Civil Justice for Victims of International Fentanyl Trafficking Act

United States117th CongressHR-8194House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Summary

Civil Justice for Victims of International Fentanyl Trafficking Act This bill allows a U.S. state to bring a civil action against a foreign state in federal court for money damages for death or physical injury to a person caused by fentanyl use or exposure occurring in the United States. The injury must follow any reckless action of an alien unlawfully present in the United States or certain foreign opioid traffickers that caused or substantially contributed to the unlawful trafficking of fentanyl from the foreign state into and within the United States.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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

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