Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part B · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 216. Protection against potential synthetic opioid exposure
Statutory text
In general
The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall issue a policy that specifies effective protocols and procedures for the safe handling of potential synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines, and to reduce the risk of injury or death resulting from accidental exposure and enhance post-exposure management.
Training
In general
Together with the issuance of the policy described in subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall require mandatory and recurrent training on the following:
The potential risk of opioid exposure and safe handling procedures for potential synthetic opioids, including precautionary measures such as the use of personal protective equipment during such handling.
How to access and administer opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, post-exposure to potential synthetic opioids.
How to use containment devices to prevent potential synthetic opioid exposure.
Integration
The training described in paragraph (1) may be integrated into existing training under section 211(l) of this title for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel.
Personal protective equipment, containment devices, and opioid receptor antagonists
Together with the issuance of the policy described in subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall ensure the availability of personal protective equipment, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices, to all U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines at risk of accidental exposure to synthetic opioids.
Oversight
To ensure effectiveness of the policy described in subsection (a)—
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall regularly monitor the efficacy of the implementation of such policy and adjust protocols and procedures, as necessary; and
the Inspector General of the Department shall audit compliance with the requirements of this section not less than once during the 3-year period after .
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 416 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 216
Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 416, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. U, title III, § 302(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2291
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 416, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. U, title III, § 302(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2291Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 416. GAO REPORT TO CONGRESS. Not later than 3 months after the effective date of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth all trade functions performed by the executive branch, specifying each agency that performs each such function.James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Pub. L. 117–263 § 7135(a) · 136 Stat. 2395
Added · 6 U.S.C. § 216(b)(1)(C)
Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(a), added subpar. (C)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(a), added subpar. (C).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Training.— Paragraph (1) of section 416(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) How to use containment devices to prevent potential synthetic opioid exposure.” .James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Pub. L. 117–263 § 7135(b) · 136 Stat. 2395
Inserted · 6 U.S.C. § 216(c)
Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(b), inserted “, containment devices,” after “equipment” in heading
Substituted · 6 U.S.C. § 216(c)
Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(b), substituted “, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices” for “and opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone” in text
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(b), inserted “, containment devices,” after “equipment” in heading and substituted “, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices” for “and opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone” in text.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Availability of Containment Devices.— Section 416(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216(c)) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting “, Containment Devices,” after “Equipment”; and (2) by striking “and opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone” and inserting “, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices”.
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 216 of this title, Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 416, , 116 Stat. 2181, related to GAO report to Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(f), , 130 Stat. 210.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(a), added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263, § 7135(b), inserted “, containment devices,” after “equipment” in heading and substituted “, opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, and containment devices” for “and opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone” in text.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Applicability to Other Components
Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7135(c), , 136 Stat. 3650, provided that: “If the Secretary of Homeland Secretary determines that officers, agents, other personnel, or canines of a component of the Department of Homeland Security other than U.S. Customs and Border Protection are at risk of potential synthetic opioid exposure in the course of their duties, the head of such component shall carry out the responsibilities under section 416 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216) in the same manner and to the same degree as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection carries out such responsibilities.”
Credits
2020–2022 · 2 acts
- 2020Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 416, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. U, title III, § 302(a), , 134 Stat. 2291
- 2022amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7135(a), (b), , 136 Stat. 3650.
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(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 416, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. U, title III, § 302(a), , 134 Stat. 2291; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7135(a), (b), , 136 Stat. 3650.)