This bill tells the Department of Energy to work with other federal officials to research, test, and evaluate new tools that can quickly detect fentanyl in the air or as tiny particles. The goal is to help catch fentanyl during mail screening, inside prisons, at U.S. borders, and in similar places. It also includes permission to spend money to carry out this work.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Federal agencies, mail facilities, prisons, and border screening sites.
• What changes: The Department of Energy would coordinate and fund research and testing of new fentanyl detection technologies for rapid screening.
• Where it applies: Mail systems, prisons, U.S. border checkpoints, and related settings.