No Leniency for Fentanyl Dealers Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Jul 23, 2026
What it does
The No Leniency for Fentanyl Dealers Act would amend federal drug laws to significantly lower the threshold quantities of fentanyl and its analogues that trigger mandatory minimum penalties under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, reducing the amounts from 400 grams to 20 grams and 100 grams to 5 grams for certain offenses, and similarly reducing lower thresholds. It directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to update federal sentencing guidelines to align with these changes within 120 days of enactment. Additionally, the bill authorizes $9 million for the U.S. Postal Service to increase chemical screening devices and personnel to detect and…
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Where it goes next
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