CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Cory Booker (D-NJ)

S.Amdt. 1234

S.Amdt. 1234 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 6 Democratic cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors

Changes S. 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act

Not adopted

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration
  3. Failed

What this amendment would do

If this amendment gets added, it will change the definition by stating that a fentanyl-related substance means any substance that meets specific scientific criteria. Here is what it aims to add:

  • It must be an opioid mu receptor agonist with potential for misuse or abuse, which is shown by binding studies and functional assays.

  • It must be structurally related to fentanyl by one or more specific chemical modifications.

These specific modifications that the amendment adds to the bill include:

  • Replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or not further substituted in or on the monocycle.

  • Substitution in or on the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups.

  • Substitution in or on the piperidine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups.

  • Replacement of the aniline ring with any aromatic monocycle whether or not further substituted in or on the aromatic monocycle.

  • Replacement of the N-propionyl group with another acyl group.