YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityFake pills laced with fentanyl would face enhanced federal penalties — plus annual public reporting on seizures and cases.
Transparency & Accountability
- Annual reporting to Congress — Seizure, charge, conviction, and sentencing data on counterfeit pills
- Campaign audit — DEA must review its "One Pill Can Kill" effort against the data
- Data disclosure — Withheld where release would unseal an indictment or harm an investigation
The details
Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl would face the enhanced federal penalties that already cover methamphetamine. The target is pills stamped to look like legitimate medicine such as oxycodone or Adderall. A counterfeit substance is defined as one containing fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or meth while carrying another product's markings. The Drug Enforcement Administration would have 180 days to build a response plan. That plan must cover investigation and seizure strategies plus education aimed at teenagers. DEA would also have to audit its existing "One Pill Can Kill" campaign against the data. Each year the Justice Department would tell Congress how many counterfeit pills were seized and where. Those reports would cover what the pills contained, plus the charges, convictions, and sentences that followed.
Congressional Summary
Stop Pills That Kill Act This bill increases criminal penalties for offenses relating to the manufacture of fentanyl or counterfeit substances. It also establishes requirements for federal agencies to address the use of counterfeit substances. Specifically, the bill applies an increased criminal penalty for possessing, manufacturing, or distributing certain equipment or materials that are used to illegally manufacture fentanyl, an analogue of fentanyl, or a counterfeit substance (the increased penalty is currently limited to offenses involving methamphetamine). The Drug Enforcement Administration must establish and implement a plan to address counterfeit fentanyl or methamphetamine substances through law enforcement action and education and prevention efforts. In addition, the Department of Justice must annually report on the collection of counterfeit fentanyl or methamphetamine substances by law enforcement and on related prosecutions.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-19
- Date Added
- 2026-07-23
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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