CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Combating Illicit Xylazine Act

S. 545 · Senate bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Democratic bill with 19 Republican cosponsors · See all 35 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 372.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Combating Illicit Xylazine Act," aims to prohibit certain uses of xylazine. It moves to place xylazine into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. The legislation updates the definition of an "ultimate user" to specify how xylazine can be legally possessed for animal-related purposes. It also mandates that the United States Sentencing Commission review its guidelines to provide appropriate penalties for xylazine-related offenses. Finally, the bill requires several reports to be submitted to Congress regarding the prevalence and impact of xylazine.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?

    The bill combats the illicit use of xylazine through increased tracking, reporting, and stricter control of the substance.

  • Scored +3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    By combating the illicit drug xylazine, it may indirectly improve public health outcomes for vulnerable populations.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.