I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2538 
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 
APRIL 14, 2021 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Emerging 
Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting 
Results Act’’ or the ‘‘FENTANYL Results Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF EFFORTS OF THE DEPART-
MENT 
OF 
STATE 
TO 
COMBAT 
INTER-
NATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN COVERED SYN-
THETIC DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 
international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs by car-
rying out programs and activities to include the following: 
(1) Supporting increased data collection by the 
United States and foreign countries through in-
creased drug use surveys among populations, in-
creased use of wastewater testing where appropriate, 
and multilateral sharing of that data. 
(2) Engaging in increased consultation and 
partnership with international drug agencies, includ-
ing the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and 
Drug Addiction, and regulatory agencies in foreign 
countries. 
(3) Carrying out the program to provide assist-
ance to build the capacity of foreign law enforcement 
agencies with respect to covered synthetic drugs, as 
required by section 3. 
(4) Carrying out exchange programs for govern-
mental and nongovernmental personnel in the 
United States and in foreign countries to provide 
educational and professional development on demand 
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reduction matters relating to the illicit use of nar-
cotics and other drugs, as required by section 4. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the implementa-
tion of this section. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO BUILD THE 
CAPACITY OF FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO COVERED SYN-
THETIC DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 660 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), the 
Secretary of State shall establish a program to provide as-
sistance to build the capacity of law enforcement agencies 
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of the countries described in subsection (c) to help such 
agencies to identify, track, and improve their forensics de-
tection capabilities with respect to covered synthetic drugs. 
(b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall 
prioritize assistance under subsection (a) among those 
countries described in subsection (c) in which such assist-
ance would have the most impact in reducing illicit use 
of covered synthetic drugs in the United States. 
(c) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—The foreign countries 
described in this subsection are— 
(1) countries that are producers of covered syn-
thetic drugs; 
(2) countries whose pharmaceutical and chem-
ical industries are known to be exploited for develop-
ment or procurement of precursors of covered syn-
thetic drugs; or 
(3) major drug-transit countries as defined by 
the President. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 and such amounts 
shall be in addition to amounts authorized for such pur-
poses. 
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SEC. 4. EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND 
NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL TO PRO-
VIDE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DE-
VELOPMENT ON DEMAND REDUCTION MAT-
TERS RELATING TO ILLICIT USE OF NAR-
COTICS AND OTHER DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es-
tablish or continue and strengthen, as appropriate, an ex-
change program for governmental and nongovernmental 
personnel in the United States and in foreign countries 
to provide educational and professional development on 
demand reduction matters relating to the illicit use of nar-
cotics and other drugs. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re-
quired by subsection (a)— 
(1) shall be limited to individuals who have ex-
pertise and experience in matters described in sub-
section (a); 
(2) in the case of inbound exchanges, may be 
carried out as part of exchange programs and inter-
national visitor programs administered by the Bu-
reau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the De-
partment of State, including the International Vis-
itor Leadership Program in consultation or coordi-
nation with the Bureau of International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Affairs; and 
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(3) shall include outbound exchanges for gov-
ernmental or nongovernmental personnel in the 
United States. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 and such amounts 
shall be in addition to amounts authorized for such pur-
poses. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL PROGRAM. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAT-
EGY REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) 
SYNTHETIC
OPIOIDS
AND
NEW 
PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 
‘‘(A) SYNTHETIC
OPIOIDS.—Information 
that contains an assessment of the countries 
significantly involved in the manufacture, pro-
duction, or transshipment of synthetic opioids, 
including fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, to 
include the following: 
‘‘(i) The scale of legal domestic pro-
duction and any available information on 
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the number of manufacturers and pro-
ducers of such opioids in such countries. 
‘‘(ii) Information on any law enforce-
ment assessments of the scale of illegal 
production, including a description of the 
capacity of illegal laboratories to produce 
such opioids. 
‘‘(iii) The types of inputs used and a 
description of the primary methods of syn-
thesis employed by illegal producers of 
such opioids. 
‘‘(iv) An assessment of the policies of 
such countries to regulate licit manufac-
ture and interdict illicit manufacture, di-
version, distribution, and shipment of such 
opioids and an assessment of the effective-
ness of the policies’ implementation. 
‘‘(B) NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.— 
Information on, to the extent practicable, any 
policies of responding to new psychoactive sub-
stances (as such term is defined in section 7 of 
the FENTANYL Results Act), to include the 
following: 
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‘‘(i) Which governments have articu-
lated policies on scheduling of such sub-
stances. 
‘‘(ii) Any data on impacts of such 
policies and other responses to such sub-
stances. 
‘‘(iii) An assessment of any policies 
the United States could adopt to improve 
its response to new psychoactive sub-
stances.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRO-
DUCING COUNTRY.—Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘means a country in 
which—’’ and inserting ‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) a country in which—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(A) 1,000’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) 1,000’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘(B) 1,000’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) 1,000’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘(C) 5,000’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(iii) 5,000’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (A)(iii), as redesig-
nated by this subsection, by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) a country which is a significant direct 
source of illicit narcotic or psychotropic drugs 
or other controlled substances significantly af-
fecting the United States.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5) to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘major drug-transit country’ 
means a country through which are transported il-
licit narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other con-
trolled substances significantly affecting the United 
States.’’. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the President should direct the United 
States Representative to the United Nations to use 
the voice and vote of the United States at the 
United Nations to advocate for more transparent as-
sessments of countries by the International Nar-
cotics Control Board; and 
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(2) bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral inter-
national cooperation is essential to combating the 
trafficking of covered synthetic drugs. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITION. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered synthetic drug’’ means— 
(A) a synthetic controlled substance (as de-
fined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6))), including 
fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue; or 
(B) a new psychoactive substance. 
(2) The term ‘‘new psychoactive substance’’ 
means a substance of abuse, or any preparation 
thereof, that— 
(A) is not— 
(i) included in any schedule as a con-
trolled substance under the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.); or 
(ii) controlled by the Single Conven-
tion on Narcotic Drugs signed at New 
York, New York, on March 30, 1961, or 
the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 
signed at Vienna, Austria, on February 21, 
1971; 
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