H.R. 9162: SOS Act of 2022
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H.R. 9162: SOS Act of 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2022-10-07 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-10-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SOS Act of 2022
Plain summary
Stop Our Scourge Act of 2022 or the SOS Act of 2022 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.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · 23 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Brian Babin (R-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), J. French Hill (R-AR), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr9162.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr9162 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117