H.R. 8535 · 119th Congress · Crime and law enforcement
Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jul 13, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the House on July 13, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- IntroducedApr 27, 2026
- CommitteeJul 13, 2026
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 3
- 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsHouse Committee on Homeland Security
- Lobbying
- None read
- No filing read so far names H.R. 8535
What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to act within one year of enactment on how the Department tracks illicit fentanyl.
This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to act within one year of enactment on how the Department tracks illicit fentanyl. It requires each Department of Homeland Security component that works on detecting, deterring, and seizing illicit fentanyl to share relevant data with the other components and to identify any barriers to that sharing. It also requires the Department to establish performance metrics for detection, deterrence, and seizure of illicit fentanyl, both department-wide and for each component, aligned with the Department's existing goals. The bill creates a coordination and measurement mandate. It adds no new funding, penalties, or enforcement powers.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
No organization named this measure in a lobbying filing we could read with confidence. That is not a finding that nobody lobbied it. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, and a reference that could not be pinned to exactly one measure is refused rather than guessed.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.