Death Penalty for Dealing Fentanyl Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3764

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for punishment for 
 the knowing distribution of fentanyl, if death results, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2025

    Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Higgins of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Ogles, and Mrs. Luna) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for punishment for 
 the knowing distribution of fentanyl, if death results, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Death Penalty for Dealing Fentanyl 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. KNOWING DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL WHERE DEATH RESULTS.

    Part D of the Controlled Substances Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 424. KNOWING DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL WHERE DEATH RESULTS.

    ``Any person who is convicted of an offense under section 401(a)(1) 
or section 416 by distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, 
or manufacturing fentanyl shall, if death results, be punished--
            ``(1) by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for 
        life; and
            ``(2) by a fine under title 18, United States Code.''.
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