Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act

Fentanyl smuggled into the United States is linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year, and this bill focuses on how well federal agencies detect and stop it at the border. Within one year of enactment, the Secretary of Homeland Security must require every component of the department involved in catching fentanyl, including agencies like Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to share their information and data with each other, and to identify anything currently blocking that information-sharing. The Secretary must also create specific, measurable performance goals for detecting, deterring, and seizing fentanyl, both for the department as a whole and for each individual component. The bill does not create new crimes, change sentences, or expand search powers; it is aimed at improving coordination and measurement inside the federal government. Its effects are mostly internal to Homeland Security agencies rather than directly touching travelers or the public.