HRES 39 United States House · 118th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that illicit fentanyl-related substances are a weapon of mass destruction and should be classified as such.

Summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) the President should classify synthetic illicit fentanyl-related substances as weapons of mass destruction; and (2) illicit fentanyl, and illicit fentanyl-related substances, should be permanently placed in schedule I (i.e., as drugs, substances, or chemicals with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse).

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

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Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Last action Jan 27, 2023

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Committee

Jan 27, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Jan 17, 2023

Committee

Referred 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.

lower

Jan 17, 2023

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lower

1 primary · 12 co-sponsors