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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024 · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. ENHANCING THE CAPACITY TO DETECT AND IDENTIFY DRUGS SUCH AS FENTANYL AND XYLAZINE

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## SEC. 2 ENHANCING THE CAPACITY TO DETECT AND IDENTIFY DRUGS SUCH AS FENTANYL AND XYLAZINE Section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (13), by striking “and” at the end; ####
(2)in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and ####
(3)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(15) > > carrying out, in coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration, research, development, testing, evaluation, and cost-benefit analyses to improve the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of equipment and the effectiveness and efficiency of reference libraries for use by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies for the accurate detection of drugs, such as fentanyl and xylazine, including— > > > ##### “(A) > > portable equipment that can detect and identify drugs with minimal or no handling of the sample; > > > ##### “(B) > > equipment that can separate complex mixtures containing low concentrations of drugs and high concentrations of cutting agents into their component parts to enable signature extraction for field identification and detection; and > > > ##### “(C) > > technologies that use machine learning or artificial intelligence (as defined in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401)) and other techniques to predict whether the substances in a sample are controlled substance analogues or other new psychoactive substances not yet included in available reference libraries.” > .
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