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ID HJM012
JM
Status
3/4/2020
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Expresses Idaho Legislature's gratitude to the President and Congress for enacting the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (Public Law 116-92) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, with full support from Idaho's congressional delegation.
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Documents that from August 2017 through August 2018, over 48,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses, with synthetic opioids (excluding methadone) accounting for 31,900 deaths and continuing to increase.
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Identifies China as the world's largest producer of illicit fentanyl and precursors shipped to the United States directly or through transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean.
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Requests the President continue diplomatic efforts with partners and allies to establish multilateral sanctions against foreign opioid traffickers and to use all lawful powers to publicly identify suppliers, impose sanctions, deny market access, and freeze assets of opioid traffickers.
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Directs the House Chief Clerk to forward this memorial to the President, Congress leadership, and Idaho's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting that the President of the United States and Congress establish sanctions against opioid traffickers and financial institutions that assist them.
HEALTH
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:27 a.m. on March 3, 2020
3/4/2020