Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27

Official text excerpt

117 HR 27 IH: Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-01-03 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 27 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Palmer , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Pfluger , Mrs. Harshbarger , Mrs. Cammack , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Womack , Mr. Buchanan , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Bost , Mr. Evans of Colorado , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Langworthy , Mr. Cline , Mr. Meuser , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Feenstra , and Mr. Nunn of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently 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 with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act . 2. Class scheduling of fentanyl-related substances Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) ) is amended by adding at the end of schedule I the following: (e) (1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of a fentanyl-related substance, or which contains the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers of a fentanyl-related substance whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), …

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