[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 128 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 128

 To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
  Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat 
    illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

 Ms. Boebert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
  Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat 
    illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, 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 ``Fentanyl is a WMD Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ILLICIT FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

    The Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security shall treat 
illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction for purposes of title 
XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 590 et seq.).
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