HR 3666 United States House · 118th Congress

SOS Act of 2023

Summary

Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023 or the SOS Act of 2023 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to conduct an assessment regarding that substance. Specifically, the office must assess foreign manufacturing of illicit fentanyl, the tools and capabilities across federal agencies to address trafficking of that substance, the capabilities of the Mexican military to conduct counterdrug missions with respect to that substance, the capacities and willingness of China to take specified actions with respect to that substance, and illicit fentanyl being trafficked into the United States from Mexico.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2023

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Introduced May 25, 2023 Last action May 25, 2023

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Committee

May 25, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

lower

May 25, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

May 25, 2023

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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors