H.R. 8845 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8845 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2022Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Mast, Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act. 2. Fentanyl distribution resulting in death punished as felony murder Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting , distributing fentanyl after child abuse; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (b) Within and inserting (b) (1) Within; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree by distributing fentanyl shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life. ; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) the terms controlled substance, distribute, and distributor have the meanings given the terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); (5) distributing fentanyl means to distribute a controlled substance— (A) involving 2 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or .5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide; (B) that results in death from the use of such mixture or substance; and (C) knowing or having reason to know contains a detectable amount of such mixture or substance. .