WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she has joined bipartisan legislation to help improve equipment for law enforcement personnel to better detect fentanyl and illicit drugs. The bipartisan Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine Act would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to conduct research and development, testing, and evaluation on equipment that would help law enforcement better detect fentanyl and other drugs. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 240,000 pounds of drugs at the U.S. southern border, which included an estimated 1.1 billion doses of fentanyl.
“Fentanyl is destroying communities across Nevada, and I’m doing all I can to get law enforcement the resources needed to detect and stop illicit drugs,” said Senator Rosen. “That’s why I’m supporting a bipartisan bill to help improve the equipment that law enforcement rely on to better detect fentanyl and other drugs.”
Senator Rosen has consistently worked across the aisle to secure the border and stop the flow of fentanyl. In April, the bipartisan FEND Off Fentanyl Act she backed was signed into law, requiring the President to sanction drug rings involved in international drug trafficking. Senator Rosen also voted to advance two bipartisan bills to improve U.S. Customs and Border Protection resources to better detect illicit drugs like fentanyl and other contraband smuggled across the U.S. southern border. Earlier this year, her bipartisan END FENTANYL Act was signed into law, which will help crack down on drug smuggling.
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