[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6057 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6057

    To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for enhanced 
     penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2018

 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for enhanced 
     penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN FENTANYL.

    Section 401(b)(1)(B) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
841(b)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (viii), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
                            ``(ix) 2 grams or more of a mixture or 
                        substance containing a detectable amount of 
                        fentanyl, its salts, optical and geometric 
                        isomers, and salts of isomers;''.
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