STOP Fentanyl Act
Latest action · Jan 20, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Additionally, the bill creates enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms for importing or exporting fentanyl that was imported along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Cosponsors 65
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2023 to Jun 25, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Original | Jan 12, 2023 |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Jan 13, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Jan 13, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Jan 13, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jan 20, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jan 20, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Jan 20, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Jan 20, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jan 20, 2023 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Jan 24, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Apr 13, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Apr 13, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | May 11, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Jun 25, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 12, 2023 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 12, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 20, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 20, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 12, 2023Introduced in House
- 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H2320 | Joe Wilson R-SC | May 15, 2023 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 10, January 12, 2023, page H235.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the threshold for mandatory minimum penalties for fentanyl-related offenses under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STOP Fentanyl Act
- Standardizing Thresholds Of Penalties for 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.
- Jan 12, 2023Introduced in House
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