Sec. 8. Evaluation of implementation of STOP Act of 2018

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the implementation of the provisions of and amendments made by the STOP Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title VIII of Public Law 115–271 ; 132 Stat. 4073) that includes— identification of potential areas of risk with respect to the entry of illicit fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances into the United States by mail, including any gaps that drug traffickers have found in the system established under the STOP Act of 2018, that takes into account, as relevant, the factors set forth in section 343(a)(3) of the Trade Act of 2002 ( 19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3) ); a description— of any significant differences in rates of compliance with that section between packages transported by the United States Postal Service and packages transported by private carriers; and that takes into account, as relevant, the way that the factors set forth in paragraph

(3)of that section may affect any such differences; and an analysis of how, if at all, those differences may contribute to the risks identified in paragraph (1); and an assessment of— the use of the authority provided under subclause

(II)of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vi) of the Trade Act of 2002 ( 19 U.S.C. 1415(a)(3)(K)(vi) ) to exclude countries from the requirement under subclause

(I)of that section that advance information be provided for 100 percent of international mail shipments; and whether the use of that authority should be decreased during the period before that authority terminates under subclause

(V)of that section (as added by section 3).

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