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STOP Fentanyl and Xylazine Act
Sponsored By: Representative Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
Introduced
Summary
Would create a federal safe harbor for equipment used to detect fentanyl and xylazine. This bill would add subsection (g) to Section 422 of the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that Section 422's restrictions would not apply to the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of equipment whose intended use is to indicate the presence of fentanyl or xylazine in a compound. The amendment is limited to adding that new subsection at the end of section 422.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Allow fentanyl and xylazine test kits
This bill would let people and groups buy, sell, carry, and use test kits for fentanyl or xylazine. These tools would be exempt from the federal drug-paraphernalia ban. Makers, sellers, importers, labs, and harm-reduction groups would have legal cover to make and ship them. The exception would apply only to equipment meant to detect fentanyl or xylazine. If enacted, this change would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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