Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-2569
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-07-27
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act</strong></p><p>This bill exempts the possession, sale, purchase, import, export, or transport of equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine from criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2569 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2023 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Coons , Mr. Cotton , Ms. Klobuchar , and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act . 2. Clarification Section 422 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 863 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Clarification This section does not apply to the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of equipment for which the intended use is to indicate the presence of fentanyl or xylazine in a compound. .