This Act may be cited as the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2025.

Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting, distributing fentanyl after child abuse; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (b) Within and inserting (b)(1) Within; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree by distributing fentanyl shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life.; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) the terms controlled substance, distribute, and distributor have the meanings given the terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802U.S. Code — Title 21, Section 802View official source on GovInfo); (5) distributing fentanyl means to distribute a controlled substance— (A) involving 2 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or.5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide; (B) that results in death from the use of such mixture or substance; and (C) knowing or having reason to know contains a detectable amount of such mixture or substance..