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HR 128 · in committee · significant

Fentanyl is a WMD Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires DHS to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
  • Law enforcement agencies and the Department of Homeland Security are affected by this classification.
  • The bill changes how federal agencies coordinate and respond to fentanyl trafficking with no new funding specified.

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  1. 01

    How would classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction change federal agency coordination and response strategies compared to current drug trafficking enforcement?

  2. 02

    What specific additional powers or enforcement tools would DHS gain under a WMD classification that it does not currently have for combating fentanyl trafficking?

  3. 03

    Without new funding allocated, how would law enforcement agencies reallocate existing resources to meet the operational requirements of treating fentanyl as a WMD?

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Lauren Boebert

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Introduced 2025-01-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  2. 2025-01-03 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

  3. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

  4. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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