S.Amdt. 3441

SA 3441. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy,
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Durbin) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. LAWFUL PRESENCE OF PRACTITIONERS REGISTERED UNDER
THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
823(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In
the case of an applicant who is an individual, the Attorney
General may not register the applicant under this subsection
unless the applicant demonstrates that he or she is a
national of the United States or is otherwise lawfully
present in the United States under the immigration laws.''.
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