Fentanyl is a WMD Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 3, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 31 words.
Fentanyl is a WMD Act This bill requires the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
Context
- Committees
- House Homeland Security Committee
- Policy area
- Emergency Management: 54 of 1,024 bills became law, 113th–118th (5.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 77 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 73 words
- Subjects
- Chemical and biological weaponsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useLaw enforcement administration and funding
- Latest action
- Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]