Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics Act of 2024

HR 10459 establishes a federal Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics (JTF-ISN) to coordinate agency efforts against synthetic opioid trafficking. The task force, led by a presidentially appointed Director reporting to the Attorney General, includes members from Justice (DEA, FBI), Treasury (FinCEN, IRS), Homeland Security (CBP, ICE), State, Commerce, Defense, and intelligence agencies. It requires regular congressional reports on operations, funding needs, and efforts to disrupt trafficking networks - particularly those linked to foreign entities like China - while explicitly limiting the task force to targeting large-scale trafficking, not personal use or low-level dealing. The bill does not create new agency powers but mandates better interagency coordination to address the opioid crisis through strategic operations and information sharing.