Fentanyl is a WMD Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 3, 2025Emergency Management

Plain-English summary

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.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Nicholas J. Begich III

Cosponsor · Republican · AK

Anna Paulina Luna

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Andy Ogles

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Jefferson Shreve

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Lauren Boebert

Sponsor · Republican · CO

Erin Houchin

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Troy Nehls

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Tim Burchett

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Felix Barry Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Mary E. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Byron Donalds

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Addison P. McDowell

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

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Official Subjects

Emergency ManagementChemical and biological weaponsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useLaw enforcement administration and funding

Sources & text

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