Mark Alford will prioritize combating the opioid epidemic.

By prioritizing public safety, combating the opioid epidemic, and bolstering our nation’s research and technology edge

Alford expressed support for funding priorities that combat the opioid epidemic.

Appropriations Committee Advances Commerce, Justice, and Science Funding Bill | Congressman Mark Alford
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The office's visible June 2026 press-release list in the lookback window covers disaster-declaration advocacy, a missing-persons bill, appropriations, housing, and defense items. No opioid, fentanyl, naloxone, or addiction-specific action is surfaced on the page.

Recent official activity is visible, but it does not show a concrete opioid-focused initiative in the lookback window.

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News List | Congressman Mark Alford
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The homepage's current featured-news and issue sections emphasize disaster relief, defense, housing, agriculture, small business, and veterans. Health or opioid policy is not surfaced there as a featured priority.

The member's public-facing site does not show an opioid-specific priority in the current window.

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Congressman Mark Alford
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Roll Call 166 was on passage of S.331, the HALT Fentanyl Act. The vote status was Passed, 321 yeas to 104 nays, and the all-votes table lists Rep. Alford, Republican, Missouri, voting Yea.

Alford voted for final House passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act, a fentanyl-focused bill that later became law.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 166, S.331
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Congress.gov lists S.331 as law, with latest action on 07/16/2025: Became Public Law No. 119-26. It states the bill passed the House on 06/12/2025 by 321-104, Roll no. 166, and the summary says the act permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

The fentanyl legislation Alford voted for became Public Law 119-26 and made permanent federal scheduling changes for fentanyl-related substances.

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S.331 - HALT Fentanyl Act, 119th Congress | Congress.gov
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Public Law 119-26 is titled the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act. The enacted text amends the Controlled Substances Act with respect to scheduling fentanyl-related substances and adds schedule I coverage for materials containing any quantity of a fentanyl-related substance, unless exempted or listed elsewhere.

GovInfo confirms the enacted HALT Fentanyl Act directly addresses fentanyl-related substances under federal controlled-substances law.

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Public Law 119-26 - Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act
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Roll Call 33 was on passage of H.R.27, the HALT Fentanyl Act. The vote status was Passed, 312 yeas to 108 nays, and the all-votes table lists Rep. Alford, Republican, Missouri, voting Yea.

Before the Senate vehicle became law, Alford also voted for the House version of the HALT Fentanyl Act.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 33, H.R.27
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Congress.gov lists H.R.27 as the HALT Fentanyl Act, sponsored by Rep. H. Morgan Griffith and passed by the House on 02/06/2025 by 312-108. Its CRS summary says the bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I and subjects offenses involving those substances to the same quantity thresholds and penalties as fentanyl analogues.

The House bill Alford supported was a concrete opioid/fentanyl enforcement measure, though it was not his sponsored legislation.

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H.R.27 - HALT Fentanyl Act, 119th Congress | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists S.206, the END FENTANYL Act, as Public Law No. 118-43. It passed the House by voice vote on 03/07/2024 and requires CBP to update inspection manuals and policies to respond to changes used to disguise illegal activity such as drug and human smuggling.

During Alford's first House term, Congress enacted another fentanyl-related law by House voice vote, but the record does not provide an individual Alford roll-call vote or sponsorship.

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S.206 - END FENTANYL Act, 118th Congress | Congress.gov
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