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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1192
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the Secretary of Health
and Human Services with the authority to suspend the right to introduce
certain persons or property into the United States in the interest of
the public health.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 19, 2023
Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. LEE, Ms. LUMMIS, Mrs. HYDE-
SMITH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. BUDD, Mr.
CRAPO, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the
Secretary of Health and Human Services with the au-
thority to suspend the right to introduce certain persons
or property into the United States in the interest of
the public health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Fentanyl Border
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Crossings Act’’.
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•S 1192 IS
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
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Section 362 of the Public Health Service Act (42
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U.S.C. 265) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever the’’ and inserting
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the following:
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) SUSPENSIONS RELATING TO ILLICIT DRUGS.—
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Whenever the Secretary determines that by reason of the
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existence of substantial illicit drug smuggling from a for-
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eign country there is serious danger of the introduction
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of such drugs into the United States, and that this danger
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is so increased by the introduction of persons or property
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from such country that a suspension of the right to intro-
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duce such persons and property is required in the interest
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of the public health, the Secretary, in accordance with reg-
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ulations promulgated by the Secretary, shall have the
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power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction
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of persons and property from such countries or places as
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he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for
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such period of time as he may deem necessary for such
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purpose.’’.
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