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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 920 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances |
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| 6 | 6 | | as schedule I controlled substances, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | UCHANAN(for himself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in |
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| 12 | 12 | | addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- |
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| 13 | 13 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 14 | 14 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl- |
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| 17 | 17 | | related substances as schedule I controlled substances, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Initiative to 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 920 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Schedule I of section 202(c) of 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-re-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lated substances, or which contains their salts, isomers, 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | chemical designation. 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘fentanyl-related sub-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | stances’ includes any substance that is structurally related 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications: 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(A) By replacement of the phenyl portion of 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | not further substituted in or on the monocycle. 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(B) By substitution in or on the phenethyl 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(C) By substitution in or on the piperidine 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(D) By replacement of the aniline ring with 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | any aromatic monocycle whether or not further sub-25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | stituted in or on the aromatic monocycle. 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 920 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(E) By replacement of the N-propionyl group 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | by another acyl group.’’. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) N |
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| 60 | 60 | | OMINIMUMSENTENCE.—Section 401(b)(1)(C) 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 841(b)(1)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | lowing: ‘‘Any minimum term of imprisonment required to 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | be imposed under this subparagraph shall not apply with 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | respect to a controlled substance described in subsection 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (e)(1) of schedule I.’’. 9 |
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