[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1354 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1354

          To increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

  Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Ohio) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
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 increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

    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 ``Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES.

    Section 401(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
841(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(vi)--
                    (A) by striking ``400 grams'' and inserting ``20 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``100 grams'' and inserting ``5 
                grams''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi)--
                    (A) by striking ``40 grams'' and inserting ``2 
                grams''; and
                    (B) by striking ``10 grams'' and inserting ``0.5 
                grams''.
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