Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act

Bill: 115-s-1553
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2017-07-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3999-4000)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to add certain fentanyl analogues to schedule I. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1553 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 13, 2017 Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl analogues as schedule I controlled substances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act . 2. Fentanyl Analogues Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812 ) is amended— (a) by adding at the end of subsection (b) of Schedule I the following: (23) Acetyl fentanyl 4-methylphenethyl. (24) Acrylfentanyl. (25) 4-fluorobutyrylfentanyl. (26) 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl. (27) 3-furanyl fentanyl. (28) Isobutyryl fentanyl. (29) Meta-fluorofentanyl. (30) Methoxyacetyl fentanyl. (31) 4-methoxybutyrfentanyl. (32) Ocfentanil. (33) Ortho-fluorofentanyl. (34) Tetrahydrofuranyl fentanyl. (35) Valeryl fentanyl. ; and (b) by adding at the end of Schedule I the following: (e) (1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl analogues, or which contains their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation. (2) In paragraph (1), the term fentanyl analogues includes any compound structurally derived from fentanyl— (A) by replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or not further substituted in or on the monocycle; (B) by substitution in or on the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups; (C) by substitution in or on the piperidine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester, ether, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups; (D) by replacement of the aniline ring with any aromatic monocycle whether or not further substituted in or on the aromatic monocycle; or (E) by replacement of the N-propionyl group by another acyl group. .