1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses during 2021, with the majority of such deaths caused by fentanyl. (2) Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. (3) Fentanyl is involved in more deaths of Americans younger than 50 years of age than any other cause of death, including heart disease, cancer, homicide, suicide, and other accidents. (4) In 2022, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency seized 50,000,000 fentanyl-laced pills and over 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, which is enough fentanyl to kill every American. (5) Just 2 milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose. (6) The smuggling of fentanyl into the United States constitutes a major public health crisis. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Covered alien The term covered alien means any person who— (A) is attempting to unlawfully enter the United States from Canada or from Mexico; (B) does not possess the required travel documents to be admitted to the United States