[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 987 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 987

 To expand the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2023

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Peters, and Mrs. 
    Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Resources for Exceptional 
Veterans to End Narcotic Trafficking of Fentanyl Act'' or the ``PREVENT 
Fentanyl Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE HERO CHILD-RESCUE CORPS.

    Section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Child-Rescue'' each place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``HERO 
                Child-Rescue Corps'' and inserting ``HERO Corps 
                Program'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``, as 
                relevant'' after ``participants'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and fentanyl 
                trafficking'' after ``child exploitation'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``Corps'' before ``Program''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (v), by striking 
                                ``and'';
                                    (II) in clause (vi), by striking 
                                the period at the end and inserting ``; 
                                and''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(vii) fentanyl trafficking.''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Limitation.--Investigations and analysis described in 
        paragraph (3)(B)(vii) may not make up more than 40 percent of 
        the investigations and analysis conducted by participants of 
        the HERO Corps Program.''.
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