Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act

II Calendar No. 398 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3148 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 19, 2019 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time JANUARY 3, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Overdoses 4 of Fentanyl Analogues Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148 2 •S 3148 PCS SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 1 Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 2 U.S.C. 812) is amended— 3 (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) of 4 Schedule I the following: 5 ‘‘(23) Isobutyryl fentanyl. 6 ‘‘(24) Para-Methoxybutyrylfentanyl. 7 ‘‘(25) Valeryl fentanyl. 8 ‘‘(26) Cyclopentyl fentanyl. 9 ‘‘(27) Para-Chloroisobutyryl fentanyl.’’; and 10 (2) by adding at the end of Schedule I the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed 13 in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 14 preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-re- 15 lated substances, or which contains their salts, isomers, 16 and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, 17 isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific 18 chemical designation. 19 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘fentanyl-related sub- 20 stances’ includes the following: 21 ‘‘(A) Any substance that is structurally related 22 to fentanyl by one or more of the following modifica- 23 tions: 24 ‘‘(i) By replacement of the phenyl portion 25 of the phenethyl group by any monocycle, 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148 3 •S 3148 PCS whether or not further substituted in or on the 1 monocycle. 2 ‘‘(ii) By substitution in or on the phenethyl 3 group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, 4 haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups. 5 ‘‘(iii) By substitution in or on the piper- 6 idine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester, 7 ether, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or nitro 8 groups. 9 ‘‘(iv) By replacement of the aniline ring 10 with any aromatic monocycle whether or not 11 further substituted in or on the aromatic mono- 12 cycle. 13 ‘‘(v) By replacement of the N-propionyl 14 group by another acyl group. 15 ‘‘(B) 4′-Methyl acetyl fentanyl. 16 ‘‘(C) Crotonyl fentanyl. 17 ‘‘(D) 2′-Fluoro ortho-fluorofentanyl. 18 ‘‘(E) Ortho-Methyl acetylfentanyl. 19 ‘‘(F) Thiofuranyl fentanyl. 20 ‘‘(G) Ortho-Fluorobutyryl fentanyl. 21 ‘‘(H) Ortho-Fluoroacryl fentanyl. 22 ‘‘(I) Beta-Methyl fentanyl. 23 ‘‘(J) Phenyl fentanyl. 24 ‘‘(K) Para-Methylfentanyl. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148 4 •S 3148 PCS ‘‘(L) Beta′-Phenyl fentanyl. 1 ‘‘(M) Benzodioxole fentanyl.’’. 2 This Act shall take effect one day after the date of 3 enactment. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148 Calendar No. 398 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3148 A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I con- trolled substances. JANUARY 3, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Jan 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S3148.PCS S3148