119-hr4955

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4955 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4955

To establish the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative to assist certain 
 countries with counterdrug interdiction efforts.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 12, 2025

Mr. Moylan (for himself, Mr. Case, Mrs. Radewagen, and Ms. King-Hinds) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

To establish the Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative to assist certain 
 countries with counterdrug interdiction efforts.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Lethal Elements and 
Narcotics in the Pacific Act of 2025'' or the ``CLEAN Pacific Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PACIFIC COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a ``Pacific 
Counternarcotics Initiative'' program to assist beneficiary countries 
with the following:

    (1) Improving and increasing the rates at which listed 
 chemicals are seized and destroyed.

    (2) Alleviating the backlog of--
        (A) listed chemicals to be destroyed; and
        (B) hazardous waste, generated by illicit drug 
 trafficking, to be disposed of in an environmentally 
 safe and effective manner.

    (3) Ensuring that seized listed chemicals are not 
 reintroduced into illicit drug production streams.

    (4) Freeing up storage space for seized listed chemicals.

    (5) Reducing the environmental impact of listed chemicals 
 and associated waste.

    (6) Promoting international law enforcement efforts, such 
 as international training and interoperable systems and other 
 shared equipment.

    (7) Improving the capability of, and infrastructure 
 necessary for, law enforcement to seize and destroy listed 
 chemicals.

    (b) Implementation Plan.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees a plan explaining the 
 manner in which the Secretary will implement the Pacific 
 Counternarcotics Initiative program established in subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Components.--The implementation plan required under 
 paragraph

    (1) shall include the following:
        (A) A timeline for when assistance to beneficiary 
 countries will begin.
        (B) A 5-year strategy for each beneficiary country 
 that includes a timeline, budgetary projections, 
 anticipated outcomes, and an overview of objectives.
            (C) Specific, measurable benchmarks to track the 
 progress beneficiary countries make towards achieving 
 the outcomes listed under subsection

    (a) .
            (D) The roles and responsibilities of each relevant 
 Secretary, their respective department, and any other 
 Federal department or agency in carrying out the 
 Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative program.
        (E) A plan to address security vulnerabilities and 
 corruption risks, that directly impede the seizure, 
 storage, and destruction of listed chemicals, in each 
 beneficiary country.
        (F) A plan to update the appropriate congressional 
 committees on the results of the Pacific 
 Counternarcotics Initiative program.
        (G) An itemized list, for each beneficiary country, 
 of the law enforcement capabilities the Secretary 
 determines--
            (i) are necessary within the beneficiary 
 country to achieve the outcomes listed under 
 subsection

    (a) ;
            (ii) are not offered by law enforcement in 
 the beneficiary country; and
            (iii) that law enforcement in the 
 beneficiary country are capable of offering.
        (H) An itemized list, for each beneficiary country, 
 of the law enforcement capabilities the Secretary 
 determines--
            (i) are necessary within the beneficiary 
 country to achieve the outcomes listed under 
 subsection

    (a) ;
            (ii) are not offered by law enforcement in 
 the beneficiary country;
            (iii) that law enforcement in the 
 beneficiary country are not capable of 
 offering; and
            (iv) that the United States is capable of 
 offering to law enforcement in the beneficiary 
 country.

    (3) Annual progress report.--Not later than 1 year after 
 the date on which the implementation plan is required to be 
 submitted under paragraph

    (1) , and annually thereafter for 5 
 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
 congressional committees a report on the results of the Pacific 
 Counternarcotics Initiative program from the previous fiscal 
 year, including--
        (A) the progress of each beneficiary country 
 participating in such program towards achieving the 
 outcomes listed under subsection

    (a) ;
        (B) with respect to each beneficiary country 
 participating in such program, compliance with, and 
 progress toward, meeting the benchmarks listed for each 
 such country in the implementation plan; and
            (C) the type and quantity of listed chemicals 
 destroyed by each beneficiary country participating in 
 such program from the previous fiscal year.

SEC. 3. FUNDING.

 The Secretary of State shall use amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out 

section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291) to carry out this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
 Representatives and the Senate.

    (2) Beneficiary countries.--
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , the term ``beneficiary countries'' means--
            (i) the Cook Islands;
            (ii) the Federated States of Micronesia;
            (iii) the Republic of Fiji;
            (iv) French Polynesia;
            (v) the Republic of Kiribati;
            (vi) the Republic of Nauru;
            (vii) New Caledonia;
            (viii) Niue;
            (ix) the Republic of Palau;
            (x) the Independent State of Papua New 
 Guinea;
            (xi) the Republic of Marshall Islands;
            (xii) the Independent State of Samoa;
            (xiii) the Solomon Islands;
            (xiv) the Kingdom of Tonga;
            (xv) Tuvalu; and
            (xvi) the Republic of Vanuatu.
        (B) Updates.--The Secretary may add or remove any 
 country from the list under subparagraph
        (A) after 
 providing written notification of such change to the 
 appropriate congressional committees.

    (3) Listed chemical.--The term ``listed chemical'' has the 
 meaning given such term in 

section 102 of the Controlled 
 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

    (4) Relevant secretary.--The term ``relevant Secretary'' 
 means the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
 Attorney General.

    (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of State in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
 Attorney General, except as otherwise specified.

    (6) Interoperable systems.--The term ``interoperable 
 systems'' means communications, data sharing, and operational 
 equipment that enables seamless coordination between 
 beneficiary countries and United States law enforcement 
 agencies.
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