S.Amdt. 1243

SA 1243. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with
respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORTING.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``fentanyl-
related substance'' has the meaning given that term under
subsection (e) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)), as added by
this Act.
(b) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report that, for the year before the year during
which the report is submitted--
(1) indicates the number of fentanyl-related substances
identified by the Attorney General and lists the scientific
names of each newly identified fentanyl-related substance;
(2) describes the extent of scientific and medical
evaluation by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, if any, of each substance that was
determined to be a fentanyl-related substance;
(3) identifies any fentanyl-related substance for which
results of the scientific and medical evaluation, if any, by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services found the
fentanyl-related substance to have some accepted medical use
or a lower potential for abuse than substances included in
schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 812(c)) and, for each such fentanyl-related
substance, the control status of the substance; and
(4) for each fentanyl-related substance, indicates the
number of criminal cases in which an offense involving the
fentanyl-related substance was charged.
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