,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,fitzgerald introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
the ,judiciary1 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 amend the ,controlled    
,substances ,act to list                
fentanyl-related substances as schedule 
,i controlled substances4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stopping ,overdoses of ,fentanyl       
,analogues ,act4  #b4 ,archie ,badura   
,memorial ,fentanyl ,related ,substance 
,scheduling ,section #bjb7;c7 of the    
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hab7;c77 is amended 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 any
 substance that is structurally related 
to fentanyl by one or more of the       
following modifications3  7,a7 ,by      
replacement of the phenyl portion of the
 phenethyl group by any monocycle1      
whether or not further substituted in or
 on the monocycle4  7,b7 ,by            
substitution in or on the phenethyl     
group with alkyl1 alkenyl1 alkoxy1      
hydroxy1 halo1 haloalkyl1 amino or nitro
 groups4  7,c7 ,by substitution in or on
 the piperidine ring with alkyl1        
alkenyl1 alkoxy1 ester1 ether1 hydroxy1 

halo1 haloalkyl1 amino or nitro groups4 
7,d7 ,by replacement of the aniline ring
 with any aromatic monocycle whether or 
not further substituted in or on the    
aromatic monocycle4  7,e7 ,by           
replacement of the ,n-propionyl group by
 another acyl group4  4  #c4 ,penalties 
,a fentanyl-related substance shall be  
treated as an analogue of               
,n-phenyl-,n-#a-7b-phenylethyl7-#d-piper
idinyl propanamide under section        
#dja7;b77#a7 of the ,controlled         
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4         
#hda7;b77#a77 and section #ajaj7;b7 of  
the ,controlled ,substances ,import and 
,export ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #ifj7;b77   
without requiring proof that a          
fentanyl-related substance meets the    
definition of a controlled substance    
analogue under section #ajb of the      
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb74  #d4 ,effective date   
,this ,act shall take effect one day    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4