House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Deal Death, Face Death Act
Official title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the death penalty for anyone who knowingly deals fentanyl to a person who dies from the use of such fentanyl.
Sponsor: Rep. Chip Roy R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8766.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3394):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8766, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8766
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy.
- H.R. 2159 (119th) Count the Crimes to Cut Act
- H.Res. 1057 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…
- H.Res. 1189 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…
- H.Res. 354 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 60) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 405 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against…
- H.R. 22 (119th) SAVE Act
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.