END FENTANYL Act
Public Law 118-43 · S. 206 · 118th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Joe Biden (D) on Mar 18, 2024 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
Cosponsors (5): Sen. Mike Braun, Sen. Maggie Hassan,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
This act requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to review and update certain manuals and policies related to inspections at ports of entry at least once every three years. Specifically, CPB’s review and updates must ensure inspection practices effectively respond to technological and methodological changes designed to disguise illegal activity along the border, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans.
The act also requires that CPB provide the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Homeland Security with a report summarizing the changes made by such an update.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Related bills
5 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.R. 2Related bill
Secure the Border Act of 2023
H.R. 1401Identical bill
END FENTANYL Act
H.R. 2670 · became Public Law 118-31Related bill
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
S. 2226Related bill
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
S. 2824Related bill
Secure the Border Act of 2023
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.
- Mar 18, 2024Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 118-43.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Mar 14, 2024FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Mar 7, 2024FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- Mar 5, 2024FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Green (TN) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 206.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 27, 2023FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
- FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- Jun 26, 2023FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 22, 2023FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- May 4, 2023CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 44.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-16.
- Mar 29, 2023CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 1, 2023CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.