HALT Fentanyl Act
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
Under the bill, offenses involving fentanyl-related substances are triggered by the same quantity thresholds and subject to the same penalties as offenses involving fentanyl analogues (e.g., offenses involving 100 grams or more trigger a 10-year mandatory minimum prison term).
Additionally, the bill establishes a new, alternative registration process for certain schedule I research.
The bill also makes several other changes to registration requirements for conducting research with controlled substances, including
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- Feb 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Feb 6, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 6, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 312 - 108 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H520-522)
- Feb 6, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 312 - 108 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H520-522)
- Feb 6, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H533-535)
- Feb 6, 2025POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Trahan amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes prevailed. Mrs. Trahan demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceeding until a time to be announced.
- Feb 6, 2025DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 93, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Trahan amendment No. 2.
- Feb 6, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 27.
- Feb 6, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 27 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report.
- Feb 6, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 93. (consideration: CR H520-533)
- Feb 5, 2025Rule H. Res. 93 passed House.
- Feb 4, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 93 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 27 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report.
- Jan 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House