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US HB7970
Bill
Status
3/18/2026
Primary Sponsor
Robert Latta
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AI Summary
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Permanently adds 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids (nitazenes) to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, covering any quantity of these substances including their salts and isomers
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Specifically names 11 nitazene compounds including etonitazene, clonitazene, metonitazene, isotonitazene, and protonitazene, while also covering structurally related substances that exhibit mu-opioid receptor agonist activity
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Converts any nitazenes previously under temporary scheduling to permanent Schedule I status upon enactment
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Requires the Attorney General to issue implementing rules within 1 year, with authority to publish interim final rules that take effect immediately without demonstrating good cause
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Authorizes the Attorney General to publish and maintain a Federal Register list of substances meeting the 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioid definition
Legislative Description
STOP Nitazenes Act Strengthening Tools to Outlaw Poisonous Nitazenes Act
Crime and law enforcement
Last Action
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.
3/18/2026