,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,loeffler1 and ,mrs4 ,blackburn7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,controlled ,substances   
,act to prohibit the deceptive sale of  
fentanyl1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,zero ,tolerance for ,deceptive     
,fentanyl ,trafficking ,act4  #b4       
,prohibition of the deceptive sale of   
fentanyl ,section #dja of the           
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hda7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7i7 ,deceptive  
sale of fentanyl and fentanyl-,related  
substances  7#a7 ,offense ,it shall be  
unlawful for any person to knowingly    
misrepresent or knowingly market as     
another substance a mixture or substance
 containing fentanyl1 a fentanyl        

analogue1 or a fentanyl-related         
substance 7as defined in subsection     
7e77#b7 of ,schedule ,i in section      
#bjb7;c774  7#b7 ,penalty  7,a7 ,in     
general ,except as provided in          
subparagraph 7,b71 any person who       
violates paragraph 7#a7 shall be        
imprisoned for not less than #bj years  
and fined under title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7,b7 ,enhanced penalties
  7i7 ,death results ,in the case of a  
violation of paragraph 7#a7 in which    
death results from the violation1 or the
 person commits the violation with the  
intent to cause death1 the person shall 
be punished by death or by a sentence of
 imprisonment for life and fined under  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7ii7 
,prior felony conviction or unlawful    
presence in the ,united ,states ,a      
person who violates paragraph 7#a7 shall
 be sentenced to imprisonment for life  
and fined under title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code1 if the violation occurs--
 7,i7 after any other prior felony      

conviction of the person has become     
final2 or  7,,ii7 while the person is   
unlawfully present in the ,united       
,states4  4  #c4 ,fentanyl-related      
substances ,section #bjb7;c7 of the     
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hab7 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
adding at the end of subsection 7b7 of  
,schedule ,i the following3  7#bc7      
,isobutyryl fentanyl4  7#bd7            
,para-,methoxybutyrylfentanyl4  7#be7   
,valeryl fentanyl4  7#bf7 ,cyclopentyl  
fentanyl4  7#bg7 ,para-,chloroisobutyryl
 fentanyl4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end of ,schedule ,i 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 the
 following3 7,a7 ,any substance that is 
structurally related to fentanyl by one 
or more of the following modifications3 
7i7 ,by replacement of the phenyl       
portion of the phenethyl group by any   
monocycle1 whether or not further       
substituted in or on the monocycle4     
7ii7 ,by substitution in or on the      
phenethyl group with alkyl1 alkenyl1    
alkoxy1 hydroxy1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino 
or nitro groups4  7iii7 ,by substitution
 in or on the piperidine ring with      
alkyl1 alkenyl1 alkoxy1 ester1 ether1   
hydroxy1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino or nitro
 groups4  7iv7 ,by replacement of the   
aniline ring with any aromatic monocycle
 whether or not further substituted in  
or on the aromatic monocycle4  7v7 ,by  
replacement of the ,n-propionyl group by
 another acyl group4  7,b7 #d-,methyl   
acetyl fentanyl4  7,c7 ,crotonyl        
fentanyl4  7,d7 #b-;,fluoro             
ortho-fluorofentanyl4  7,e7             

,ortho-,methyl acetylfentanyl4  7,f7    
,thiofuranyl fentanyl4  7,g7            
,ortho-,fluorobutyryl fentanyl4  7,h7   
,ortho-,fluoroacryl fentanyl4  7,i7     
,beta-,methyl fentanyl4  7,j7 ,phenyl   
fentanyl4  7,k7 ,para-,methylfentanyl4  
7,l7 ,beta-,phenyl fentanyl4  7,m7      
,benzodioxole fentanyl4  4