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H.R. 27 (119th): Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act

Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act 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 permitting a single registration for related research sites in certain circumstances, waiving the requirement for a new inspection in certain situations, and allowing a registered researcher to perform certain manufacturing activities with small quantities of a substance without obtaining a manufacturing registration. Finally, the bill expresses the sense that Congress agrees with the interpretation of Controlled Substances Act in United States v. McCray , a 2018 case decided by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. In that case, the court held that butyryl fentanyl, a controlled substance, can be considered an analogue of fentanyl even though, under the Controlled Substances Act, the term controlled substance analogue specifically excludes a controlled substance.

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Recorded summary

The bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. It applies the same quantity thresholds and penalties used for fentanyl analogues, including a 10-year mandatory minimum for offenses involving 100 grams or more. It creates an alternative registration process for certain Schedule I research, changes several research registration rules (single registration for related sites, inspection waivers in some cases, and small-quantity manufacturing by registered researchers), and expresses the sense of Congress that the interpretation in United States v. McCray (W.D.N.Y. 2018), treating butyryl fentanyl as a fentanyl analogue, is correct.

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Theological note: Scripture grants government the task of restraining violence and wrongdoing (Romans 13:4), and the trafficking of lethal drugs that kill and destroy families bears on neighbor love and public justice. Whether mandatory minimums, sentence severity, and research registration rules are proportionate is a prudential question of civil equity rather than a direct moral verdict on the measure's core aim.

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Roll 32 · 6-Feb-2025 4:33 PM · On Agreeing to the Amendment · Failed

Yea 182 · Nay 226 · Other 24

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Roll 33 · 6-Feb-2025 4:46 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 312 · Nay 108 · Other 13

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