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This bill would make it clear that federal drug laws do not ban the possession, sale, purchase, import, export, or transport of equipment used to test for fentanyl or xylazine. In simple terms, it protects the tools people use to check whether a substance contains these dangerous drugs. The goal is to reduce overdoses by making it easier for individuals, health workers, and others to use testing equipment without worrying that the equipment itself is illegal.
- It changes the Controlled Substances Act to say that the law does not apply to equipment meant to show whether fentanyl or xylazine is present in a substance.
- The bill covers several kinds of activity involving this equipment, including possessing it, selling it, buying it, importing it, exporting it, and transporting it.
- The measure is aimed at supporting overdose prevention by making drug testing tools easier to use and distribute.
Official Summaries
Safeguarding Testing and Overdose Prevention Against Fentanyl and Xylazine Act or the STOP Fentanyl and Xylazine Act
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.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1563 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1563
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2025
Ms. Crockett (for herself and Mr. Gooden) 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
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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.
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 ``Safeguarding Testing and Overdose
Prevention Against Fentanyl and Xylazine Act'' or the ``STOP Fentanyl
and Xylazine Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF EQUIPMENT THAT
INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF FENTANYL OR XYLAZINE IN A
COMPOUND.
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.''.
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