,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ai1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,budd1   
and ,mr4 ,moreno7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to suspend the  
entry of covered aliens in response to  
the fentanyl public health crisis4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,alan ,t4 ,shao ,,ii ,fentanyl      
,public ,health ,emergency and ,overdose
 ,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,more than #ajj1jjj ,americans died from
 drug overdoses during #bjbc1 with the  
majority of such deaths caused by       
fentanyl4  7#b7 ,fentanyl is a potent   
synthetic opioid drug that is #ej times 
more potent than heroin and #ajj times  
more potent than morphine4  7#c7        
,fentanyl is involved in more deaths of 
,americans younger than #ej years of age

 than any other cause of death1         
including heart disease1 cancer1        
homicide1 suicide1 and other accidents4 
7#d7 ,in #bjbc1 the ,united ,states     
,drug ,enforcement ,agency seized more  
than #hj1jjj1jjj fentanyl-laced pills   
and approximately #ab1jjj pounds of     
fentanyl powder1 which is enough        
fentanyl to kill every ,american4  7#e7 
,just #b milligrams of fentanyl is      
considered a lethal dose4  7#f7 ,the    
smuggling of fentanyl into the ,united  
,states constitutes a major public      
health crisis4  #c4 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act3 7#a7 ,covered alien ,the term
 covered alien means any person who--   
7,a7 is attempting to unlawfully enter  
the ,united ,states from ,canada or from
 ,mexico2  7,b7 does not possess the    
required travel documents to be admitted
 to the ,united ,states2 and  7,c7 is   
being held at a point of entry or a     
,border ,patrol station to facilitate   
immigration processing4  7#b7 ,secretary
 ,the term ,secretary means the         

,secretary of ,homeland ,security4  #d4 
,suspending the introduction of covered 
aliens into the ,united ,states due to  
the fentanyl public health crisis  7a7  
,in general ,beginning on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
admittance of covered aliens into the   
,united ,states is suspended to protect 
the public health4  7b7 ,relocation     
,covered aliens who attempt to enter the
 ,united ,states1 either through a point
 of entry or between points of entry1   
while the suspension described in       
subsection 7a7 remains in place shall be
 returned to their country of origin or 
to the country from which they entered  
the ,united ,states as rapidly as       
possible to lower the risk of such      
aliens introducing1 selling1            
trafficking1 or otherwise illicitly     
disseminating or promoting the          
dissemination of deadly fentanyl into   
the ,united ,states4  7c7 ,repatriation 
flights ,the ,secretary is authorized to
 transport covered aliens being         

relocated pursuant to subsection 7b7 on 
scheduled repatriation flights1 on a    
space available basis4