US Congress House Bill 4183 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2015 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 10-year or 20-year mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 5-year or 10-year mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.

Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2015

Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-12-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-12-03	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-12-03	House	Introduced in House

SB2027 (Same As) 2015-09-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4183/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4183/BILLS-114hr4183ih.pdf