To reform the Intelligence Community, the intelligence-related activities of the counter-drug mission of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 11, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill aims to combat transnational criminal organizations and the illegal fentanyl trade by reforming how the U.S. intelligence community addresses these threats. It establishes a new National Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center within the intelligence community, headed by a presidential appointee, to coordinate intelligence operations and develop strategic plans that integrate diplomatic, financial, military, intelligence, and law enforcement efforts across federal agencies. The bill also creates new federal crimes, including severe penalties for providing material support to fentanyl trafficking (up to 10 years minimum imprisonment and $10 million in fines for individuals, or $50 million for organizations) and for bribing public officials to facilitate drug trafficking (up to 25 years imprisonment and $20 million in fines). The legislation requires that disrupting fentanyl trafficking and transnational criminal organizations be treated as top priorities in the national intelligence framework, and it mandates that intelligence agencies increase resources devoted to identifying and monitoring illicit fentanyl activities. The bill does not specify particular funding amounts but directs the intelligence community to reallocate existing resources to these priority areas.
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