Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act

Bill: 118-hr-3629
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-05-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act</b></p> <p>This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into 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> <p>Additionally, the bill prohibits the application of a mandatory minimum prison term for certain drug offenses involving fentanyl-related substances.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3629 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2023 Mr. Buchanan 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act . 2. Fentanyl-related substances (a) In general Schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) ) is amended by adding at the end 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 any substance that is structurally related to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications: (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, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. (C) By substitution in or on the piperidine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, hydroxyl, 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. (E) By replacement of the N-propionyl group by another acyl group. . (b) No minimum sentence Section 401(b)(1)(C) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(C) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any minimum term of imprisonment required to be imposed under this subparagraph shall not apply with respect to a controlled substance described in subsection (e)(1) of schedule I. .