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Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act

S. 2569 · 118th Congress · Jul 27, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act”.

Sec. 2 Clarification

Section 422 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 863) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(g) Clarification—This section does not apply to the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of equipment for which the intended use is to indicate the presence of fentanyl or xylazine in a compound.”