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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2701
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances
as schedule I controlled substances.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. MANCHIN) 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 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 ‘‘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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Schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Sub-
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stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is amended by adding at
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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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