The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl. The bill approved Thursday permanently reclassifies analogs of the synthetic opioid fentanyl as Schedule I drugs,

The Republican-sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act, a bill cracking down on fentanyl and related substances, passed the House in a bipartisan 321-104 vote Thursday.

The US Congress passed a bill for harsher penalties on fentanyl traffickers, with lawmakers from both parties anxious to crack down on the opioid epidemic.