H.R. 4761DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

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Sponsor: Clay Higgins [R-LA-03]
Cosponsors: 8 · 6 Republicans · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees: Homeland Security Committee, Ways and Means Committee · and 1 more
Latest action: Dec 23, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-254.

IntroducedOct 18, 2019
Passed the HouseDec 9, 2019
Passed the SenateDec 7, 2020
Sent to the PresidentDec 11, 2020
Became lawDec 23, 2020

What the measure doesCRS summary

DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

This bill establishes new requirements related to the detection of illicit narcotics at ports of entry.

Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must implement a strategy to ensure chemical screening devices are able to identify narcotics at purity levels equal to or less than 10%, or provide an alternate method for identifying narcotics at lower purity levels. The CBP must also test new chemical screening devices at various purity levels before it commits to their acquisition.

Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security must implement a plan for the long-term development of a centralized spectral database for chemical screening devices.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4761 as public Law on Dec 23, 2020. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 655

House Dec 9, 2019

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

393 Yea 1 Nay 36 not voting

Crossed both parties 1 of 394 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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How the chamber split

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All members430 members

Democratic232 members

Republican198 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors8 · 6 Republicans · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4761 and vote against it. 7 signed when it was filed.

DYvette D. Clarke [D-NY-09]Original2026 profile

RMike Rogers [R-AL-03]Original2026 profile

RJohn Katko [R-NY-24]Original

DMax Rose [D-NY-11]Original

RPETER KING [R-NY-02]Original

RJohn Joyce [R-PA-13]Original2026 profile

RMichael T. McCaul [R-TX-10]Original

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H.R. 4761DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 655

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors8 · 6 Republicans · 2 Democrats

H.R. 4761DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 655

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors8 · 6 Republicans · 2 Democrats

Who lobbied on H.R. 47613 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 47613 organizations