Fentanyl is a WMD Act

Bill: 118-hr-7190
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2024-02-01
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Law enforcement administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7190 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2024 Ms. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Ogles , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Posey , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Gaetz , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Burchett , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Donalds , and Mrs. Miller of Illinois ) 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. ).