1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018 . 2. Authorization of Joint Task Force to counter opioids Section 708 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 348 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Enhancing the integration of the Department’s border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States. ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (13) as paragraphs (11) through (15), respectively