[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S7212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. 
        Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Braun, Mr. Alexander, Mr. McConnell, 
        and Mr. Lankford):
  S. 3148. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to list 
fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances; read 
the first time.

                                S. 3148

       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 ``Stopping Overdoses of 
     Fentanyl Analogues Act''.

     SEC. 2. FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES.

       Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     812) is amended--
       (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) of Schedule I 
     the following:
       ``(23) Isobutyryl fentanyl.
       ``(24) Para-Methoxybutyrylfentanyl.
       ``(25) Valeryl fentanyl.
       ``(26) Cyclopentyl fentanyl.
       ``(27) Para-Chloroisobutyryl fentanyl.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end of Schedule I the following:
       ``(e)(1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in 
     another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 
     preparation which contains any quantity of fentanyl-related 
     substances, or which contains their salts, isomers, and salts 
     of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and 
     salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical 
     designation.
       ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `fentanyl-related 
     substances' includes the following:
       ``(A) Any substance that is structurally related to 
     fentanyl by one or more of the following modifications:
       ``(i) By replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl 
     group by any monocycle, whether or not further substituted in 
     or on the monocycle.
       ``(ii) By substitution in or on the phenethyl group with 
     alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, amino or 
     nitro groups.
       ``(iii) By substitution in or on the piperidine ring with 
     alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, ester, ether, hydroxy, halo, 
     haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups.
       ``(iv) By replacement of the aniline ring with any aromatic 
     monocycle whether or not further substituted in or on the 
     aromatic monocycle.
       ``(v) By replacement of the N-propionyl group by another 
     acyl group.
       ``(B) 4'-Methyl acetyl fentanyl.
       ``(C) Crotonyl fentanyl.
       ``(D) 2'-Fluoro ortho-fluorofentanyl.
       ``(E) Ortho-Methyl acetylfentanyl.
       ``(F) Thiofuranyl fentanyl.
       ``(G) Ortho-Fluorobutyryl fentanyl.
       ``(H) Ortho-Fluoroacryl fentanyl.
       ``(I) Beta-Methyl fentanyl.
       ``(J) Phenyl fentanyl.
       ``(K) Para-Methylfentanyl.
       ``(L) Beta'-Phenyl fentanyl.
       ``(M) Benzodioxole fentanyl.''.
       This act shall take effect one day after the date of 
     enactment.

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