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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Nov 17, 1999
Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Operations Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration a special unit to assess the abuse of and trafficking in gamma hydroxybutyric acid, flunitrazepam, ketamine, other controlled substances, and other so-called "designer drugs" whose use has been associated with sexual assault.Requires the special unit to: (1) examine the threat posed by such substances and drugs on a national and regional basis; and (2) make recommendations to the Attorney General regarding allocations of resources to address the threat.Directs the Attorney General to submit to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees a report which shall set forth the special unit's recommendations and specify the allocations of resources that the Attorney General proposes to make in response.
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Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R–UT
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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