H.R. 3666 · 118th Congress

SOS Act of 2023

Introduced on May 25, 2023 by Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2). 15 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (May 25, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 25, 2023
Cosponsors
15
0 from the other party
Policy area
Emergency Management
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Asia
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • China
  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Latin America
  • Mexico

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 25, 2023). Public domain.

Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023 or the SOS Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to conduct an assessment regarding that substance.

Specifically, the office must assess

  • foreign manufacturing of illicit fentanyl,
  • the tools and capabilities across federal agencies to address trafficking of that substance,
  • the capabilities of the Mexican military to conduct counterdrug missions with respect to that substance,
  • the capacities and willingness of China to take specified actions with respect to that substance, and
  • illicit fentanyl being trafficked into the United States from Mexico.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Brad R. WenstrupR-OH-2Sponsor

Republicans · 15

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 25, 2023Introduced in House
  2. May 25, 2023Introduced in House
  3. May 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. May 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. May 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. May 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. High Tech Inventors Alliance5 reports
    $570K reported (all issues)
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC4 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.$3.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.