,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #bcg  #aagth       
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #cdeg    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,january #aj1 #bjbb ,mr4      
,cotton introduced the following bill2  
which was read the first time  ,january 
#ah1 #bjbb ,read the second time and    
placed on the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
codify the temporary scheduling order   
for fentanyl-related substances by      
adding fentanyl-related substances to   
schedule ,i of the ,controlled          
,substances ,act4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,americans from ,fentanyl   
,trafficking ,act of #bjbb4  #b4        
,placement of fentanyl-related          
substances in schedule ,i  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 ,fentanyl-related substances1      
including their isomers1 esters1 ethers1
 salts1 and salts of isomers1 esters1   

and ethers4  7#b7 ,for purposes of      
paragraph 7#a71 the term                
fentanyl-related substance means any    
substance that--  7,a7 is not listed in 
another schedule2  7,b7 has not been    
approved under section #eje of the      
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cee7 or granted an 
exemption for investigational use under 
subsection 7i7 of such section #eje2 and
  7,c7 is structurally related to       
fentanyl by-- 7i7 replacement of the    
phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by
 any monocycle1 whether or not further  
substituted in or on the monocycle2     
7ii7 substitution in or on the phenethyl
 group with alkyl1 alkenyl1 alkoxyl1    
hydroxyl1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino1 or    
nitro groups2  7iii7 substitution in or 
on the piperidine ring with alkyl1      
alkenyl1 alkoxyl1 ester1 ether1         
hydroxyl1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino1 or    
nitro groups2  7iv7 replacement of the  
aniline ring with any aromatic          
monocycle1 whether or not further       

substituted in or on the aromatic       
monocycle2 or  7v7 replacement of the   
,n-propionyl group by another acyl      
group4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the     
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on ,january #bh1 #bjbb4     
,january #ah1 #bjbb ,read the second    
time and placed on the calendar