Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5771 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 2020 Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. LATTA) 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 subsequently deter- mined 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. 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 ‘‘Federal Initiative to 4 Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 6 Schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Sub- 7 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is amended by adding at 8 the end the following: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5771.IH H5771 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5771 IH ‘‘(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed 1 in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 2 preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-re- 3 lated substances, or which contains their salts, isomers, 4 and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, 5 isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific 6 chemical designation. 7 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘fentanyl-related sub- 8 stances’ includes any substance that is structurally related 9 to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications: 10 ‘‘(A) By replacement of the phenyl portion of 11 the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or 12 not further substituted in or on the monocycle. 13 ‘‘(B) By substitution in or on the phenethyl 14 group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, 15 haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 16 ‘‘(C) By substitution in or on the piperidine 17 ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, hydrox- 18 yl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. 19 ‘‘(D) By replacement of the aniline ring with 20 any aromatic monocycle whether or not further sub- 21 stituted in or on the aromatic monocycle. 22 ‘‘(E) By replacement of the N-propionyl group 23 by another acyl group.’’. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5771.IH H5771 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS