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H.R. 1781 115th Congress House

Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act

Official title: To improve the ability of the Federal Government to address synthetic opioids, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 31, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 29, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl.

It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl.

The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance that contains a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl creates a substantial risk of harm to human life.

The Drug Enforcement Administration may temporarily place a drug or substance into schedule I based on a finding: (1) that the drug or substance satisfies the criteria for being a synthetic opioid, and (2) that adding it will prevent abuse or misuse.

The bill makes it a crime to knowingly mail to an unauthorized person equipment that may be used to manufacture counterfeit controlled substances. A violator is subject to criminal penalties.

Finally, it makes it a crime to import, export, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a synthetic opioid that is not clearly labeled. A violator is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3283 To restrict the mailability of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting mate…
  • S 2481 Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2018
  • HR 1354 Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 2
R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jun 22, 2018
Byrne, Bradley
· Jul 12, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Jul 11, 2017
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Jun 15, 2017
Rooney, Thomas
· Mar 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1781: Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1781/
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"H.R. 1781: Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1781/.
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H.R. 1781, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1781/.
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