,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ae1
 #bjbb,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4  
,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,ms4 ,ernst1    
,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4       
,braun1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mrs4 
,blackburn1 and ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to punish the distribution of fentanyl 
resulting in death as felony murder4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,felony ,murder for ,deadly     
,fentanyl ,distribution ,act4  #b4      
,fentanyl distribution resulting in     
death punished as felony murder ,section
 #aaaa of title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a71 by inserting 1 distributing        
fentanyl after child abuse2  7#b7 in    
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by striking 7b7   
,within and inserting 7b7 7#a7 ,within2 

and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#b7 ,whoever is guilty of  
murder in the first degree by           
distributing fentanyl shall be punished 
by death or by imprisonment for life4  2
 and  7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by  
redesignating paragraphs 7#d7 through   
7#f7 as paragraphs 7#f7 through 7#h71   
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     
7#d7 the terms controlled substance1    
distribute1 and distributor have the    
meanings given the terms in section #ajb
 of the ,controlled ,substances ,act    
7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hjb72  7#e7 distributing
 fentanyl means to distribute a         
controlled substance-- 7,a7 involving #b
 grams or more of a mixture or substance
 containing a detectable amount of      
,n-phenyl-,n-#a-7b-phenylethyl7-#d-piper
idinyl propanamide or 4#e grams or more 
of a mixture or substance containing a  
detectable amount of any analogue of    
,n-phenyl-,n-#a-7b-phenylethyl7-#d-piper
idinyl propanamide2  7,b7 that results  

in death from the use of such mixture or
 substance2 and  7,c7 knowing or having 
reason to know contains a detectable    
amount of such mixture or substance4  4