,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #dje #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #caic    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,january #ad1 #bjbj,mr4       
,portman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,manchin1   
,mrs4 ,capito1 and ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read the first time  ,january #ae1     
#bjbj,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,controlled ,substances ,act to list    
fentanyl-related substances as schedule 
,i controlled substances1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,initiative
 to ,guarantee ,health by ,targeting    
,fentanyl ,act4  #b4 ,fentanyl-related  
substances  7a7 ,in general ,schedule ,i
 of section #bjb7;c7 of the ,controlled 
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4         
#hab7;c77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7e7 7#a7 ,unless    
specifically exempted or unless listed  
in another schedule1 any material1      
compound1 mixture1 or preparation which 

contains any quantity of                
fentanyl-related substances1 or which   
contains their salts1 isomers1 and salts
 of isomers whenever the existence of   
such salts1 isomers1 and salts of       
isomers is possible within the specific 
chemical designation4  7#b7 ,in         
paragraph 7#a71 the term                
fentanyl-related substances includes any
 substance that is structurally related 
to fentanyl by #a or more of the        
following modifications3  7,a7 ,by      
replacement of the phenyl portion of the
 phenethyl group by any monocycle1      
whether or not further substituted in or
 on the monocycle4  7,b7 ,by            
substitution in or on the phenethyl     
group with alkyl1 alkenyl1 alkoxyl1     
hydroxyl1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino1 or    
nitro groups4  7,c7 ,by substitution in 
or on the piperidine ring with alkyl1   
alkenyl1 alkoxyl1 ester1 ether1         
hydroxyl1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino1 or    
nitro groups4  7,d7 ,by replacement of  
the aniline ring with any aromatic      

monocycle whether or not further        
substituted in or on the aromatic       
monocycle4  7,e7 ,by replacement of the 
,n-propionyl group by another acyl      
group4  4  7b7 ,no minimum sentence     
,section #dja7;b77#a77;,c7 of the       
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c #hda7;b77#a77;,c77 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3 ,any
 minimum term of imprisonment required  
to be imposed under this subparagraph   
shall not apply with respect to a       
controlled substance described in       
subsection 7e77#a7 of schedule ,i44     
,january #ae1 #bjbj,read the second time
 and placed on the calendar