{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-27","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 27","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"HALT Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"HALT Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"HALT Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"HALT Fentanyl Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-02-06","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h33","question":"On Passage","title":"HALT Fentanyl Act","result":"Passed","yea":312,"nay":108,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll033.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2025-02-10"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 5","sponsor":"Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]","purpose":"An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 119-2 to delay the enactment of this bill until the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General each certify that the bill will lead to a reduction in overdose deaths.","result":"Failed","date":"2025-02-06","yea":182,"nay":226,"present":0,"not_voting":24,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll032.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2025-02-06","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":182,"nay":226,"present":0,"not_voting":24,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll032.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-03","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, offenses involving fentanyl-related substances are triggered by the same quantity thresholds and subject to the same penalties as offenses involving fentanyl analogues (e.g., offenses involving 100 grams or more trigger a 10-year mandatory minimum prison term)."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill establishes a new, alternative registration process for certain schedule I research."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also makes several other changes to registration requirements for conducting research with controlled substances, including"},{"k":"li","t":"permitting a single registration for related research sites in certain circumstances,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"waiving the requirement for a new inspection in certain situations, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"allowing a registered researcher to perform certain manufacturing activities with small quantities of a substance without obtaining a manufacturing registration.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill expresses the sense that Congress agrees with the interpretation of Controlled Substances Act in United States v. McCray, a 2018 case decided by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. In that case, the court held that butyryl fentanyl, a controlled substance, can be considered an analogue of fentanyl even though, under the Controlled Substances Act, the term controlled substance analogue specifically excludes a controlled substance."}],"words":255},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adds fentanyl-related substances as a class to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, applies fentanyl-analogue penalties to them, and changes registration requirements for research with controlled substances.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF4AADB678F194A1984012ECD5EDB9C7E"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HA37A13E5198443A39D4A4A3079EA82D5"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF1EB4D733E484DCF81E901C6A41B1849"}]},"core_areas":["Class scheduling of fentanyl-related substances in schedule I","Penalties for offenses involving fentanyl-related substances","Registration requirements for research with controlled substances"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing a fentanyl-related substance, defined by listed structural modifications to fentanyl.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF4AADB678F194A1984012ECD5EDB9C7E"}},{"text":"Excludes from that schedule a substance that is controlled by action of the Attorney General under section 201 or is expressly listed in another schedule.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF4AADB678F194A1984012ECD5EDB9C7E"}},{"text":"Allows the Attorney General to publish in the Federal Register a list of fentanyl-related substances, and states that a substance's absence from the list does not end its control status under schedule I.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF4AADB678F194A1984012ECD5EDB9C7E"}},{"text":"Sets a notice procedure under which a practitioner may conduct certain schedule I research, including research that is federally funded or covered by an investigational use exemption, and directs the Attorney General to register or serve an order to show cause within 45 days for a researcher without a current registration.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HA37A13E5198443A39D4A4A3079EA82D5"}},{"text":"Inserts \"or a fentanyl-related substance\" into the penalty provisions of the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that now refer to analogues of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF1EB4D733E484DCF81E901C6A41B1849"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General to issue rules implementing the Act not later than 6 months after enactment, and allows those rules to be issued as interim final rules.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#H48F2D7C8B097426BB915C228C8131A20"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#HF01187544B8A4712A1238A54AD9C13D9"},"heading":"Technical correction on controlled substances dispensing","effect":"Changes cross-references from section 303(g) to 303(h) in sections of Public Law 117–328 on controlled substances dispensing, effective as if included in that law's enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 117–328—"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh#H48F2D7C8B097426BB915C228C8131A20"},"heading":"Rulemaking","effect":"Requires the Attorney General to issue implementing rules within 6 months and allows interim final rules that take effect immediately without a showing of good cause.","amount":null,"quote":"shall become immediately effective as an interim final rule without requiring the Attorney General to demonstrate good cause therefor"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-02-06","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/27/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-27.png","v":"684100110ddb","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 27, 119th Congress: Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act. House: 312 Yea, 108 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 6 Feb 2025."}}