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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1563
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession,
sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing
equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not
unlawful.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY25, 2025
Ms. C
ROCKETT(for herself and Mr. GOODEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that
the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation,
or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests
for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Testing 4
and Overdose Prevention Against Fentanyl and Xylazine 5
Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP Fentanyl and Xylazine Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF 1
EQUIPMENT THAT INDICATES THE PRES-2
ENCE OF FENTANYL OR XYLAZINE IN A COM-3
POUND. 4
Section 422 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 5
U.S.C. 863) is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘(g) C
LARIFICATION.—This section does not apply to 8
the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or 9
transportation of equipment for which the intended use 10
is to indicate the presence of fentanyl or xylazine in a com-11
pound.’’. 12
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