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This bill would make fentanyl-related substances illegal under federal drug law by placing them in Schedule I, the category for drugs with no accepted medical use and a high risk of abuse. In plain terms, it would let the government treat many fentanyl-like chemicals as controlled drugs even if they are slightly changed in structure. The bill also says these substances would face the same penalties as other fentanyl-type drugs, and prosecutors would not have to prove they meet a separate legal definition for drug “analogues.”
- It adds fentanyl-related substances to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
- It covers many chemicals that are structurally similar to fentanyl, including versions with changes to parts of the molecule.
- It says these substances should be punished like certain fentanyl analogues under federal drug trafficking and import/export laws.
- The bill would take effect one day after it becomes law.
Official Summaries
Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act
This bill permanently adds fentanyl-related substances to 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.)
Fentanyl-related substances are currently regulated under schedule I through a temporary order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The temporary order expires March 31, 2025.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1064 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1064
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related
substances as schedule I controlled substances.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Fitzgerald 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
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A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related
substances as schedule I controlled substances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl
Analogues Act''.
SEC. 2. ARCHIE BADURA MEMORIAL FENTANYL RELATED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULING.
Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c))
is amended by adding at the end of schedule I 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 one
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, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or
nitro groups.
``(C) By substitution in or on the piperidine ring with
alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester, ether, hydroxy, 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.''.
SEC. 3. PENALTIES.
A fentanyl-related substance shall be treated as an analogue of N-
phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide under section
401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)) and
section 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21
U.S.C. 960(b)) without requiring proof that a fentanyl-related
substance meets the definition of a controlled substance analogue under
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect one day after the date of enactment of
this Act.
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