Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act

Bill: 116-hr-2935
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act</b></p> <p>This bill adds five fentanyl analogues and the entire category of fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. 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: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2935 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2019 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined 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 list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act . 2. Fentanyl related substances Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812 ) is amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) of Schedule I the following: (23) Isobutyryl fentanyl. (24) Para-methoxybutyrylfentanyl. (25) Valeryl fentanyl. (26) Cyclopentyl fentanyl. (27) Para-chloroisobutyryl fentanyl. ; and (2) 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-related substances, 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-related substances includes the following: (A) Any substance that is structurally related to fentanyl by one or more of the following modifications: (i) By replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or not further substituted in or on the monocycle. (ii) By substitution in or on the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. (iii) By substitution in or on the piperidine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester, ether, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. (iv) By replacement of the aniline ring with any aromatic monocycle, whether or not further substituted in or on the aromatic monocycle. (v) By replacement of the N-propionyl group by another acyl group. (B) 4031′-methyl acetyl fentanyl. (C) Crotonyl fentanyl. (D) 2031′-fluoro ortho-fluorofentanyl. (E) Ortho-methyl acetylfentanyl. (F) Thiofuranyl fentanyl. (G) Ortho-fluorobutyryl fentanyl. (H) Ortho-fluoroacryl fentanyl. (I) Beta-methyl fentanyl. (J) Phenyl fentanyl. (K) Para-methylfentanyl. (L) Beta031′-phenyl fentanyl. (M) Benzodioxole fentanyl. .