S.Amdt. 2816

This amendment's own text couldn't be picked out of its Congressional Record passage, so the passage is shown in full.

SA 2816. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Blumenthal)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
3457, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a
veterans jobs corps, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table.

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 10. PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF
                   THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR DEPENDENTS, AND
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Program for Members of the Armed Forces and
     Dependents.--The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney
     General shall jointly carry out a program (commonly referred
     to as a ``prescription drug take-back program'') under which
     members of the Armed Forces and dependents of members of the
     Armed Forces may deliver controlled substances to military
     medical treatment facilities to be disposed of in accordance
     with section 302(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
     U.S.C. 822(g)).
       (b) Program for Veterans.--The Secretary of Veterans
     Affairs and the Attorney General shall jointly carry out a
     program under which veterans may deliver controlled
     substances to be disposed of in accordance with section
     302(g) of the Controlled Substances Act.
       (c) Program Elements.--The programs required by this
     section shall provide for the following:
       (1) In the case of the program required by subsection (a),
     the delivery of controlled substances under the program to
     such members of the Armed Forces, medical professionals, and
     other employees of the Department of Defense, and to such
     other acceptance mechanisms, as the Secretary of Defense and
     the Attorney General jointly specify for purposes of the
     program.

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       (2) In the case of the program required by subsection (b),
     the delivery of controlled substances under the program to
     such employees of the Veterans Health Administration of the
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and to such other acceptance
     mechanisms, as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the
     Attorney General jointly specify for purposes of the program.
       (3) Appropriate guidelines and procedures to prevent the
     diversion, misuse, theft, or loss of controlled substances
     delivered under such programs.

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