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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1622
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances
as schedule I controlled substances.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 22, 2019
Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and
Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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 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 ‘‘Stopping Overdoses
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of Fentanyl Analogues Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES.
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Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
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U.S.C. 812) is amended—
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(1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) of
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Schedule I the following:
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‘‘(23) Isobutyryl fentanyl.
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‘‘(24) Para-Methoxybutyrylfentanyl.
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‘‘(25) Valeryl fentanyl.
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‘‘(26) Cyclopentyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(27) Para-Chloroisobutyryl fentanyl.’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end of Schedule I the fol-
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lowing:
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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 the following:
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‘‘(A) Any substance that is structurally related
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to fentanyl by one or more of the following modifica-
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tions:
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‘‘(i) By replacement of the phenyl portion
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of the phenethyl group by any monocycle,
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whether or not further substituted in or on the
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monocycle.
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‘‘(ii) By substitution in or on the phenethyl
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group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo,
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haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups.
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‘‘(iii) By substitution in or on the piper-
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idine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester,
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ether, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or nitro
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groups.
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‘‘(iv) By replacement of the aniline ring
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with any aromatic monocycle whether or not
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further substituted in or on the aromatic mono-
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cycle.
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‘‘(v) By replacement of the N-propionyl
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group by another acyl group.
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‘‘(B) 4′-Methyl acetyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(C) Crotonyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(D) 2′-Fluoro ortho-fluorofentanyl.
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‘‘(E) Ortho-Methyl acetylfentanyl.
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‘‘(F) Thiofuranyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(G) Ortho-Fluorobutyryl fentanyl.
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‘‘(H) Ortho-Fluoroacryl fentanyl.
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‘‘(I) Beta-Methyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(J) Phenyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(K) Para-Methylfentanyl.
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‘‘(L) Beta′-Phenyl fentanyl.
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‘‘(M) Benzodioxole fentanyl.’’.
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