Sec. 207. Public-private task force
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The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (referred to in this section as the Director ) shall establish a public-private task force for the purpose of— enhancing engagement with private sector; improving cooperation and information and data sharing among Federal, State, local and private-sector entities; establishing working groups, each of which shall consist of not fewer than 5 private sector representatives, on— transportation, including airports and air cargo, rail and rail cargo, trucking, and maritime ports and maritime cargo; shipping, including international and interstate freight forwarding, mailing, and other logistics; technology, including social media and e-commerce websites; financial industry, including banking, payment applications, and money remittance and transfer companies; and forensic services, including publicly funded forensic services, medical examiners, toxicologists, and coroners; preventing the movement of illicit synthetic drugs in the United States transportation network; and reducing the exposure and access of the people of the United States to illicit synthetic drugs.
The public-private task force established pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be composed of an appropriate number of representatives from Federal, State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement and other agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the United States Postal Service. The Director shall coordinate with members of the public law enforcement agencies represented on the task force established pursuant to subsection (a), including representatives of the entities listed under subsection (b), to improve sharing of intelligence and data relating to the exploitation of the United States transportation network to transport illicit synthetic drugs. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a report describing the activities of the task force established pursuant to subsection
(a)to— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate ; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; the Committee on Finance of the Senate ; the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate ; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate ; the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate ; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives .