SNIFF Act

Bill: 116-s-1373
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Customs enforcement

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Postal service

Smuggling and trafficking

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Search Now, Inspect For Fentanyl Act of 2019 or the SNIFF Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train USPS employees to identify illicit packages.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1373 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2019 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Baldwin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the United States Postal Service to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train employees of the Postal Service to identify illicit packages.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Search Now, Inspect For Fentanyl Act of 2019 or the SNIFF Act . 2. Training United States Postal Service employees to identify illicit packages (a) In general Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 417. Training employees to identify illicit packages (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered package means a package that— (A) originated outside the United States; and (B) is addressed to a location within the United States; and (2) the term United States includes any territory or possession of the United States. (b) Training The Postal Service shall enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides enhanced training to each employee of the Postal Service who works at an international service center that processes inbound international mail to enable the employee to— (1) identify covered packages in which the employee may have reasonable cause to suspect there is merchandise that was imported contrary to law, including matter that is nonmailable under section 3001; and (2) alert U.S. Customs and Border Protection to each covered package identified under paragraph (1) so that an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may search the covered package. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 417. Training employees to identify illicit packages. . (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection such sums as may be necessary to provide the training described in section 417(b) of title 39, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).