House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
STOP Nitazenes Act
Official title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permanently schedule 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids (commonly referred to as nitazenes) as Schedule 1 controlled substances, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Latta R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2026
- Committee actionJul 20, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 21.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 49, March 18, 2026, Page H2597):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Craig Goldman (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Tim Moore (R-NC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Latta.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.