119-hr3065

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3065 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3065

 To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony 
 murder.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 29, 2025

Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Gimenez) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony 
 murder.

 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 ``Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl 
Distribution Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FENTANYL DISTRIBUTION RESULTING IN DEATH PUNISHED AS FELONY 
 MURDER.

 

Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by inserting ``, distributing 
 fentanyl'' after ``child abuse'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) by striking ``

    (b) Within'' and inserting 
 ``

    (b)

    (1) Within''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (2) Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree by 
distributing fentanyl shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for 
life.''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (c) --
        (A) by redesignating paragraphs

    (4) through

    (6) as 
 paragraphs

    (6) through

    (8) , respectively; and
        (B) by inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following:
 ``

    (4) the terms `controlled substance', `distribute', and 
 `distributor' have the meanings given the terms in 

section 102 
 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802);
 ``

    (5) `distributing fentanyl' means to distribute a 
 controlled substance--
 ``
        (A) involving 2 grams or more of a mixture or 
 substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-
 [1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or .5 
 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a 
 detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-
 phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide;
 ``
        (B) that results in death from the use of such 
 mixture or substance; and
 ``
            (C) knowing or having reason to know contains a 
 detectable amount of such mixture or substance.''.
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