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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 767
5	5	To amend the Office of National Drug Control Prevention Act of 1998
6	6	to include new requirements for assessments and reports, and for other
7	7	purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY27, 2025
10	10	Mr. K
11	11	ELLY(for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. CORTEZ
12	12	M
13	13	ASTO, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was
14	14	read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend the Office of National Drug Control Prevention
17	17	Act of 1998 to include new requirements for assessments
18	18	and reports, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HIDTA Enhancement 4
23	23	Act’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. 6
25	25	The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reau-7
26	26	thorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 8
27	27	amended— 9
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30	30	•S 767 IS
31	31	(1) in section 706(g)(3) (21 U.S.C. 1
32	32	1705(g)(3))— 2
33	33	(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 3
34	34	‘‘and’’ at the end; 4
35	35	(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 5
36	36	period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6
37	37	(C) by adding at the end the following: 7
38	38	‘‘(E) a report describing the use of 8
39	39	HIDTA funds to investigate organizations and 9
40	40	individuals trafficking in fentanyl or fentanyl- 10
41	41	related substances, including any resulting pros-11
42	42	ecution, in the prior calendar year, including— 12
43	43	‘‘(i) the amounts of fentanyl or 13
44	44	fentanyl-related substances seized by a 14
45	45	HIDTA-funded initiative in the area dur-15
46	46	ing the previous year; and 16
47	47	‘‘(ii) law enforcement and predictive 17
48	48	data from regional HIDTA threat assess-18
49	49	ments showing patterns and trends in sub-19
50	50	stance abuse, trafficking, and transpor-20
51	51	tation of fentanyl and fentanyl-related sub-21
52	52	stances.’’; 22
53	53	(2) in section 707 (21 U.S.C. 1706)— 23
54	54	(A) in subsection (l)(2)— 24
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58	58	(i) in subparagraph (F), by striking 1
59	59	‘‘and’’ at the end; 2
60	60	(ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 3
61	61	the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 4
62	62	and’’; and 5
63	63	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-6
64	64	lowing: 7
65	65	‘‘(H) any limitations of the ability of a 8
66	66	high intensity drug trafficking area to meet the 9
67	67	purpose or goals of the area and recommenda-10
68	68	tions to address any such limitations, including 11
69	69	through resource allocation, partnerships, or a 12
70	70	change in authority or law.’’; 13
71	71	(B) in subsection (p)— 14
72	72	(i) in paragraph (5), by striking 15
73	73	‘‘and’’ at the end; 16
74	74	(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 17
75	75	period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 18
76	76	and 19
77	77	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-20
78	78	lowing: 21
79	79	‘‘(7) $333,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 22
80	80	through 2030.’’; 23
81	81	(C) in subsection (s)— 24
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85	85	(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 1
86	86	(1), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert-2
87	87	ing ‘‘$14,224,000’’; 3
88	88	(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 4
89	89	‘‘and’’ at the end; 5
90	90	(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 6
91	91	period at the end and inserting a semi-7
92	92	colon; and 8
93	93	(iv) by adding at the end the fol-9
94	94	lowing: 10
95	95	‘‘(4) providing assistance to Federal, State, 11
96	96	local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in inves-12
97	97	tigations and activities related to the interdiction of 13
98	98	fentanyl and other substances; and 14
99	99	‘‘(5) any additional purpose the Director deter-15
100	100	mines is appropriate to enhance fentanyl prevention, 16
101	101	seizure, and interdiction activities.’’; and 17
102	102	(D) by adding at the end the following: 18
103	103	‘‘(t) A
104	104	DDITIONALPROSECUTORIALRESOURCES.— 19
105	105	‘‘(1) I
106	106	N GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 20
107	107	make available sufficient investigative and prosecu-21
108	108	tion resources as may be practicable for the pur-22
109	109	poses described in this section, including temporary 23
110	110	reassignment under subsection (b)(2) for fiscal years 24
111	111	2024 through 2030, during which such an assistant 25
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115	115	United States attorney shall prioritize the investiga-1
116	116	tion and prosecution of organizations and individuals 2
117	117	trafficking in fentanyl and fentanyl-related sub-3
118	118	stances. Such temporary reassignment may be ex-4
119	119	tended by the Attorney General for such time as 5
120	120	may be necessary to conclude any ongoing investiga-6
121	121	tion or prosecution in which the assistant United 7
122	122	States attorney is engaged. 8
123	123	‘‘(2) P
124	124	ROCESS FOR TEMPORARY REASSIGN -9
125	125	MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 10
126	126	enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General 11
127	127	shall establish a process under which the Director, 12
128	128	in consultation with the Executive Boards of each 13
129	129	designated high intensity drug trafficking area, may 14
130	130	request an assistant United States attorney to be so 15
131	131	temporarily reassigned in accordance with this sub-16
132	132	section.’’. 17
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