Opioid Bills Package Passes Senate, Heads to Conference
A bill that would require advance data from all international mail by 2020 -- designed to help CBP interdict small-scale fentanyl and carfentanil shipments, particularly from China -- is headed to a conference committee after the Senate gave its approval Sept. 17. The House passed the STOP Act in June, also with strong bipartisan support (see 1806140037).
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Co-sponsor Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said: "Passing the STOP Act is a victory in our efforts to combat the newest and deadliest aspect of this opioid crisis: the overwhelming supply of cheap, deadly synthetic drugs like fentanyl. By closing the loophole in our international mail system that drug traffickers have exploited to ship fentanyl into the U.S., we can help law enforcement keep this poison out of our communities." Private mail carriers such as FedEx already provide advance electronic data. "By securing the international mail system and strengthening our international postal agreements, the STOP Act will help save lives and make our communities safer," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said in a statement.