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HOUSE 1393118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes.

Last Action
3/17/2023

Actions

  • 2023-03-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2023-03-07Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  • 2023-03-07Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  • 2023-03-07Introduced in House
  • 2023-03-07Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-03-07 (00)

This bill provides for the classification of drugs or other substances that are part of approved breakthrough therapies as schedule II controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. (Schedule II controlled substances are substances that have a high potential for abuse but have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.)

Cosponsors (18)

  • Nancy Mace (R-SC)
  • EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
  • Bill Johnson (R-OH)
  • Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
  • Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)
  • Robert Garcia (D-CA)
  • Brandon Williams (R-NY)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
  • Colin Allred (D-TX)
  • Don Bacon (R-NE)
  • Ted Lieu (D-CA)
  • Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
  • Mike Thompson (D-CA)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
  • James Baird (R-IN)
  • Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
  • Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
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