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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.

Introduced: February 28, 2023 Introduced by: Dunn, Neal P. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Jan 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 17, 2023
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 17, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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).

What's happening now January 27, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 10
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Harshbarger, Diana
Tennessee · Apr 28, 2023
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Lee, Laurel M.
Florida · Mar 7, 2023
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Mann, Tracey
Kansas · Mar 1, 2023
Santos, George
· Feb 28, 2023
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Feb 27, 2023
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Feb 17, 2023
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Feb 17, 2023
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Feb 1, 2023
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Feb 1, 2023
 R
Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Feb 1, 2023
Posey, Bill
· Feb 1, 2023
 R
Van Duyne, Beth
Texas · Feb 1, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 39: 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.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-39/
MLA
"H. Res. 39: 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.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-39/.
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H. Res. 39, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-39/.
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[H. Res. 39: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-39/)
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