[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7190

 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

                            February 1, 2024

 Ms. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Posey, Mr. Nehls, 
    Mr. Gaetz, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Moore of 
   Alabama, Mr. Donalds, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) 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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