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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 128 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass |
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| 6 | 6 | | Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat |
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| 7 | 7 | | illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | OEBERTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Homeland Security |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weap- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of |
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| 16 | 16 | | Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon |
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| 17 | 17 | | of mass destruction, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fentanyl is a WMD 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 128 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ILLICIT FENTANYL AS A WEAPON 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Home-4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | land Security shall treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | mass destruction for purposes of title XIX of the Home-6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 590 et seq.). 7 |
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