House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DETECT Nitazenes Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Drug Enforcement Agency to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances, such as nitazenes, in very low concentrations.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8022, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90cb8cbc513734281f08cd63fb335cc908384a98106c75855b3473213cba32db
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8022, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
- H.R. 7022 (119th) Mystic Alerts Act
- H.J.Res. 35 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 1949 (119th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
- H.R. 884 (119th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 7084 (119th) Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
- H.R. 881 (119th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Related bills
- S. 3093 (119th) DETECT Nitazenes Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.