Sec. 3. Reports, evaluations, and research regarding drug interdiction at and between ports of entry
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, and any other Federal agency that the Secretary deems appropriate, shall research additional technological solutions— to target and detect illicit fentanyl and its precursors, including low-purity fentanyl, especially in counterfeit pressed tablets, and illicit pill press molds; to enhance targeting of counterfeit pills through nonintrusive, noninvasive, and other visual screening technologies; and to enhance data-driven targeting to increase interdiction and seizure rates of fentanyl, its precursors, and illicit pill press molds.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this subsection. The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Postmaster General, shall establish a program to collect available data and develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of technologies and strategies used by the Department (including U.S.
Customs and Border Protection) and other relevant Federal agencies for detecting, deterring, or addressing illicit fentanyl and its precursors being trafficking into the United States at and between land, air, and sea ports of entry. The data and metrics program established pursuant to subparagraph
(A)may consider— the rate of detection of fentanyl at random secondary inspections at such ports of entry; investigations and intelligence sharing into the origins of illicit fentanyl later detected within the United States; and other data or metrics that the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary, as appropriate and in the coordination with the officials referred to in subparagraph (A), may update the data and metrics program established pursuant to subparagraph (A). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Postmaster General shall, based on the data collected and metrics developed under the program established pursuant to paragraph (1), submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that— examines and analyzes current technologies deployed at land, air, and sea ports of entry, including pilot technologies and technologies used to inspect international mail and express cargo, to assess how well and accurately such technologies detect, deter, interdict, and address fentanyl and its precursors; examines and analyzes current technologies deployed between land ports of entry, including pilot technologies, to assess how well and accurately such technologies detect, deter, interdict, and address fentanyl and its precursors; contains a cost-benefit analysis of technologies used in drug interdiction; and describes how such analysis may be used when making procurement decisions relating to such technologies. Not later than 1 year after the submission of each report required under subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that evaluates and, as appropriate, makes recommendations to improve, the data collected and metrics used in each such report.