To amend the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to coordinate with certain Federal officials to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of novel technologies to detect fentanyl vapor or particles in support of rapid screening of the mails, at prisons, at United States borders, and in other related use cases, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3078

To amend the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act to direct
the Secretary of Energy to coordinate with certain Federal officials to
    conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of novel
technologies to detect fentanyl vapor or particles in support of rapid
 screening of the mails, at prisons, at United States borders, and in
            other related use cases, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2025

Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space,
                             and Technology

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act to direct
the Secretary of Energy to coordinate with certain Federal officials to
    conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of novel
technologies to detect fentanyl vapor or particles in support of rapid
 screening of the mails, at prisons, at United States borders, and in
            other related use cases, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND
              EVALUATION OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES TO DETECT FENTANYL VAPOR
              OR PARTICLES.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Department of Energy Research and
Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641 et seq.) is amended by--
            (1) by redesignating section 317 (42 U.S.C. 18655) as
        section 318; and
            (2) by inserting after section 316 the following new
        section:

``SEC. 317. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL
              TECHNOLOGIES TO DETECT FENTANYL VAPOR OR PARTICLES.

    ``The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Attorney
General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Postmaster
General, shall carry out a research, development, testing, and
evaluation program of novel technologies to detect fentanyl vapor or
particles in support of rapid screening--
            ``(1) of the mails;
            ``(2) at prisons;
            ``(3) at United States borders; and
            ``(4) in other related use cases.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act is amended by
striking the item relating to section 317 and inserting the following
new items:

``Sec. 317. Research, development, testing, and evaluation of novel
                            technologies to detect fentanyl vapor or
                            particles.
``Sec. 318. Authorization of appropriations.''.
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