HR 4223 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

SAFE DOSES Act

Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-186.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 20, 2012
  2. Passed HouseJun 26, 2012
  3. Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
  4. To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
  5. Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-186

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 26, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012 or the SAFE DOSES Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit, in or using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce: (1) embezzling, stealing, obtaining by fraud or deception, or knowingly and unlawfully taking, carrying away, or concealing a medical product that has not yet been made available for retail purchase by a consumer (pre-retail medical product); (2) knowingly and falsely making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting the labeling or documentation of such a product; (3) knowingly possessing, transporting, or trafficking in a product involved in such a violation; (4) buying or otherwise obtaining, or selling or distributing, with intent to defraud, such a product that has expired or been stolen; or (5) attempting or conspiring to commit such a violation.

Makes such a violation an aggravated offense if: (1) the defendant is employed by, or is an agent of, an organization in the supply chain for the product; or (2) the violation involves the use of violence, force, a threat of violence or force, or the use of a deadly weapon, results in serious bodily injury or death, or is subsequent to a prior conviction for an offense under this Act.

Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations, including a civil penalty of up to the greater of 3 times the economic loss attributable to the violation or $1 million.

Provides for civil forfeiture for any property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to such a violation.

Requires the penalties under this Act to apply for the following offenses involving a pre-retail medical product: (1) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; (2) engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity; (3) breaking into or entering carrier facilities with intent to commit larceny; and (4) the transportation, sale, or receipt of stolen property. Directs the Attorney General to give increased priority to efforts to investigate and prosecute offenses involving pre-retail medical products.

Extends provisions authorizing wiretapping and requiring victim restitution to offenses relating to theft of a pre-retail medical product.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to offenses related to pre-retail medical product theft or robberies and burglaries involving controlled substances to reflect congressional intent that penalties are sufficient to deter and punish such offenses and to appropriately account for actual harm to the public.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2012 to Jun 6, 2012; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalMar 20, 2012
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalMar 20, 2012
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 20, 2012
R-PAPatrick MeehanOriginalMar 20, 2012
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalMar 20, 2012
R-INMike PenceJun 6, 2012

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 20, 2012Markup Jun 6, 2012Reported Jun 25, 2012
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Mar 26, 2012Hearings Mar 28, 2012Discharged Jun 5, 2012
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 27, 2012Discharged Sep 22, 2012

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
  2. Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-186.
  3. Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
  4. Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6671)
  6. Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6671)
  7. Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Jun 27, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  9. Jun 26, 2012Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Jun 26, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3991-3994)
  11. Jun 26, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4223.
  12. Jun 26, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3991-3992)
  13. Jun 26, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Jun 25, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-549.
  15. Jun 25, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
  16. Jun 6, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  17. Jun 6, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  18. Jun 5, 2012Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
  19. Mar 28, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  20. Mar 26, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  21. Mar 20, 2012Introduced in House
  22. Mar 20, 2012Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6671Mark L. Pryor D-ARSep 21, 2012
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1173Linda T. Sánchez D-CAJun 28, 2012
HouseDebate and remarks H3991–H3994Text printed H3991F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI, Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA, Lamar Smith R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJun 26, 2012

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Jun 15, 2012H.R. 4223, SAFE DOSES ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 6, 2012

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1427.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-132SAFE DOSES ACT, THE COUNTERFEIT DRUG PENALTY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2011, AND THE FOREIGN COUNTERFEIT PREVENTION ACT212 pagesJudiciary CommitteeMar 28, 2012

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1002Safe Doses ActRelated billAug 28, 2012

Titles 10

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit theft of medical products, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Safe Doses Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
SAFE DOSES Act
Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012
Short Titles as Passed House
SAFE DOSES Act
Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012
Short Titles as Passed Senate
SAFE DOSES Act
Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012
Short Titles as Enacted
SAFE DOSES Act
Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jun 27, 2012Referred in Senate
  3. Jun 26, 2012Engrossed in House
  4. Jun 25, 2012Reported in House
  5. Mar 20, 2012Introduced in House

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