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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5023 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to attempted murder 
and the trafficking of fentanyl. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 22, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. BAIRD, and Mr. 
BAUMGARTNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
attempted murder and the trafficking of fentanyl. 
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 ‘‘Fentanyl Kills Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND TRAFFICKING OF 
FENTANYL. 
Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘trafficked fentanyl’ means— 
‘‘(A) any illicit activity— 
‘‘(i) to produce, manufacture, dis-
tribute, sell, or knowingly finance or trans-
port— 
‘‘(I) illicit fentanyl, including any 
controlled substance that is a syn-
thetic opioid and any listed chemical 
(as defined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) that is a synthetic opioid uti-
lized for fentanyl production; or 
‘‘(II) active pharmaceutical ingre-
dients or chemicals that are used in 
the production of fentanyl; 
‘‘(ii) to attempt to carry out an activ-
ity described in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(iii) to assist, abet, conspire, or 
collude with any other person to carry out 
an activity described in subparagraph (A); 
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‘‘(B) a violation of section 401(a)(1) of the 
Controlled 
Substances 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C. 
841(a)(1)) involving manufacturing, distrib-
uting, or dispensing, or possessing with intent 
to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, fentanyl 
or a fentanyl-related substance in or into the 
United States; 
‘‘(C) an attempt or conspiracy to commit 
a violation described in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(D) having manufactured, distributed, or 
dispensed, or possessed with intent to manufac-
ture, distribute, or dispense, fentanyl or a 
fentanyl-related substance outside the United 
States with the intention of such fentanyl or 
fentanyl-related substance being distributed or 
dispensed in or into the United States in viola-
tion of section 401(a)(1) or 406 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 
846); or 
‘‘(E) having produced or manufactured, 
distributed, or dispensed, or possessed with in-
tent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a 
substance that is a precursor to fentanyl or a 
fentanyl-related substance with the intention of 
such precursor, fentanyl, or fentanyl-related 
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substance being distributed or dispensed in or 
into the United States in violation of section 
401(a)(1) or 406 of the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) Any individual who has been found to have traf-
ficked fentanyl shall be deemed to have attempted to per-
petrate murder under subsection (a) and shall be subject 
to the penalty pursuant to subsection (b).’’. 
Æ 
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