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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3269
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances
as schedule I controlled substances, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2021
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Mr. PAPPAS) 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-
related substances as schedule I controlled substances,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Initiative to
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Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Schedule I of section 202(c) of
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the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is
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amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed
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in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or
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preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-re-
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lated substances, or which contains their salts, isomers,
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and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts,
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isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific
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chemical designation.
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‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘fentanyl-related sub-
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stances’ includes any substance that is structurally related
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to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications:
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‘‘(A) By replacement of the phenyl portion of
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the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or
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not further substituted in or on the monocycle.
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‘‘(B) By substitution in or on the phenethyl
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group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo,
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haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups.
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‘‘(C) By substitution in or on the piperidine
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ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether,
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hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups.
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‘‘(D) By replacement of the aniline ring with
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any aromatic monocycle whether or not further sub-
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stituted in or on the aromatic monocycle.
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‘‘(E) By replacement of the N-propionyl group
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by another acyl group.’’.
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(b) NO MINIMUM SENTENCE.—Section 401(b)(1)(C)
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of
the
Controlled
Substances
Act
(21
U.S.C.
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841(b)(1)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘Any minimum term of imprisonment required to
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be imposed under this subparagraph shall not apply with
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respect to a controlled substance described in subsection
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(e)(1) of schedule I.’’.
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