HALT Fentanyl Act

Latest action Feb 10, 2025

Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act This bill permanently 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. Under the bill, offenses involving fentanyl-related substances are triggered by the same quantity thresholds and subject to the same penalties as offenses involving fentanyl analogues (e.g., offenses involving 100 grams or more trigger a 10-year mandatory minimum prison term). Additionally, the bill establishes a new, alternative registration process for certain schedule I research. 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. Finally, the bill expresses the sense that Congress agrees with the interpretation of Controlled Substances Act in United States v. McCray , a 2018 case decided by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. In that case, the court held that butyryl fentanyl, a controlled substance, can be considered an analogue of fentanyl even though, under the Controlled Substances Act, the term controlled substance analogue specifically excludes a controlled substance.

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Committee

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · U.S. House of Representatives

Also referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Committee on the Judiciary · U.S. Senate.

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Recorded votes

Vote: On Passage
U.S. HouseFeb 6, 2025Result: Passed
(312) (108) (0) (13)

Cosponsors

Andy Barr, Ann Wagner and 59 others

Republican58
Democratic2
Other1

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Full history

Feb 10, 2025
Sent to the executive
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
U.S. Senate
Feb 10, 2025
In committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
U.S. House
Feb 6, 2025
Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H533-535)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H533-535)
Feb 6, 2025
Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H533-535)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H533-535)
Feb 6, 2025
Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H533-535)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H533-535)

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Feb 6, 2025
Debate - Pursuant to the Provisions of H. Res. 93, the House Proceeded With 10 Minutes of Debate on the Trahan Amendment No. 2.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 93, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Trahan amendment No. 2.
U.S. House of Representatives
Feb 6, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 6, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 6, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 6, 2025
Passed a chamber
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 312 - 108 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H520-522)
U.S. House of Representatives
Feb 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
Rule H. Res. 93 passed House.
U.S. House of Representatives
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. House
U.S. House
Feb 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 93 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 27 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report.
U.S. House of Representatives
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
U.S. House of Representatives
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to 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.
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to 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.
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to 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.

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