I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 335 
To reduce the threshold for mandatory minimum penalties for fentanyl-related 
offenses under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Sub-
stances Import and Export Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2023 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, 
Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. NORMAN, 
Mr. FALLON, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ZINKE, 
Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. OWENS, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FRY, and Mr. 
BAIRD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce the threshold for mandatory minimum penalties 
for fentanyl-related offenses under the Controlled Sub-
stances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and 
Export Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standardizing Thresh-
olds Of Penalties for Fentanyl Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP 
Fentanyl Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 
ACT. 
Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(vi)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘400’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘100’’ and inserting 
‘‘0.05’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘scheduled or unsched-
uled’’ before ‘‘analogue of’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(vi)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘40’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 
‘‘0.005’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘scheduled or unsched-
uled’’ before ‘‘analogue of’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 
IMPORT AND EXPORT ACT. 
Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import 
and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(F)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘400’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘100’’ and inserting 
‘‘0.05’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘scheduled or unsched-
uled’’ before ‘‘analogue of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(F)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘40’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 
‘‘0.005’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘scheduled or unsched-
uled’’ before ‘‘analogue of’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) In the case of a violation under subsection 
(a) of this section involving a mixture or substance 
containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2- 
phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or a mixture 
or substance containing a detectable amount of any 
analogue 
of 
N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4- 
piperidinyl] propanamide, in which the substance 
was imported along the United States international 
border with Mexico, the person committing such a 
violation shall be sentenced to a term of imprison-
ment of not less than 20 years and not more than 
life imprisonment and if death or serious bodily in-
jury results from the use of such substance shall be 
sentenced to life imprisonment.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to an 
offense occurring on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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