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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 25, 2023
Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act
This bill creates additional requirements for drug manufacturers and distributors who discover a suspicious order or series of suspicious orders for controlled substances.
Currently, a manufacturer or distributor must report a suspicious order or series of suspicious orders to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This bill also requires a manufacturer or distributor to exercise due diligence and decline to fill the order. However, if the manufacturer or distributor resolves all of the indicators giving rise to the suspicious order or series of suspicious orders, then the bill allows the manufacturer or distributor to fill the order and choose not to report it to the DEA.
A violation is subject to civil and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
The DEA must issue regulations specifying the indicators that give rise to a suspicious order.
People & committees
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] · R–TN
Legislative record
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 46.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-66, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-66, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 0 .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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