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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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the court to make an advisory statement under 
certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexandra’s Law Act 
of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ADVISORY STATEMENT. 
Section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 841) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) ADVISORY STATEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) CONVICTION.—Any person who is con-
victed of, or enters a plea of guilty or no contest, to 
an offense under this section with respect to which 
death occurred, may be charged with homicide. 
‘‘(2) COURT ADVISING.—A court shall advise 
any person who is convicted of, or enters a plea of 
guilty or no contest to, an offense under this section 
involving 
N-phenyl-N-[1–(2-phenylethyl)–4- 
piperidinyl] propanamide, or an analogue thereof, 
exchanged for anything of value, with respect to 
which death occurred, of the following: 
‘‘ ‘You are hereby advised that all illicit drugs and counter-
feit pills are dangerous to human life and become even 
deadlier when they are, sometimes unknowingly, mixed 
with substances such as fentanyl and analogues of 
fentanyl. People can and have died from these substances, 
even in very small doses. It is extremely dangerous and 
deadly to human life to sell or administer drugs, in any 
form, when not lawfully authorized to do so. If you do 
so in the future and a person dies as a result of that ac-
tion, and you knew or should have known that the sub-
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stance you provided contained fentanyl or a fentanyl ana-
logue, you may be charged with an offense under section 
1111 or 1112 of title 18, United States Code. This convic-
tion will be considered by a judge or jury as to whether 
you knew or should have known that the substance you 
provided to the decedent contained fentanyl.’. 
‘‘(3) EVIDENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (4), in the case of a defendant who 
is charged with an offense under section 1111 
of 1112 of title 18, United States Code, with 
respect to a death involving N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 
phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an 
analogue thereof, exchanged for anything of 
value, a previous conviction for, or a plea of 
guilty or no contest to, an offense under this 
section 
involving 
N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 
phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide, or an 
analogue thereof, in exchange for anything of 
value, with respect to which death occurred, 
may be used as evidence that the defendant had 
knowledge that the substance provided to the 
decedent 
contained 
N-phenyl-N-[1–(2- 
phenylethyl)–4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an 
analogue thereof. 
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‘‘(B) ADMISSION
OF
STATE
COURT
AC-
KNOWLEDGMENT.—Any sworn statement used 
in State court that is substantially similar to 
the statement in paragraph (2) shall be admis-
sible in a Federal court. 
‘‘(C) ADMISSION OF FEDERAL COURT AC-
KNOWLEDGMENT.—Any sworn statement in 
paragraph (2) may be admissible in a State 
court. 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (3) shall not 
apply to the prosecution of an individual who was a 
minor at the time at which the individual committed 
the offense.’’. 
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