S.Amdt. 3373

SA 3373. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 203, add the following:
(c) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall--
(1) review the prescription drug take back program
authorized under subsection (b), including participation
rates and stakeholder concerns, in order to catalogue the
most significant regulatory barriers for voluntary
participation by retail pharmacies; and
(2) submit to Congress a report that includes
recommendations on how the Drug Enforcement Administration
and Congress can address existing regulatory barriers in
order to expand voluntary participation by retail pharmacies
in the program.
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