Countering Captagon and Narcotics Post-Assad Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7180 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7180

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to 
  modify the interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics 
production and trafficking and affiliated networks in the Middle East, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2026

  Mr. Hill of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to 
  modify the interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics 
production and trafficking and affiliated networks in the Middle East, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Captagon and Narcotics 
Post-Assad Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO INTERAGENCY STRATEGY.

    Section 1238 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (a), by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        to read as follows:
            ``(1) shifting Captagon, methamphetamine, and amphetamine 
        production and trafficking patterns in the Middle East 
        following the fall of the Assad regime, particularly in Iraq, 
        could pose a significant threat to regional stability and 
        United States interests, requiring urgent and coordinated 
        military and law enforcement action to disrupt these networks 
        and secure vulnerable borders; and
            ``(2) Captagon enables instability in the Middle East 
        region and is destabilizing for Syria.''.
            (2) In subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting 
                        ``the Countering Captagon and Narcotics Post-
                        Assad Act'';
                            (ii) by striking ``a written strategy'' and 
                        inserting ``an unclassified, written 
                        strategy''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``linked to the regime of 
                        Bashar al-Assad in Syria'' and inserting ``in 
                        the Middle East''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include an assessment of the evolving patterns of Captagon, 
        methamphetamine, and other amphetamine-type stimulant 
        production and trafficking in the area of responsibility of 
        United States Central Command, including--
                    ``(A) the identification of the countries that are 
                receiving or transiting large shipments of Captagon, 
                methamphetamine, and other amphetamine-type stimulants;
                    ``(B) an assessment of the counter-narcotics 
                capacity of such countries to interdict or disrupt the 
                smuggling, trafficking, and production of Captagon, 
                methamphetamine, and other amphetamine-type stimulants;
                    ``(C) an assessment of current United States 
                assistance and training programs to build such capacity 
                in such countries;
                    ``(D) an assessment of cooperation with 
                international partners to disrupt narcotics 
                infrastructure in the Middle East; and
                    ``(E) recommendations to further disrupt and 
                dismantle Captagon, methamphetamine, and amphetamine-
                type stimulant production and trafficking networks, 
                including those linked to the former regime of Bashar 
                al-Assad, Hezbollah, and Iran-backed proxies.''.
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