H.R. 3883 · 115th Congress
HELP Act of 2017
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ReedSponsor3 cosponsors · 3 R
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Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2017 or the HELP Act of 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 28, 2017
Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2017 or the HELP Act of 2017
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a criminal penalty of life imprisonment or death on a person who commits a drug offense involving a specified quantity of heroin that contains a detectable amount of fentanyl or fentanyl that is represented to be or sold as heroin, if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: HELP Act of 2017
Also known as: Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2017
Latest action (Oct 13, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 28, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.