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 being exploited for development or 
procurement of precursors of covered synthetic 
drugs; or 
(3) major drug-transit countries as defined by 
the Secretary of State. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2021 through 2025. 
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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 carry 
out an exchange program for governmental and non-
governmental personnel in the United States and foreign 
countries to provide educational and professional develop-
ment on demand reduction matters relating to the illicit 
use of narcotics 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; and 
(3) shall include outbound exchanges for gov-
ernmental and nongovernmental personnel in the 
United States. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out ex-
change programs and international visitor programs ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af-
fairs of the Department of State for each of the fiscal 
years 2021 through 2025, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each such fiscal year. 
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.—A separate 
section that contains an assessment of the 
countries likely involved in the manufacture, 
production, or transshipment of synthetic 
opioids, including fentanyl and fentanyl ana-
logues, to include the following: 
‘‘(i) The scale of legal domestic pro-
duction and any available information on 
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