,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bfj  #aafth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dgfa  ,report ,no4 #aaf-cai1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,october #ah1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana 7for        
himself1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,katko1  
,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,king of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,joyce of              
,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4 ,mc,caul7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,december #c1      
#bjai;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,walker 
,december #c1 #bjai ,reported from the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security       
,december #c1 #bjai;,committee on ,ways 
and ,means discharged2 committed to the 

,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure ,u4,s4   
,customs and ,border ,protection        
officers1 agents1 and other personnel   
have adequate synthetic opioid detection
 equipment1 that the ,department of     
,homeland ,security has a process to    
update synthetic opioid detection       
capability1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,,dhs ,opioid ,detection           
,resilience ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,strategy to ensure detection of all    
opioid purity levels at ports of entry  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this section1 the  
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection 7,,cbp7 shall--     
7#a7 implement a strategy to ensure     
deployed chemical screening devices are 
able to identify in an operational      
environment narcotics at purity levels  
less than or equal to #aj percent1 or   
provide ports of entry with an alternate

 method for identifying narcotics at    
lower purity levels2 and  7#b7 require  
testing of any new chemical screening   
devices to understand the abilities and 
limitations of such devices relating to 
identifying narcotics at various purity 
levels before ,,cbp commits to the      
acquisition of such devices4  #c4 ,plan 
to ensure opioid detection equipment    
resiliency ,not later than #ahj days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
section1 the ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security shall implement a plan for the
 long-term development of a centralized 
spectral database for chemical screening
 devices4 ,such plan shall address the  
following3  7#a7 ,how newly identified  
spectra will be collected1 stored1 and  
distributed to such devices in their    
operational environment1 including at   
ports of entry4  7#b7 ,identification of
 parties responsible for updates and    
maintenance of such database4  ,december
 #c1 #bjai ,reported from the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security,december #c1    

#bjai;,committee on ,ways and ,means    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed