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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 2670 (Received in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1010

Sec. 1010. Report on Iranian involvement in regional narcotics trade

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It is the sense of Congress that the Middle East narcotics trade continues to evolve, including through expanding volumes and routes facilitating the sale, supply, or transfer of captagon and methamphetamines throughout the region. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate a report on Iranian involvement in the narcotics trade in the Middle East region.
Such report shall include each of the following: An assessment of any element of the Government of Iran, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (in this section referred to as the IRGC ) and any Iran-backed group operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or Yemen, that supports the sale, supply, or transfer of narcotics in the Middle East region. An assessment of the benefits accrued from the sale, supply, and transfer of narcotics in the region by any element of the Government of Iran, including the IRGC and any Iran-backed groups operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or Yemen.
An assessment of all foreign terrorist organizations to or for which the IRGC, or any person owned or controlled by the IRGC, provides material support in the sale, supply, transfer, or production of captagon or other related narcotics or precursors in the Middle East and North Africa. An assessment of activities conducted by the IRGC in Afghanistan related to the trade of methamphetamine or opiates, including synthetic opiates. A detailed account of intercepted transfers involving the United States Fifth Fleet of narcotics from Iran or involving Iranian nationals or persons acting, or purporting to act, for or on behalf of the Government of Iran, including the IRGC.
The report required under subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
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