Fentanyl is a WMD Act

Bill: 117-hr-8030
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2022-06-13
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fentanyl is a WMD Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8030 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2022 Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Gosar , Mr. Nehls , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Posey , Mr. Norman , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , and Mr. Moore of Alabama ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fentanyl is a WMD Act . 2. Treatment of illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction The Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security shall treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction for purposes of title XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 590 et seq. ).