A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 223) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the Record on the bill.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 223, a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions, led by Senators Chuck Grassley and Representative Burchett.

In 2018, the First Step Act, or the FSA, included a redundantly numbered subparagraph 57, causing ``serious drug felony'' and ``serious violent felony'' to be misnumbered in statute.

The misnumbering of the affected subparagraphs causes confusion in Federal district courts during litigation and can result in costly mistakes when the wrong subparagraph 57 charge is used.

Correcting this error is important to the efficiency and accuracy of Federal criminal court cases. This bill rectifies this technical error by correctly renumbering the affected subparagraphs in the statute.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in support of S. 223, a bill that amends the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions. This legislation, sponsored by Representatives Burchett and Cohen here in the House, would clarify the definitions of the different types of recidivist enhancements in the statute.

When the First Step Act was first signed into law in 2018, it created two new types of recidivist enhancements: serious drug felony and serious violent felony.

In the statute, however, both are numbered as paragraph 57, and this technical error has caused confusion between the two definitions. To prevent any further confusion with the interpretation of the statute, this bill corrects this technical error and properly numbers these definitions as different paragraphs.

Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this legislation to prevent potential costly mistakes in Federal criminal court cases, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 223, introduced earlier today.

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.