H.R. 3359 · 118th Congress

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2023-05-16
Latest action
2023-05-16 · Introduced in House

Summary

Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and submit a strategy to use existing authorities to target, disrupt, or degrade threats to national security that are caused or exacerbated by fentanyl trafficking. The strategy must be submitted in an unclassified form, but it may include a classified index.

Additionally, DOD must seek to enhance cooperation with defense officials of Mexico to target, disrupt, and degrade transnational criminal organizations within Mexico that traffic fentanyl.