,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ad1 
#bjba,mr4 ,marshall introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require an   
interagency strategy to disrupt and     
dismantle narcotics production and      
trafficking and affiliated networks     
linked to the regime of ,bashar         
al-,assad in ,syria4  #a4 ,interagency  
strategy to disrupt and dismantle       
narcotics production and trafficking and
 affiliated networks linked to the      
regime of ,bashar al-,assad in ,syria   
7a7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,captagon 
trade linked to the regime of ,bashar   
al-,assad in ,syria is a transnational  
security threat2 and  7#b7 the ,united  
,states should develop and implement an 
interagency strategy to deny1 degrade1  
and dismantle ,assad-linked narcotics   
production and trafficking networks4    

7b7 ,report and strategy required ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense1 the ,secretary  
of ,state1 the ,secretary of the        
,treasury1 the ,administrator of the    
,drug ,enforcement ,administration1 the 
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
and the heads of other appropriate      
,federal agencies shall provide a       
written strategy to the appropriate     
congressional committees to disrupt and 
dismantle narcotics production and      
trafficking and affiliated networks     
linked to the regime of ,bashar         
al-,assad in ,syria4 ,the strategy shall
 include the following elements3 7#a7 ,a
 strategy to target1 disrupt1 and       
degrade networks that directly and      
indirectly support the narcotics        
infrastructure of the ,assad regime1    
particularly through diplomatic and     
intelligence support to law enforcement 
investigations and to build             
counter-narcotics capacity to partner   

countries through assistance and        
training to law enforcement services in 
countries1 other than ,syria1 that are  
receiving or transiting large quantities
 of ,captagon4  7#b7 ,the use of        
statutory authorities1 including the    
,caesar ,syria ,civilian ,protection    
,act of #bjai 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hgia      
note71 the ,foreign ,narcotics ,kingpin 
,designation ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #aija  
et seq471 the ,international ,narcotics 
,control ,strategy ,report under section
 #dhi of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bbia;a71 and associated 
actions to target individuals and       
entities directly or indirectly         
associated with the narcotics           
infrastructure of the ,assad regime4    
7#c7 ,the use global diplomatic         
engagements associated with the economic
 pressure campaign against the ,assad   
regime to target its narcotics          
infrastructure4  7#d7 ,leveraging       
multilateral institutions and           
cooperation with international partners 

to disrupt the narcotics infrastructure 
of the ,assad regime4  7#e7 ,mobilizing 
a public communications campaign to     
increase awareness of the extent of the 
connection of the ,assad regime to      
illicit narcotics trade4  7#f7 ,a       
description of the countries receiving  
or transiting large shipments of        
,captagon and an assessment of the      
counter-narcotics capacity of those     
countries to interdict or disrupt the   
smuggling of ,captagon1 including an    
assessment of current ,united ,states   
assistance and training programs to     
build such capacity in those countries4 
7c7 ,form of report ,the report required
 under subsection 7b7 shall be submitted
 in an unclassified form1 but may       
contain a classified annex4  7d7        
,appropriate congressional committees   
,in this section1 the term appropriate  
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 the       
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  

,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on      
,appropriations1 and the ,select        
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on the 
,judiciary1 the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs1 the ,committee on ,financial  
,services1 the ,committee on            
,appropriations1 and the ,permanent     
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives4