{"id":"2d07ff8d-ff5d-48a9-9b8e-70b876000929","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"hr","billNumber":920,"title":"Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act","displayTitle":"Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act","abstract":"Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. Additionally, the bill prohibits the application of a mandatory minimum prison term for certain drug offenses involving fentanyl-related substances.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Most people would notice no change in daily life. It targets drugs made to copy fentanyl, a powerful opioid. These look-alike chemicals would go into the strictest federal drug class. A drug counts if it is built from fentanyl using one of five chemical changes the bill lists. New versions become illegal as soon as they appear, with no separate vote or review.\n\nThe bill also removes the set floor on prison time for these drugs. Judges would still decide sentences, but they could go below that floor. Both changes would take effect once the bill becomes law. It has only been introduced so far, so nothing has changed yet.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS","ECONOMY","HEALTHCARE"],"introducedAt":"2025-02-04T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-02-04T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/920","accountabilityFlags":{"criminal_justice":["↑ Fentanyl-like drugs treated as illegal — including versions not yet made","↓ Mandatory minimum sentences for these drugs — judges set the term"]},"tldr":"Drugs made to copy fentanyl would all be illegal — but judges could give less prison time.","summaryStandard":"v2","flagExplainers":{"criminal_justice":["The bill would add a whole family of fentanyl-like chemicals to the strictest federal drug list. A chemical is covered if it is built from fentanyl using one of five changes the bill spells out. New versions are covered the day they show up.","Federal law now sets a floor on prison time for some drug crimes. For these fentanyl-like substances, that floor would not apply. A judge could still give a long term, or a much shorter one."]},"flagValence":{"criminal_justice":["contested","contested"]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","chamber":null,"policyArea":"Crime and Law Enforcement","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in House","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"2d07ff8d-ff5d-48a9-9b8e-70b876000929","feedIdentityKey":"119/hr/920","websiteBillId":"HR-920","yourvoiceSummary":"Most people would notice no change in daily life. It targets drugs made to copy fentanyl, a powerful opioid. These look-alike chemicals would go into the strictest federal drug class. A drug counts if it is built from fentanyl using one of five chemical changes the bill lists. New versions become illegal as soon as they appear, with no separate vote or review.\n\nThe bill also removes the set floor on prison time for these drugs. Judges would still decide sentences, but they could go below that floor. Both changes would take effect once the bill becomes law. It has only been introduced so far, so nothing has changed yet.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T00:32:09.66311+00:00"}