No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The No Fentanyl on Social Media Act requires the Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with HHS through the FDA Commissioner and the Drug Enforcement Administration, to submit and publish within one year a report on minors’ ability to access fentanyl, pressed pills, fentanyl analogues, and fentanyl-related substances through social media platforms. The report must cover prevalence, health and physical-safety risks to minors, how sellers use platforms to market and transact fentanyl, how platform design features affect access, platform practices and their effectiveness, measures by law enforcement and the medical community, and recommendations for Congress. The FTC must consult parents, social media platforms, law enforcement, medical professionals, and other experts, and may redact information about seller methods or countermeasures if the Attorney General agrees disclosure could compromise law-enforcement tactics.
Who Benefits and How
Minors and parents benefit from a Federal study focused on how fentanyl sellers reach young users through social media and what Congress can do about it. Congress benefits from recommendations, platform-practice analysis, and information about law-enforcement and medical responses. Law enforcement and medical professionals gain a formal consultation channel.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The FTC, FDA, and DEA must coordinate research, stakeholder consultation, publication, and possible redactions within one year. Social media platforms may face scrutiny of design features, seller activity, and mitigation practices. Law-enforcement agencies must help balance public transparency with protection of tactics and investigations.
Key Provisions
- Requires the FTC, FDA, and DEA to report within one year on minors’ access to fentanyl through social media platforms.
- Requires the report to assess prevalence, health risks, seller tactics, platform design features, platform countermeasures, and outside responses.
- Requires recommendations for Congress to reduce minors’ ability to access fentanyl on social media.
- Requires consultation with parents, platforms, law enforcement, medical professionals, and other experts.
- Authorizes redaction of information that could compromise law-enforcement tactics, strategies, or techniques.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the FTC, FDA, and DEA to report to Congress and the public on minors’ ability to access fentanyl through social media platforms and recommend ways to stop it.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Drug Policy, Children
Primary Purpose
Requires the FTC, FDA, and DEA to report to Congress and the public on minors’ ability to access fentanyl through social media platforms and recommend ways to stop it.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Minors exposed to fentanyl risks
- Parents of minors
- Congressional commerce committees
- Law enforcement agencies
- Medical professionals
Identified Costs
- Federal Trade Commission
- Food and Drug Administration
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Social media platforms
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Evans of Colorado (for himself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Congressional commerce committees, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration
Positive-direction: Congressional commerce committees
Negative-direction: Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration
Minors exposed to fentanyl risks, Parents of minors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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