Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act

Bill: 117-hr-8845
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2022-09-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death a first degree murder. </p> <p>An individual who is guilty of first degree murder by distributing fentanyl is subject to death or life in prison.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8845 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2022 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Norman , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Mast , Mr. Rouzer , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Gimenez , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Jackson , Mr. Lamborn , and Mr. Budd ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act . 2. Fentanyl distribution resulting in death punished as felony murder Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting , distributing fentanyl after child abuse ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (b) Within and inserting (b) (1) Within ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree by distributing fentanyl shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life. ; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) the terms controlled substance , distribute , and distributor have the meanings given the terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ); (5) distributing fentanyl means to distribute a controlled substance— (A) involving 2 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or .5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide; (B) that results in death from the use of such mixture or substance; and (C) knowing or having reason to know contains a detectable amount of such mixture or substance. .