Congress·In Committee·S. 2316

New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Fentanyl and Meth Sales to the Department of Justice

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to require electronic communication service providers and remote computing services to report to the Attorney General certain controlled substances violations.

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This bill requires internet companies and social media platforms to report illegal drug activity to the government. If they find out someone is selling or making drugs like fentanyl or meth on their site, they must notify the Attorney General within 60 days.
The reports would include details like the user's account name, email address, and location. Companies can also choose to share messages or photos related to the crime to help law enforcement investigate the situation.
To protect privacy, the law says companies do not have to start spying on users or break encryption to find these crimes. It only applies when they already have actual knowledge that a drug crime is happening.
Companies that ignore these rules could be fined up to $190,000 for a first mistake and $380,000 for later ones. The bill also requires the government to delete these reports once they are no longer needed for an investigation.
The goal is to stop drug dealers from using social media to sell fake prescription pills. It is named after two teenagers, Cooper Davis and Devin Norring, who died from fentanyl-laced pills they bought after connecting with dealers online.

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Milestones

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Jul 17, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jul 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Related News

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Salon·3 months ago

Congress may be about to create the “bad internet”

The Cooper Davis Act would require any electronic communication service provider to report knowledge of drug-related offenses to the DEA, effectively doing away with any service that provides end-to-end encryption according to critics.

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Reason·almost 3 years ago

New Senate Bill Would Turn Online Services Into Narcs

Lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to force online services to monitor and report mentions of illicit intoxicants. The bill is named after Cooper Davis, a teen who died after consuming a counterfeit pill purchased via Snapchat.

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Related Bills

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H.R. 4518Identical bill

Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act

Jul 17 — 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.