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Fentanyl is a WMD Act

128

119th Congress

Emergency Management

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

January 3, 2025

Latest Action

January 3, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Lauren BoebertRepublican(CO)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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Summary

Fentanyl is a WMD Act This bill requires the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Subjects (3)

Chemical and biological weapons

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Law enforcement administration and funding

Actions (3)

January 3, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

January 3, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

January 3, 2025

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Homeland Security Committee	House	Referred To	January 3, 2025

Text Versions

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Introduced in House	January 3, 2025	XML

Cosponsors (12)

Name	Party	State
Addison P. McDowell	Republican	NC
Andrew Ogles	Republican	TN
Anna Paulina Luna	Republican	FL

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that illicit fentanyl-related substances are a weapon of mass destruction and should be classified as such, and recognizing President Trump's efforts to mitigate illicit narcotics from entering the United States through such actions as signing an Executive Order "Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction" and declaring the crisis caused by the rise of fentanyl a national health emergency.

Sources: Congress.gov