S.Amdt. 1795

SA 1795. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON POWDERED ALCOHOL.

Title I of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27
U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 118. POWDERED ALCOHOL.

``(a) Designation of Certain Chemicals.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall by rule designate any chemical that may be
used to convert alcohol in liquid form to alcohol in powder
form.
``(b) Prohibited Activity.--
``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `powdered
alcohol' means any alcohol combined with a chemical
designated under subsection (a).
``(2) Offense.--It shall be unlawful to make, sell,
distribute, or possess powdered alcohol.
``(3) Penalty.--Any person who violates paragraph (2) shall
be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 1
year, or both.''.
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