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Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 or the SITSA Act
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances—schedule A. A drug or substance in schedule A has a chemical structure that is similar to, and an effect on the body that is similar to or greater than, a controlled substance in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V.
The bill adds 13 synthetic fentanyl-related substances to schedule A. It also authorizes, and establishes procedures for, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to temporarily and permanently place a drug or substance in schedule A.
The bill establishes criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute a schedule A substance. However, it explicitly prohibits criminal and civil penalties solely for possession of a schedule A controlled substance.
The bill makes it unlawful to import, export, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a schedule A substance that is not clearly labeled.
Finally, it establishes new, separate DEA registration requirements for manufacturers, distributors, and importers and exporters of schedule A substances.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2851 as introduced in House on Jun 8, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jun 15, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJun 15, 2018
House Jun 15, 2018 · the primary vote
Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act
Passed
239 Yea 142 Nay 46 not voting
Crossed both parties 54 of 381 voting members broke with their own party: 42 Democrats, 12 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
427 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. 2851 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2851 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
65 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.