so that such personnel are available during all 
operational hours to interpret data collected by chemical screening 
devices.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner 
$9,000,000 to ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 
resources, including chemical screening devices, personnel, and 
scientists, available during all operational hours to prevent, detect, 
and interdict the unlawful importation of fentanyl, other synthetic 
opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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