Ecstasy Prevention Act of 2001
Latest action · Aug 6, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) use amounts available under this Act to combat the trafficking of Ecstasy in designated high intensity drug trafficking areas; and (2) ensure that the national media campaign under the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 addresses the reduction and prevention of abuse of Ecstasy and club and emerging drugs among young people in the United States.
Provides for: (1) funding for an Ecstasy drug test which would meet Federal workplace standards; and (2) a mandatory research study by the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse that evaluates the effects that Ecstasy use can have on an individual's health.
Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to establish an interagency Task Force on Ecstasy/MDMA and Emerging Club Drugs.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2001 to Sep 17, 2002, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jul 20, 2001 |
| R-CA | Doug Ose | Original | Jul 20, 2001 |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Original | Jul 20, 2001 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Original | Jul 20, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 17, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 6, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- Jul 31, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 20, 2001Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2001Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Anxiety
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Brain
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug law enforcement
- Drug testing
- Drug traffic
- Drugs and employment
- Drugs and government employees
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal aid to substance abuse programs
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Medical research
- Memory
- Mental depression
- Mental health
- Methamphetamine
- Pharmaceutical research
- Police training
- Psychology
- Public service advertising
- Retail trade
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Searches and seizures
- Sleep disorders
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