DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

134 STAT. 1137 PUBLIC LAW 116–254—DEC. 23, 2020 Public Law 116–254 116th Congress An Act To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection capability, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019’’. SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE DETECTION OF ALL OPIOID PURITY LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec- tion (CBP) shall— (1) implement a strategy to ensure deployed chemical screening devices are able to identify in an operational environ- ment narcotics at purity levels less than or equal to 10 percent, or provide ports of entry with an alternate method for identi- fying narcotics at lower purity levels; and (2) 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 devices. SEC. 3. PLAN TO ENSURE OPIOID DETECTION EQUIPMENT RESIL- IENCY. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement a plan for the long-term development of a centralized spectral database for chemical screening devices. Such plan shall address the following: (1) How newly identified spectra will be collected, stored, and distributed to such devices in their operational environ- ment, including at ports of entry. Deadline. Data. Testing. Deadline. DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019. 6 USC 211 note. Dec. 23, 2020 [H.R. 4761] VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:09 Jan 06, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00254 Frm 00001 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL254.116 PUBL254 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with PUBLAWS 134 STAT. 1138 PUBLIC LAW 116–254—DEC. 23, 2020 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4761: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116–319, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Homeland Security). SENATE REPORTS: No. 116–244 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 165 (2019): Dec. 9, considered and passed House. Vol. 166 (2020): Dec. 7, considered and passed Senate. Æ (2) Identification of parties responsible for updates and maintenance of such database. Approved December 23, 2020. VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:09 Jan 06, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00254 Frm 00002 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6580 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL254.116 PUBL254 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with PUBLAWS