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Fentanyl is a WMD Act

H.R. 128 · 119th Congress · Jan 3, 2025 · Lineage

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.

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.).