To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, section 1, Sec. 1.
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The Act may be cited as the HALT Fentanyl Act
The document says “may be cited as”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act'' or the ``HALT Fentanyl Act''.”
The whole of section 1. It supplies two names for citing the Act, a long one and a short one, and does nothing else. The Act was approved on July 16, 2025, as Public Law 119-26.
What the document actually says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act'' or the ``HALT Fentanyl Act''.”
That sentence, in plain words
This law has two names. One is long. The short one is the HALT Fentanyl Act.
What this is about
Laws get short names so people can talk about them. A short name does not change any rule. It is just a label.
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Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, Public Law 119-26, sec. 1, 139 Stat. 410 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ26/html/PLAW-119publ26.htm
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“The Act may be cited as the HALT Fentanyl Act,” Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, section 1, Sec. 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/halt-all-lethal-trafficking-fentanyl-act/proposal/sec01-short-title/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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