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118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement

H.R. 335: STOP Fentanyl Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jan 12, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jan 12, 2023

Standardizing Thresholds Of Penalties for Fentanyl Act or the STOP Fentanyl Act

This bill reduces the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, imports, exports, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. The bill also creates enhanced criminal penalties for certain violations involving fentanyl that was imported along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 5 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 0.05 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.005 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.

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Additionally, the bill creates enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms for importing or exporting fentanyl that was imported along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

65

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1Glenn Grothman R-WI SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History

  1. Jan 12, 2023Introduced in the House by Glenn Grothman.
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  1. Jan 20, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 12, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jan 12, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.