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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6671 

To authorize the court to make an advisory statement under certain 

circumstances, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. KILEY, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. 

OBERNOLTE) 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 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 authorize the court to make an advisory statement under 

certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexandra’s Law Act 

5 of 2023’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ADVISORY STATEMENT. 

2 Section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

3 U.S.C. 841) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(i) ADVISORY STATEMENT.— 

6 ‘‘(1) CONVICTION.—Any person who is con7 victed of, or enters a plea of guilty or no contest, to 

8 an offense under this section with respect to which 

9 death occurred, may be charged with homicide. 

10 ‘‘(2) COURT ADVISING.—A court shall advise 

11 any person who is convicted of, or enters a plea of 

12 guilty or no contest to, an offense under this section 

13 involving N-phenyl-N-[1–(2-phenylethyl)–4- 

14 piperidinyl] propanamide, or an analogue thereof, 

15 exchanged for anything of value, with respect to 

16 which death occurred, of the following: 

17 ‘‘ ‘You are hereby advised that all illicit drugs and counter18 feit pills are dangerous to human life and become even 

19 deadlier when they are, sometimes unknowingly, mixed 

20 with substances such as fentanyl and analogues of 

21 fentanyl. People can and have died from these substances, 

22 even in very small doses. It is extremely dangerous and 

23 deadly to human life to sell or administer drugs, in any 

24 form, when not lawfully authorized to do so. If you do 

25 so in the future and a person dies as a result of that ac26 tion, and you knew or should have known that the subVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:55 Dec 27, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6671.IH H6671
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1 stance you provided contained fentanyl or a fentanyl ana2 logue, you may be charged with an offense under section 

3 1111 or 1112 of title 18, United States Code. This convic4 tion will be considered by a judge or jury as to whether 

5 you knew or should have known that the substance you 

6 provided to the decedent contained fentanyl.’. 

7 ‘‘(3) EVIDENCE.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

9 paragraph (4), in the case of a defendant who 

10 is charged with an offense under section 1111 

11 of 1112 of title 18, United States Code, with 

12 respect to a death involving N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 

13 phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an 

14 analogue thereof, exchanged for anything of 

15 value, a previous conviction for, or a plea of 

16 guilty or no contest to, an offense under this 

17 section involving N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 

18 phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide, or an 

19 analogue thereof, in exchange for anything of 

20 value, with respect to which death occurred, 

21 may be used as evidence that the defendant had 

22 knowledge that the substance provided to the 

23 decedent contained N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 

24 phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an 

25 analogue thereof. 

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1 ‘‘(B) ADMISSION OF STATE COURT AC2 KNOWLEDGMENT.—Any sworn statement used 

3 in State court that is substantially similar to 

4 the statement in paragraph (2) shall be admis5 sible in a Federal court. 

6 ‘‘(C) ADMISSION OF FEDERAL COURT AC7 KNOWLEDGMENT.—Any sworn statement in 

8 paragraph (2) may be admissible in a State 

9 court. 

10 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (3) shall not 

11 apply to the prosecution of an individual who was a 

12 minor at the time at which the individual committed 

13 the offense.’’. 

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