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Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to add certain synthetic opioids, hallucinogens, and cannabinoids to schedule I. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3537 as passed House amended on Sep 26, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Sep 26, 2016
Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
258 Yea 101 Nay 72 not voting
Crossed both parties 86 of 359 voting members broke with their own party: 66 Democrats, 20 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3537 and vote against it. 16 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3537 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
34 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.