President Signs STOP Act, Ports Projects Bills
President Donald Trump signed into law on Oct. 24 an opioids bills package that includes measures to fight fentanyl trafficking through the mail. The STOP Act, or Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act, is one of the parts of the package (see 1809180040), and it will require advance data from all international mail by 2020 -- designed to help CBP interdict small-scale fentanyl and carfentanil shipments, particularly ones from China.
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This signing followed another signing Oct. 23 of the America's Water Infrastructure Act, which funds projects at ports (see 1810100043). At that signing ceremony, Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said, "This is not glamorous, but it really is one of the underpinnings of our economy. Forty percent of the agriculture products in Arkansas are exported. Most of that goes to the inland waterways and then throughout our ports and harbors."