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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3392 

To require an interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the regime of 

Bashar al-Assad in Syria. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2021 

Mr. MARSHALL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require an interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle 

narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. INTERAGENCY STRATEGY TO DISRUPT AND 

4 DISMANTLE NARCOTICS PRODUCTION AND 

5 TRAFFICKING AND AFFILIATED NETWORKS 

6 LINKED TO THE REGIME OF BASHAR AL7 ASSAD IN SYRIA. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that— 


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1 (1) the Captagon trade linked to the regime of 

2 Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a transnational security 

3 threat; and 

4 (2) the United States should develop and imple5 ment an interagency strategy to deny, degrade, and 

6 dismantle Assad-linked narcotics production and 

7 trafficking networks. 

8 (b) REPORT AND STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later 

9 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

10 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Sec11 retary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Drug En12 forcement Administration, the Director of National Intel13 ligence, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agen14 cies shall provide a written strategy to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees to disrupt and dismantle nar16 cotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks 

17 linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The 

18 strategy shall include the following elements: 

19 (1) A strategy to target, disrupt, and degrade 

20 networks that directly and indirectly support the 

21 narcotics infrastructure of the Assad regime, par22 ticularly through diplomatic and intelligence support 

23 to law enforcement investigations and to build 

24 counter-narcotics capacity to partner countries 

25 through assistance and training to law enforcement 


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1 services in countries, other than Syria, that are re2 ceiving or transiting large quantities of Captagon. 

3 (2) The use of statutory authorities, including 

4 the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 (22 

5 U.S.C. 8791 note), the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 

6 Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the Inter7 national Narcotics Control Strategy Report under 

8 section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 2291a), and associated actions to target indi10 viduals and entities directly or indirectly associated 

11 with the narcotics infrastructure of the Assad re12 gime. 

13 (3) The use global diplomatic engagements as14 sociated with the economic pressure campaign 

15 against the Assad regime to target its narcotics in16 frastructure. 

17 (4) Leveraging multilateral institutions and co18 operation with international partners to disrupt the 

19 narcotics infrastructure of the Assad regime. 

20 (5) Mobilizing a public communications cam21 paign to increase awareness of the extent of the con22 nection of the Assad regime to illicit narcotics trade. 

23 (6) A description of the countries receiving or 

24 transiting large shipments of Captagon and an as25 sessment of the counter-narcotics capacity of those 


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1 countries to interdict or disrupt the smuggling of 

2 Captagon, including an assessment of current 

3 United States assistance and training programs to 

4 build such capacity in those countries. 

5 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 

6 subsection (b) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 

7 but may contain a classified annex. 

8 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

9 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on For13 eign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

14 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Appropria15 tions, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

16 the Senate; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

18 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on For19 eign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, 

20 the Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma21 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

22 of Representatives. 

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