HALT Fentanyl Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2023 to May 14, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 14, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | May 14, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 30, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45948 | The Controlled Substances Act (CSA): A Legal Overview for the 119th Congress | Report | Jan 22, 2025 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 171 | HALT Fentanyl Act | Identical bill | Jan 20, 2023 |
| HR 467 | HALT Fentanyl Act | Identical bill | May 30, 2023 |
| HR 568 | SAFE Act | Related bill | Feb 3, 2023 |
| S 600 | Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act | Related bill | Mar 1, 2023 |
| S 614 | Protecting Americans from Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2023 |
| HR 1580 | CEASE Overdose Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 24, 2023 |
| S 3336 | HALT Fentanyl Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 8, 2021 |
| HR 3629 | Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act | Related bill | May 26, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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.
- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
