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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 392 

To combat heroin and methamphetamine trafficking across the Southern 

border of the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To combat heroin and methamphetamine trafficking across 

the Southern border of the United States, 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 ‘‘Stop Drugs at the Bor5 der Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 (1) According to United States Border Patrol 

8 statistics, seizures of heroin and methamphetamine 

9 by border patrol agents along the Southwest border 

10 are increasing. 


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1 (2) Between fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 

2 2014, the number of heroin seizures at the South3 west border of the United States increased from 85 

4 to 145, a 71 percent increase. The volume of heroin 

5 seized increased from 6,191 ounces in fiscal year 

6 2011 to 9,205 ounces in fiscal year 2014, a 49 per7 cent increase. 

8 (3) The number of methamphetamine seizures 

9 at the Southwest border of the United States in10 creased from 437 in fiscal year 2011 to 724 in fiscal 

11 year 2014, a 66 percent increase. Likewise, the 

12 amount of methamphetamine seized at such South13 west border increased by 105 percent, from 1,838 

14 pounds in fiscal year 2011 to 3,771 pounds in fiscal 

15 year 2014. 

16 (4) Similarly, the Drug Enforcement Adminis17 tration reported that total heroin seizure volume 

18 along the Southwest border of the United States has 

19 nearly tripled since 2009, and the total volume of 

20 methamphetamine seized has quintupled. 

21 (5) According to the 2014 National Drug 

22 Threat Assessment Summary of the Drug Enforce23 ment Administration, the threat posed by heroin use 

24 is increasing across the country, particularly in the 

25 Northeast and Midwest. As this threat increases, the 


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1 Administration finds that seizures at the Southwest 

2 border are rising as Mexican transnational criminal 

3 organizations increase heroin production and trans4 portation. 

5 (6) Heroin overdose deaths continue to rise. Ac6 cording to the Centers for Disease Control, deaths 

7 linked to heroin overdoses increased 39 percent be8 tween 2012 and 2013. A total of 8,257 people died 

9 due to heroin use in 2013, up from 5,925 in 2012. 

10 (7) Although progress has been made to de11 crease the prevalence of methamphetamine use in 

12 the United States, with the number of past month 

13 users of methamphetamine declining 40 percent 

14 since 2006, availability indicators suggest the supply 

15 of Mexican methamphetamine is increasing in the 

16 United States. 

17 (8) The 2014 National Drug Threat Assess18 ment Summary of the Drug Enforcement Adminis19 tration indicates that higher levels of methamphet20 amine availability in the United States are directly 

21 related to high levels of methamphetamine produc22 tion in Mexico. The Administration finds that the 

23 majority of methamphetamine available in the 

24 United States is produced in Mexico. 


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1 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 

2 STRATEGY AND PLAN. 

3 The Director of the Office of National Drug Control 

4 Policy, in consultation with the head of appropriate agen5 cies and departments of the United States, shall ensure 

6 that the first update of the National Southwest Border 

7 Counternarcotics Strategy published after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act specifically addresses any increased 

9 heroin and methamphetamine trafficking occurring along 

10 the international border between the United States and 

11 Mexico. 

12 SEC. 4. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION REPORT. 

13 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 

14 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit 

16 to Congress a report on any new resources needed by U.S. 

17 Customs and Border Protection and its law enforcement 

18 partners to respond to increased heroin and methamphet19 amine trafficking occurring along the international border 

20 between the United States and Mexico. 

21 (b) CONTENT.—The report required by subsection 

22 (a) shall include— 

23 (1) a description of any new technology, equip24 ment, personnel, or other resources the head of U.S. 

25 Customs and Border Protection determines are 

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1 amphetamine trafficking occurring along the inter2 national border between the United States and Mex3 ico; and 

4 (2) an estimate of the funding required to en5 able U.S. Customs and Border Protection to respond 

6 to such trafficking. 

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