HR 335 United States House · 118th Congress

STOP Fentanyl Act

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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
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President
Introduced Jan 12, 2023 Last action Jan 20, 2023
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Jan 20, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 12, 2023
Committee
Referred 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.
lower
Jan 12, 2023
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 65 co-sponsors

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Photo of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
RRepublican
WI
6
Co
Photo of A. Drew Ferguson IV
A. Drew Ferguson IV
RRepublican
GA
3
Co
Photo of Aaron Bean
Aaron Bean
RRepublican
FL
4
Co
Photo of Alexander X. Mooney
Alexander X. Mooney
RRepublican
WV
2
Co
Photo of Andy Barr
Andy Barr
RRepublican
KY
6
Co
Photo of Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
AZ
5
Co
Photo of Anna Paulina Luna
Anna Paulina Luna
RRepublican
FL
13
Co
Photo of Austin Scott
Austin Scott
RRepublican
GA
8
Co
Photo of Barry Moore
Barry Moore
RRepublican
AL
1
Co
Photo of Bill Huizenga
Bill Huizenga
RRepublican
MI
4
Co
Photo of Bill Posey
Bill Posey
RRepublican
FL
8