I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7239 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance the penalties applicable 
with respect to certain violations involving the use of interactive computer 
service to distribute a controlled substance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. BACON, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. 
BAIRD, and Mr. CRENSHAW) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 to enhance the 
penalties applicable with respect to certain violations in-
volving the use of interactive computer service to dis-
tribute a controlled substance, 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 ‘‘Drug-Free Social 
Media and Digital Communities Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER 
SERVICE TO DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Controlled Substances Act is 
amended by inserting after section 423 (21 U.S.C. 864) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 424. DISTRIBUTION THROUGH USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) TERM
OF
IMPRISONMENT; FINE.—Any 
person who violates section 401(a)(1) by distrib-
uting, dispensing, or possessing with intent to dis-
tribute or dispense a controlled substance through 
the use of a interactive computer service shall be 
subject to— 
‘‘(A) twice the maximum term of imprison-
ment authorized by section 401(b); 
‘‘(B) at least twice any term of supervised 
release authorized by section 401(b) for a first 
offense; and 
‘‘(C) a fine up to twice that authorized by 
section 401(b) in addition to any term of im-
prisonment authorized by this subsection. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM SENTENCE.—Except to the ex-
tent a greater minimum sentence is otherwise pro-
vided by section 401(b), a person sentenced under 
this subsection shall be sentenced to a term of im-
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prisonment of not less than 1 year, except that the 
mandatory minimum sentencing requirement of this 
paragraph shall not apply to offenses involving 5 
grams or less of marihuana. 
‘‘(3) INTERACTIVE
COMPUTER
SERVICE
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘interactive 
computer service’ means any information service, 
system, or access software provider that provides or 
enables computer access by multiple users to a com-
puter server, including specifically a service or sys-
tem that provides access to the Internet and such 
systems operated or services offered by libraries or 
educational institutions. 
‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.— 
‘‘(1) TERM
OF
IMPRISONMENT.—Any person 
who commits a violation described in subsection 
(a)(1), after a prior conviction for a violation de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) has become final, is pun-
ishable— 
‘‘(A) by the greater of— 
‘‘(i) a term of imprisonment of not 
less than 3 years and not more than life 
imprisonment; and 
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