[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8663 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
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In the Senate of the United States,
December 12, 2024.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
8663) entitled ``An Act to require the Science and Technology
Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater
capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very
low concentrations.'', do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the ``Detection Equipment and Technology
Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024''
or the ``DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCING THE CAPACITY TO DETECT AND IDENTIFY DRUGS SUCH AS
FENTANYL AND XYLAZINE.
Section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) carrying out, in coordination with the Drug
Enforcement Administration, research, development, testing,
evaluation, and cost-benefit analyses to improve the safety,
effectiveness, and efficiency of equipment and the
effectiveness and efficiency of reference libraries for use by
Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement
agencies for the accurate detection of drugs, such as fentanyl
and xylazine, including--
``(A) portable equipment that can detect and
identify drugs with minimal or no handling of the
sample;
``(B) equipment that can separate complex mixtures
containing low concentrations of drugs and high
concentrations of cutting agents into their component
parts to enable signature extraction for field
identification and detection; and
``(C) technologies that use machine learning or
artificial intelligence (as defined in section 5002 of
the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of
2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401)) and other techniques to predict
whether the substances in a sample are controlled
substance analogues or other new psychoactive
substances not yet included in available reference
libraries.''.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS.
In carrying out section 302(15) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as added by section 2, the Under Secretary for Science and
Technology shall--
(1) follow the recommendations, guidelines, and best
practices described in the Artificial Intelligence Risk
Management Framework (NIST AI 100-1) or any successor document
published by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology; and
(2) establish the Directorate of Science and Technology's
research, development, testing, evaluation, and cost-benefit
analysis priorities under such section 302(15) based on the
latest available information, including specific drugs
identified as threats in--
(A) the latest Homeland Threat Assessment published
by the Department of Homeland Security;
(B) the latest State and Territory Report on
Enduring and Emerging Threats published by the Drug
Enforcement Administration; or
(C) any successor documents.
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit the authority of
agencies currently managing, overseeing, or otherwise involved in drug
equipment and reference libraries.
Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to require the
Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of
Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect and
identify illicit substances in very low concentrations.''.
Attest:
Secretary.
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 8663
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AMENDMENTS