,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ab1 #bjbc  
,mr4 ,grothman 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,banks1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,jackson of   
,texas1 ,mr4 ,finstad1 ,ms4 ,tenney1    
,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4        
,norman1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 ,mr4 ,fitzgerald1
 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4      
,zinke1 ,mr4 ,huizenga1 ,mr4 ,owens1    
,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south    
,carolina1 ,mrs4 ,greene of ,georgia1   
,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,fry1 and ,mr4  
,baird7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
reduce the threshold for mandatory      
minimum penalties for fentanyl-related  
offenses under the ,controlled          

,substances ,act and the ,controlled    
,substances ,import and ,export ,act1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,standardizing ,thresholds ,of          
,penalties for ,fentanyl ,act or the    
,,stop ,fentanyl ,act4  #b4 ,amendments 
to the ,controlled ,substances ,act     
,section #dja7;b77#a7 of the ,controlled
 ,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4        
#hda7;b77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a77vi7-- 7,a7 by striking
 #djj and inserting #e2  7,b7 by        
striking #ajj and inserting #j4je2 and  
7,c7 by inserting scheduled or          
unscheduled before analogue of2 and     
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b77vi7-- 7,a7 by 
striking #dj and inserting #j4e2  7,b7  
by striking #aj and inserting #j4jje2   
and  7,c7 by inserting scheduled or     
unscheduled before analogue of4  #c4    
,amendments to the ,controlled          
,substances ,import and ,export ,act    
,section #ajaj7;b7 of the ,controlled   
,substances ,import and ,export ,act    

7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #ifj7;b77 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,f7--  7,a7 by  
striking #djj and inserting #e2  7,b7 by
 striking #ajj and inserting #j4je2 and 
7,c7 by inserting scheduled or          
unscheduled before analogue of2  7#b7 in
 paragraph 7#b77;,f7--  7,a7 by striking
 #dj and inserting #j4e2  7,b7 by       
striking #aj and inserting #j4jje2 and  
7,c7 by inserting scheduled or          
unscheduled before analogue of2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#h7 ,in the case of a violation under
 subsection 7a7 of this section         
involving a mixture or substance        
containing a detectable amount of       
,n-phenyl-,n-#a-7b-phenylethyl7-#d-piper
idinyl propanamide or a mixture or      
substance containing a detectable amount
 of any analogue of                     
,n-phenyl-,n-#a-7b-phenylethyl7-#d-piper
idinyl propanamide1 in which the        
substance was imported along the ,united
 ,states international border with      
,mexico1 the person committing such a   

violation shall be sentenced to a term  
of imprisonment of not less than #bj    
years and not more than life            
imprisonment and if death or serious    
bodily injury results from the use of   
such substance shall be sentenced to    
life imprisonment4  4  #d4 ,effective   
date ,the amendments made by this ,act  
shall apply to an offense occurring on  
or after the date of enactment of this  
,act4