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Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019

Introduced: March 5, 2019 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Apr 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury to annually report to Congress identifying each person in China, including government officials, involved in fentanyl production and its trafficking into the United States.

What's happening now April 8, 2019

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 4 Republican 4
Hartzler, Vicky
· Jul 24, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 9, 2019
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 18, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Apr 8, 2019
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Apr 8, 2019
Tipton, Scott
· Mar 13, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Mar 12, 2019
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 12, 2019
CHABOT, STEVE
· Mar 5, 2019
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Mar 5, 2019
Lipinski, Daniel
· Mar 5, 2019
Ratcliffe, John
· Mar 5, 2019
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 5, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1542: Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1542/
MLA
"H.R. 1542: Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1542/.
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H.R. 1542, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1542/.
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