Sec. 104. GAO report on international mail and cargo screening
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report reviewing the impact of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances imported through international mail and cargo, including discussion of the following: The volume of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances being imported into the United States by means of international mail and cargo. The potential impact of increased screening for illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances on— deterring drug trafficking in the United States; interdicting fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances that were manufactured outside of the United States and intended, or attempted, to be imported into the United States; the number of Federal criminal prosecutions based on the manufacture, distribution, or possession of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances, disaggregated by demographic data, including sex, race, and ethnicity, of the offender; the charges brought in prosecutions described in subparagraph (C); the impacts of prosecutions described in subparagraph
(C)on reducing demand for, and availability to users of, fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances; and the development of new fentanyl-related substances. The need for non-invasive technology in screening for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances, taking into account the findings under paragraphs
(1)and (2).