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Title 22
Chapter 32
Subchapter I
Part VIII
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§ 2291o.
Fentanyl reporting and authorities
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Appropriate committees of Congress
The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A)
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B)
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C)
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(D)
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(E)
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(F)
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(G)
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives;
(H)
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;
(I)
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(J)
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(2)
Beneficiary countries
(A)
In general
(B)
Updates
(3)
Listed chemical
(b)
Establishment
(c)
Purposes
The purposes of this section are—
(1)
to improve and increase rates of seizure and destruction of listed chemicals in beneficiary countries;
(2)
to alleviate the backlog of seized listed chemicals and dispose of the hazardous waste generated by illicit drug trafficking in beneficiary countries in an environmentally safe and effective manner;
(3)
to ensure that seized listed chemicals are not reintroduced into the illicit drug production stream within beneficiary countries;
(4)
to free up storage space for future listed chemical seizures within beneficiary countries; and
(5)
to reduce the negative environmental impact of listed chemicals.
(d)
Implementation plan
(e)
Elements
The implementation plan required under subsection (d) shall include—
(1)
a multi-year strategy with a timeline, overview of objectives, budgetary projections, and anticipated outcomes for the region and for each beneficiary country;
(2)
specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress of the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative towards accomplishing the outcomes referred to in paragraph (1);
(3)
a plan for the delineation of the roles to be carried out by the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and any other Federal department or agency in carrying out the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative; and
(4)
a plan for addressing security and government corruption and providing updates to the appropriate committees of Congress on the results of such efforts.
(f)
Annual progress update
Not later than one year after the submission of the implementation plan pursuant to subsection (d), and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written description of the results achieved by the Precursor Chemical Destruction Initiative, including—
(1)
the implementation of the strategy and plans described in subsections (d) and (e);
(2)
compliance with, and progress related to, meeting the benchmarks referred to in subsection (e)(2); and
(3)
the type and quantity of listed chemicals destroyed by each beneficiary country.
(g)
Funding
(
Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVIII, § 7807
,
Dec. 23, 2024
,
138 Stat. 2560
.)
cite as:
22 USC 2291o
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