STOP Act 2.0

Bill: 117-s-5290
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-15
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>STOP Act 2.0</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the implementation of a 2018 law that requires increased shipment-tracking responsibilities and coordination between the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding international shipments of controlled substances (e.g., fentanyl).</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5290 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2022 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Portman , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To require an evaluation of the implementation of the STOP Act of 2018, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the STOP Act 2.0 . 2. Evaluation of implementation of STOP Act of 2018 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the implementation of the provisions of and amendments made by the STOP Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title VIII of Public Law 115–271 ; 132 Stat. 4073) that includes— (1) an identification of potential areas of risk with respect to the entry of illicit fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances into the United States by mail, including any openings that drug traffickers have found in the system established under the STOP Act of 2018; and (2) an assessment of— (A) the use of the authority provided under subclause (II) of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vi) of the Trade Act of 2002 ( 19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vi) ), as amended by section 8003 of the STOP Act of 2018, to exclude countries from the requirement under subclause (I) of that section that advance information be provided for 100 percent of international mail shipments; and (B) whether the use of that authority should be decreased. 3. Public-private partnership regarding postal data The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration may enter into a public-private partnership with private parcel services to develop technology and processes for identifying information that could be used to identify the origin of fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances, and precursors to such substances, including information on the origin of parcels and shipping information. 4. International collaboration The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, are authorized to share and receive information, consistent with existing law, on best practices regarding the detection of illicit fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances, and precursors to such substances, including such substances moving through the mail.