A bill targeting the illicit fentanyl supply chain, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, S.1271, recently advanced through the U.S. Senate as part of the national security supplemental.
If ultimately approved, the legislation from bill sponsor U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) would declare international trafficking of fentanyl a national emergency and take a number of moves based on that. It would require presidential sanctions of transnational criminal organizations and drug cartels’ key members engaged in the trade, enable use of funds seized to further law enforcement efforts, and require reports to Congress on actions taken to reduce international drug trafficking, among other provisions.
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