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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Assad’s 
Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics 
Act’’ or the ‘‘CAPTAGON Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY STRATEGY TO DISRUPT AND DIS-
MANTLE 
NARCOTICS 
PRODUCTION 
AND 
TRAFFICKING AND AFFILIATED NETWORKS 
LINKED TO THE REGIME OF BASHAR AL- 
ASSAD IN SYRIA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Captagon trade linked to the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a transnational security 
threat; and 
(2) the United States should develop and imple-
ment an interagency strategy to deny, degrade, and 
dismantle Assad-linked narcotics production and 
trafficking networks. 
(b) REPORT AND STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Drug En-
forcement Administration, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies shall provide to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a written strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics 
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production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked 
to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Such strategy 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A strategy to target, disrupt, and degrade 
networks that directly or indirectly support the nar-
cotics infrastructure of the Assad regime, particu-
larly through diplomatic and intelligence support to 
law enforcement investigations and to build counter- 
narcotics capacity to partner countries through as-
sistance and training to law enforcement services in 
countries, other than Syria, that are receiving or 
transiting large quantities of Captagon. 
(2) Information relating to the use of statutory 
authorities, including the Caesar Syria Civilian Pro-
tection Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 8791 note), the For-
eign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (popularly 
referred to as the ‘‘Kingpin Act’’), section 489 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act (relating to the international 
narcotics control strategy report), and associated ac-
tions to target individuals and entities directly or in-
directly associated with the narcotics infrastructure 
of the Assad regime. 
(3) Information relating to the use of global 
diplomatic engagements associated with the eco-
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nomic pressure campaign against the Assad regime 
to target its narcotics infrastructure. 
(4) A strategy for leveraging multilateral insti-
tutions and cooperation with international partners 
to disrupt the narcotics infrastructure of the Assad 
regime. 
(5) A strategy for mobilizing a public commu-
nications campaign to increase awareness of the ex-
tent of the connection of the Assad regime to illicit 
narcotics trade. 
(6) A description of the countries receiving or 
transiting large shipments of Captagon, and an as-
sessment of the counter-narcotics capacity of such 
countries to interdict or disrupt the smuggling of 
Captagon, including an assessment of current 
United States assistance and training programs to 
build such capacity in such countries. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on For-
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eign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on For-
eign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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