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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4701 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To codify the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances |
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| 6 | 6 | | by adding fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled |
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| 7 | 7 | | Substances Act. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JULY18, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. D’E |
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| 11 | 11 | | SPOSITO(for himself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr. GIMENEZ) intro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for |
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| 14 | 14 | | a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 15 | 15 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | mittee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To codify the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related |
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| 19 | 19 | | substances by adding fentanyl-related substances to |
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| 20 | 20 | | schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | from Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 4701 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | IN SCHEDULE I. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Sub-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is amended by adding at 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the end the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(e)(1) Fentanyl-related substances, including their 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and ethers. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘fentanyl-related substance’ means any substance that— 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(A) is not listed in another schedule; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(B) has not been approved under section 505 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | U.S.C. 355) or granted an exemption for investiga-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tional use under subsection (i) of such section 505; 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(C) is structurally related to fentanyl by— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(i) replacement of the phenyl portion of 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or not further substituted in or on the mono-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cycle; 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(ii) substitution in or on the phenethyl 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups; 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(iii) substitution in or on the piperidine 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 4701 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | groups; 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(iv) replacement of the aniline ring with 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | any aromatic monocycle, whether or not further 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | substituted in or on the aromatic monocycle; or 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(v) replacement of the N-propionyl group 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | by another acyl group.’’. 7 |
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