,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,ossoff1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 and ,mr4         
,lankford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the ,science and ,technology
 ,directorate in the ,department of     
,homeland ,security to develop greater  
capacity to detect1 identify1 and       
disrupt illicit substances in very low  
concentrations4  #a4 ,short titles ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,detection    
,equipment and ,technology ,evaluation  
to ,counter the ,threat of ,fentanyl and
 ,xylazine ,act of #bjbd or the ,,detect
 ,fentanyl and ,xylazine ,act of #bjbd4 
#b4 ,enhancing the capacity to detect1  
identify1 and disrupt drugs such as     
fentanyl and xylazine ,section #cjb of  
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #ahb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in

 paragraph 7#ac71 by striking and at the
 end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ad71 by      
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#ae7 carrying  
out research1 development1 testing1     
evaluation1 and cost-benefit analyses to
 improve the safety1 effectiveness1 and 
efficiency of equipment and reference   
libraries for use by ,federal1 ,state1  
local1 and ,tribal law enforcement      
agencies for the accurate detection of  
drugs or the disruption of drug         
trafficking for drugs such as fentanyl  
and xylazine1 including1 but not limited
 to-- 7,a7 portable equipment that can  
detect and identify drugs with minimal  
or no handling of the sample2  7,b7     
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 detection2 and
  7,c7 technologies that use machine    

learning or artificial intelligence 7as 
defined in section #ejjb of the         
,national ,artificial ,intelligence     
,initiative ,act of #bjbj 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #idja77 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         
libraries4  4  #c4 ,requirements ,in    
carrying out section #cjb7ae7 of the    
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb1 as   
added by section #b1 the ,under         
,secretary for ,science and ,technology 
shall-- 7#a7 follow the recommendations1
 guidelines1 and best practices         
described in the ,artificial            
,intelligence ,risk ,management         
,framework 7,,nist ,,ai #ajj-a7 or any  
successor document published by the     
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology2 and  7#b7 establish the    
,directorate of ,science and            
,technology's research1 development1    
testing1 evaluation1 and cost-benefit   

analysis priorities under such section  
#cjb7ae7 based on the latest available  
information1 including the latest ,state
 and ,territory ,report on ,enduring and
 ,emerging ,threats published by the    
,drug ,enforcement ,administration or   
any successor document4