END FENTANYL Act

Bill: 117-hr-9473
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2022-12-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Customs enforcement

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Government information and archives

Human trafficking

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of life Act or the END FENTANYL Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to review and update, as necessary, manuals and policies related to inspections at ports of entry to ensure the uniformity of inspection practices to effectively detect illegal activity along the border, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9473 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2022 Mr. Guest (for himself and Mr. Trone ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry.

1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of life Act or the END FENTANYL Act . 2. Ensuring timely updates to U.S. Customs and Border Protection field manuals (a) In general Not less frequently than triennially, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall review and update, as necessary, the current policies and manuals of the Office of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of entry to ensure the uniform implementation of inspection practices that will effectively respond to technological and methodological changes designed to disguise illegal activity, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans, along the border. (b) Reporting requirement Shortly after each update required under subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that summarizes the policy and manual changes implemented by such update.