118th Congress · HOUSE RESOLUTIONBILL

H.Res. 39Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that illicit fentanyl-related substances are a weapon of mass destruction and should be classified as such.

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.

Emergency management
Introduced Jan 17, 2023
Last action Jan 27, 2023
Pipeline · Resolution
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Introduced
Jan 17, 2023
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Referred
Jan 27, 2023
E&C · Judiciary
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Committee
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House floor
SummaryCRS 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).

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 4 actions
Jan 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 17, 2023
Introduced in House
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
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.