[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8000 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8000

    To amend the Controlled Substances Act to schedule synthetic 7-
        hydroxymitragynine as a Schedule I controlled substance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2026

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Controlled Substances Act to schedule synthetic 7-
        hydroxymitragynine as a Schedule I controlled substance.

    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 ``End Needless Distribution of 7-OH 
Act'' or the ``END 7-OH Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHEDULING OF 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE.

    Schedule I, as set forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)), is amended by adding at the end of 
subsection (b) of such schedule the following:
            ``(23) 7-hydroxymitragynine--
                    ``(A) including its synthetic equivalents; but
                    ``(B) not including 7-hydroxymitragynine naturally 
                contained in the plant of the genus and species name: 
                Mitragyna speciosa Korth, also known as kratom.''.
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