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An interim final rule takes effect at once with no showing of good cause

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

An interim final rule takes effect at once with no showing of good cause

The document says “shallWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“A rule issued by the Attorney General as an interim final rule under subsection (a) shall become immediately effective as an interim final rule without requiring the Attorney General to demonstrate good cause therefor, notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of the undesignated matter following paragraph (4) of section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code.”

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

An interim final rule issued under subsection (a) becomes effective immediately, and the Attorney General does not have to show good cause for it, whatever section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, would otherwise require. That section is not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“A rule issued by the Attorney General as an interim final rule under subsection (a) shall become immediately effective as an interim final rule without requiring the Attorney General to demonstrate good cause therefor, notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of the undesignated matter following paragraph (4) of section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code.”

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

An interim rule starts working right away. The Attorney General does not have to give a reason for the speed.

What this is about

A rule can take time to come into force. This one starts at once. The law says no reason for the speed is needed.

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    Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, Public Law 119-26, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 417 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ26/html/PLAW-119publ26.htm

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    “An interim final rule takes effect at once with no showing of good cause,” Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/halt-all-lethal-trafficking-fentanyl-act/proposal/sec05-interim-rules-effective-at-once/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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