Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics Act of 2025
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Latest Action · March 11, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and 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.
H.R. 2024 establishes a new Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics (JTF-ISN) to coordinate federal efforts against the opioid epidemic. The task force will be led by a presidentially appointed Director reporting to the Attorney General and will bring together representatives from the Departments of Justice, Treasury, Homeland Security, State, Commerce, and Defense, along with the intelligence community and other relevant agencies. The JTF-ISN will investigate and prosecute illicit synthetic narcotic trafficking, conduct joint operations with state and local law enforcement, share intelligence across agencies, and specifically address the role of China in the opioid crisis. The bill requires the Director to submit progress reports to Congress every 180 days detailing operations, prosecutions, asset seizures, and funding needs, though it does not authorize enforcement against personal drug users or low-level dealers without connections to larger trafficking networks.
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