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Yes: 404 • No: 1
118-hr-8663118th Congress
DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024
Sponsored By: Representative LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
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Summary
Improving detection of fentanyl and xylazine by expanding the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s role in research, testing, and reference-library development for law enforcement tools.
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- State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement gain support for safer, more accurate field identification through research into portable devices that detect and identify drugs with minimal or no handling.
- The Under Secretary for Science and Technology is directed to lead research, development, testing, evaluation, and cost-benefit analysis in coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration and to set R&D priorities using the latest DHS and DEA threat reports.
- Work focuses on three capabilities: portable low-handling detection; equipment that separates complex mixtures to extract signatures for field ID; and machine learning or artificial intelligence to flag controlled-substance analogues and new psychoactive substances while following NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework.
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Better drug detection tools for law enforcement
DHS’s science office now works with the DEA to design, test, and evaluate better drug detection tools. The effort serves federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement. It covers portable detectors with little or no sample handling, tools that separate mixed samples, and AI to spot new drugs. DHS must follow the federal AI Risk Management Framework and use the latest DHS and DEA threat reports to set priorities. The law does not cut any other agency’s authority over detection tools or reference libraries, and it adds no new funding.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
NY • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2024
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/25/2024
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 12/18/2024
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments
Yes: 404 • No: 1