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Lauren Boebert (R-CO)

Fentanyl is a WMD Act

H.R. 128 · House bill Emergency Management

A Republican bill with 12 Republican cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Fentanyl is a WMD Act," directs the Department of Homeland Security to change how it handles illicit fentanyl. It requires the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. This change applies to the purposes of title XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Yes· 3 of 7

  • Scored +5

    Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?

    By classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, the bill mandates a heightened defensive response to the opioid crisis.

  • Scored +4

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The reclassification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction aims to strengthen the security response to drug trafficking at the border.

  • Scored +3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill expands the classification and response authority of a federal Department of Homeland Security office.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.