A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China.

Bill: 115-sres-83
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico
Organized crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that:
 
 
 the use of illicit fentanyl in the United States and the resulting overdose deaths are a public health crisis;
 
 the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States, especially by transnational criminal organizations, is a problem that requires close cooperation between the U.S. government and the governments of Mexico and China; and 
 
all three such countries have a shared interest in, and responsibility for, stopping the production of illicit fentanyl and its trafficking into the United States.
 
 
Calls for the United States to:
 
 
support the efforts by the governments of Mexico and China to stop such production and trafficking into the United States;
 
 take further measures to reduce and prevent heroin and fentanyl consumption through enhanced enforcement to reduce the illegal supply and increased use of evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services; and
 
use its broad diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the governments of China and Mexico, to stop such production and trafficking.
 

action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that:
 
 
 the use of illicit fentanyl in the United States and the resulting overdose deaths are a public health crisis;
 
 the trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States, especially by transnational criminal organizations, is a problem that requires close cooperation between the U.S. government and the governments of Mexico and China; and 
 
all three such countries have a shared interest in, and responsibility for, stopping the production of illicit fentanyl and its trafficking into the United States.
 
 
Calls for the United States to:
 
 
support the efforts by the governments of Mexico and China to stop such production and trafficking into the United States;
 
 take further measures to reduce and prevent heroin and fentanyl consumption through enhanced enforcement to reduce the illegal supply and increased use of evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services; and
 
use its broad diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the governments of China and Mexico, to stop such production and trafficking.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1848-1849)
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1848-1849)
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1692-1693)
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate