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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 165
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances
as schedule I controlled substances.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY21, 2025
Mr. J
OHNSON(for himself, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RISCH, Mr.
B
ANKS, Mr. CRUZ, and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-
related substances as schedule I controlled substances.
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 ‘‘Stopping Overdoses 4
of Fentanyl Analogues Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Schedule I of section 202(c) of 7
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is 8
amended by adding at the end the following: 9
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‘‘(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed 1
in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 2
preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-re-3
lated substances, including their isomers, esters, ethers, 4
salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever 5
the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is 6
possible within the specific chemical designation. 7
‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘fentanyl-related sub-8
stances’ includes any substance that is structurally related 9
to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications: 10
‘‘(A) By replacement of the phenyl portion of 11
the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or 12
not further substituted in or on the monocycle. 13
‘‘(B) By substitution in or on the phenethyl 14
group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, 15
haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 16
‘‘(C) By substitution in or on the piperidine 17
ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, 18
hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 19
‘‘(D) By replacement of the aniline ring with 20
any aromatic monocycle whether or not further sub-21
stituted in or on the aromatic monocycle. 22
‘‘(E) By replacement of the N-propionyl group 23
by another acyl group.’’. 24
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(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—This Act shall take effect 1 1
day after the date of enactment of this Act. 2
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