AR HR1048

Calls on President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Congress to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction due to its role in over 100,000 American overdose deaths annually, with 66% of overdose deaths related to synthetic opioids.

Requests designation of the Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and other Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations under 8 U.S.C. § 1189.

Cites Mexican cartels' importation of raw materials from China to produce fentanyl, their development of armed forces, and known links to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah as national security threats.

References the Drug Enforcement Administration's statement that fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the nation has faced and reports of approximately 196 Americans dying daily from the drug.

Directs distribution of the resolution upon adoption to President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and the Arkansas Congressional Delegation.