United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6158 (114th)
HELP Act of 2016
Introduced
22 September 2016
Last action
11 October 2016 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sponsors
Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23], Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3], Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1], Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17], Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2016 or the HELP Act of 2016 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a criminal penalty of life imprisonment or death on a person who commits a drug offense involving a specified quantity of heroin that contains a detectable amount of fentanyl or fentanyl that is represented to be or sold as heroin, if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance.
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Timeline
22 September 2016
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 2016
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 September 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 October 2016
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 22 September 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · R · Sponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → HELP Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6158
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6158
- us · 114-hr-6158 · source updated 12 August 2025