A bill to increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

United States115th CongressS-2481Senate
Updated: Apr 11, 2018

Summary

Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2018 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 10-year or 20-year mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 5-year or 10-year mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-1354: To increase the penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

  3. Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.

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