Bill · H.R. 128· House(119-HR-128)

Fentanyl is a WMD Act

Age: 40 years

Colorado

Introduced: 1/3/2025
Last activity: 1/3/2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Sponsored by: Lauren Boebert
Cosponsors: - 12 - 0

Emergency Management

Introduced
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

Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?+5
By classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, the bill mandates a heightened defensive response to the opioid crisis.
Does this tighten control of the border?+4
The reclassification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction aims to strengthen the security response to drug trafficking at the border.
Does this give the federal government more power?+3
The bill expands the classification and response authority of a federal Department of Homeland Security office.