US Lawmakers Propose Forming Federal Task Force to Combat Fentanyl Crisis

The lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at streamlining interagency collaboration in curbing fentanyl trafficking.

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) questions Matt Albence, then the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 25, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced a bipartisan bill on March 11 to establish a federal joint task force focused on combating the flow of fentanyl into the United States.

The bill, cosponsored by several bipartisan House representatives and paired with a companion bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), aims to streamline interagency collaboration.