,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aejb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bi1    
#bjbe ,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,budd1 ,mrs4 ,britt1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4   
,lankford1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1     
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 and ,mr4 ,hagerty7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 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 ,act of 
#bjbe4  #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 in the second   
sentence1 by inserting 1 distributing   
fentanyl after child abuse2  7#b7 in    
subsection 7b7--  7,a7 by striking 7b7  
,within and inserting 7b77#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 substance and 
distribute 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 a mixture or   
substance described in subparagraph     
7,a72 and  7,c7 knowing or having reason
 to know that the controlled substance  
contains a detectable amount of a       
mixture or substance described in       
subparagraph 7,a74  4