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HR-8535House2026-04-27Crime and Law Enforcement

Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

Homeland Security would have to grade its own fentanyl work — no change for you.

Transparency & Accountability

Measuring Homeland Security's work against fentanyl — due within one year

The Secretary would pick the measures for the whole department and for each unit that works on fentanyl. The bill does not say those measures have to be made public.

More about this bill

You would see no change in daily life from this bill. It does not change any law about drugs, borders, or what people can do. Instead, it would make the Department of Homeland Security keep score on its own fentanyl work. Within one year, the Secretary would have to set measures for finding, blocking, and seizing the drug. Units inside the department would also have to share what they know with each other. They would have to name anything blocking that sharing.

Congressional Summary

Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking ActThis bill requires the components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engaged in the detection, deterrence, and seizure of fentanyl to collaborate and share relevant information and data with each other. The bill also requires DHS to establish performance metrics related to the detection, deterrence, and seizure of fentanyl for DHS and its components.

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
House
Status
summarized
Action
Introduced in House
Action Date
2026-04-27
Date Added
2026-07-09
Source
Congress.gov →

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