HR 6184 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

HALT Fentanyl Act

Introduced Dec 8, 2021 Originated House Sponsor H. Morgan Griffith R-VA

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 8, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act

This bill 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.

Additionally, the bill establishes a new, alternative registration process for schedule I research that is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Veterans Affairs or that is conducted under an investigative new drug exemption from the Food and Drug Administration.

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.

Cosponsors 93

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-WV	Carol D. Miller	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell	Original	Dec 8, 2021
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Dec 9, 2021
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Dec 9, 2021
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Dec 9, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Dec 9, 2021
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Dec 9, 2021
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Dec 9, 2021
R-TN	David Kustoff		Dec 14, 2021
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Dec 14, 2021
R-AR	J. French Hill		Dec 14, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd		Dec 14, 2021
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Dec 16, 2021
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Dec 16, 2021
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Dec 16, 2021
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Dec 16, 2021
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jan 10, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jan 10, 2022
R-IN	Greg Pence		Jan 13, 2022
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jan 14, 2022
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jan 19, 2022
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Jan 19, 2022
R-TX	August Pfluger		Feb 1, 2022
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Feb 1, 2022
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Feb 2, 2022
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Feb 2, 2022
R-KY	Andy Barr		Feb 7, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Feb 7, 2022
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Feb 7, 2022
R-IL	Mike Bost		Feb 7, 2022
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Feb 8, 2022
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Feb 8, 2022
R-FL	Kat Cammack		Feb 8, 2022
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Feb 15, 2022
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Feb 15, 2022
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Feb 15, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Feb 15, 2022
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis		Feb 15, 2022
R-TX	Roger Williams		Feb 15, 2022
R-FL	Scott Franklin		Feb 15, 2022
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Feb 15, 2022
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Feb 18, 2022
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Feb 18, 2022
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Mar 2, 2022
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Mar 2, 2022
R-LA	Garret Graves		Mar 2, 2022
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Mar 2, 2022
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Mar 2, 2022
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 7, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		Mar 7, 2022
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Mar 8, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Mar 8, 2022
R-LA	Julia Letlow		Mar 8, 2022
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Mar 9, 2022
R-VA	Bob Good		Mar 17, 2022
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Mar 17, 2022
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn		Mar 17, 2022
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Mar 17, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Mar 17, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs		Mar 30, 2022
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 30, 2022
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 18, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jul 12, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Sep 29, 2022
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Sep 29, 2022
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Sep 30, 2022
R-MN	Brad Finstad		Oct 18, 2022
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger		Nov 3, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Dec 8, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Dec 9, 2021
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Dec 8, 2021
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 8, 2021Introduced in House
Dec 8, 2021Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 6

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H8174–H8177	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, H. Morgan Griffith R-VA, Kat Cammack R-FL, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michelle Fischbach R-MN	Sep 28, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H8083	Brett Guthrie R-KY	Sep 22, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H4094	Robert E. Latta R-OH	Apr 1, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H1021, H1062	Daniel Meuser R-PA, H. Morgan Griffith R-VA	Feb 8, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H979, H982	Bryan Steil R-WI, Tim Walberg R-MI	Feb 7, 2022

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 212, December 8, 2021, page H7556.

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 171	HALT Fentanyl Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 20, 2023
HR 467	HALT Fentanyl Act	Reintroduced Bill	May 30, 2023
HR 1910	Federal Initiative To Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act	Related bill	May 18, 2021
S 3336	HALT Fentanyl Act	Identical bill	Dec 8, 2021
HR 6713	CEASE Overdose Act of 2022	Related bill	Nov 1, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: HALT Fentanyl Act; Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 8, 2021Introduced in House

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