Bill > HR3587

This bill, the Dark Web Interdiction Act, aims to address the distribution of opioids and other illicit goods through the dark web, which is a part of the internet that provides anonymity to users and facilitates criminal activities. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining the "dark web" and making it unlawful to knowingly or intentionally deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances through the dark web, with a 2-level sentencing increase for such violations. 2. Establishing the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement Task Force within the FBI to detect, disrupt, and dismantle illicit marketplaces on the dark web, with the task force consisting of representatives from various federal agencies and providing guidance and training to law enforcement. 3. Requiring the Attorney General to report annually on the task force's activities, investigative methods, performance measures, and recommendations for additional legislative action to improve efforts to address the distribution of illegal drugs, goods, and services through the dark web. 4. Requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with the Treasury and Homeland Security Secretaries, to submit a report on the use of virtual currencies in the distribution of opioids through illicit marketplaces on the dark web, including an assessment of the government's capacity to investigate such activities. 5. Expressing the sense of Congress that the definition of "dark web" should be evaluated and updated by Congress at least once every 5 years.