Fentanyl Sentencing and Mail Screening Changes
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No action since February 2025
While there is strong bipartisan concern about fentanyl, this bill's focus on increasing mandatory prison sentences often faces pushback from lawmakers who prefer treatment-focused approaches.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
The bill cuts the drug weight needed to trigger the harshest mandatory minimum fentanyl sentences by 95 percent, from 400 grams to 20 grams for the top tier and from 40 grams to 2 grams for the next tier. It also extends these lower thresholds to unscheduled chemical analogues of fentanyl, meaning far more people, including low level couriers and those caught with smaller amounts, could face decade-plus mandatory prison terms.
“by striking ``400'' and inserting ``20''”
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act of 2025
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