STOP Fentanyl Act

Bill: 118-hr-335
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Latin America

Mexico

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong><b>Standardizing Thresholds Of Penalties for Fentanyl Act or the STOP Fentanyl Act</b></p> <p> This bill reduces the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, imports, exports, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. The bill also creates enhanced criminal penalties for certain violations involving fentanyl that was imported along the U.S.-Mexico border. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 5 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 0.05 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.005 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill creates enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms for importing or exporting fentanyl that was imported along the U.S.-Mexico border.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2023 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Banks , Mr. Allen , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Finstad , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Posey , Mr. Norman , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Babin , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Owens , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Fry , and Mr. Baird ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , 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 reduce the threshold for mandatory minimum penalties for fentanyl-related offenses under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standardizing Thresholds Of Penalties for Fentanyl Act or the STOP Fentanyl Act . 2. Amendments to the Controlled Substances Act Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(vi)— (A) by striking 400 and inserting 5 ; (B) by striking 100 and inserting 0.05 ; and (C) by inserting scheduled or unscheduled before analogue of ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi)— (A) by striking 40 and inserting 0.5 ; (B) by striking 10 and inserting 0.005 ; and (C) by inserting scheduled or unscheduled before analogue of . 3. Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act Section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 960(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(F)— (A) by striking 400 and inserting 5 ; (B) by striking 100 and inserting 0.05 ; and (C) by inserting scheduled or unscheduled before analogue of ; (2) in paragraph (2)(F)— (A) by striking 40 and inserting 0.5 ; (B) by striking 10 and inserting 0.005 ; and (C) by inserting scheduled or unscheduled before analogue of ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (8) In the case of a violation under subsection (a) of this section involving a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide, in which the substance was imported along the United States international border with Mexico, the person committing such a violation shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years and not more than life imprisonment and if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to life imprisonment. . 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply to an offense occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act.