[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2481

          To increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2018

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
          To increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES.

    Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
841(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(vi)--
                    (A) by striking ``400 grams'' and inserting ``20 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi)--
                    (A) by striking ``40 grams'' and inserting ``2 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``0.5 
                grams''.
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