To require the Drug Enforcement Administration to continue to establish and utilize data collection and sharing agreements in order to properly estimate rates of overdose deaths and overall public health impact related to certain controlled substances, for the purpose of determining diversion and establishing annual opioid production quotas.

SA 1146. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 38, line 18, strike ``expenses'' and insert the
following: ``expenses: Provided, That, using amounts made
available under this heading, the Drug Enforcement
Administration shall continue to establish and utilize data
collection and sharing agreements with other Federal agencies
and continue to consider other sources of information to
properly assess the estimated rates of overdose deaths and
abuse and the overall public health impact regarding covered
controlled substances as required under section 306(i) of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 826(i)), and shall
report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act
regarding the establishment and utilization of such data
collection and sharing agreements''.
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