[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8030 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8030

 To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
  Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat 
    illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2022

    Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Nehls, Mrs. Miller of 
  Illinois, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Posey, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
 Clyde, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
  Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat 
    illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fentanyl is a WMD Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ILLICIT FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

    The Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security shall treat 
illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction for purposes of title 
XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 590 et seq.).
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