# 118-hr-8663: DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024

118-hr-8663, DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024, is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY); status became_law (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hr-8663
- Congress: 118
- Title: DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2024-06-07
- Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2024-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments | Passed | 404 | 1 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Better drug detection tools for law enforcement: benefit, high. 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…

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## Sources
- [118-hr-8663 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8663)

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- [118-hr-8702: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2024](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-8702)
- [118-hr-8419: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-8419)
- [118-hr-8370: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2024](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-8370)
- [118-hr-8231: James Earl Jones Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-8231)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-8663 (as of 2026-01-05).