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The Attorney General may publish a list, and absence from it does not free a substance

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The Attorney General may publish a list, and absence from it does not free a substance

The document says “canWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(4)(A) The Attorney General may by order publish in the Federal Register a list of substances that satisfy the definition of the term `fentanyl-related substance' in paragraph (2). ``(B) The absence of a substance from a list published under subparagraph (A) does not negate the control status of the substance under this schedule if the substance satisfies the definition of the term `fentanyl-related substance' in paragraph (2).''.”

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

The Attorney General may, by order published in the Federal Register, publish a list of substances that satisfy the definition. Publication is optional, and the paragraph states that a substance left off such a list is still controlled under this schedule entry if it satisfies the definition.

What the document actually says

“``(4)(A) The Attorney General may by order publish in the Federal Register a list of substances that satisfy the definition of the term `fentanyl-related substance' in paragraph (2). ``(B) The absence of a substance from a list published under subparagraph (A) does not negate the control status of the substance under this schedule if the substance satisfies the definition of the term `fentanyl-related substance' in paragraph (2).''.”

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The Attorney General can print a list of these drugs. Leaving a drug off the list does not free it. If it fits the group, it is still on schedule I.

What this is about

The list is not the test. The test is the wording of the group. A drug can be off the list and still be covered.

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  1. The document itself

    Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, Public Law 119-26, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 410 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ26/html/PLAW-119publ26.htm

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    “The Attorney General may publish a list, and absence from it does not free a substance,” Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/halt-all-lethal-trafficking-fentanyl-act/proposal/sec02-attorney-general-may-publish-list/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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