DETECT Nitazenes Act of 2025

This bill changes a section of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 that lists drugs the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate works on detecting. Right now that section names fentanyl and xylazine. The bill would add nitazenes, a group of synthetic opioids, to that list. The stated aim is for the Directorate to work with the Drug Enforcement Agency to build the ability to detect, identify, and disrupt such substances in very low concentrations.

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Sponsors

• Eric Schmitt Republican sponsor
• 6 cosponsors