Search Results: keywords:"opioid trafficking"

  • H. R. 9871 — To establish grants to combat opioid trafficking.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,385

    The bill, known as the "End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act of 2024," proposes the establishment of grants to help combat opioid trafficking. It authorizes the COPS Director to offer financial support to states, law enforcement agencies, and Indian Tribes to locate,...

    Simple Explanation

    The "End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act of 2024" is a plan to give money to people like police and Native American Tribes so they can work together to stop bad people from selling dangerous drugs, but it needs clear rules to make sure the money is spent wisely.

  • S. 5202 — To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act to strengthen the imposition of sanctions under that Act, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:2,165

    The FREED Act seeks to strengthen sanctions under the Fentanyl Sanctions Act to combat opioid trafficking. It mandates imposing sanctions on foreign individuals and agencies involved in opioid trafficking or providing support to traffickers. The bill also requires the...

    Simple Explanation

    The FREED Act wants to make rules to stop bad guys from making and selling dangerous drugs called opioids stronger. It would punish people and groups from other countries who help make or sell these drugs, and it also wants everyone to work together to catch the people who hide the money from selling these bad drugs.