Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
Latest action · Jul 13, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration to register practitioners (other than pharmacies) to transport controlled substances to and administer controlled substances in other states.
A registered practitioner must: be licensed, registered, or authorized to administer controlled substances in the other state; limit the duration of transport to 72 consecutive hours; and comply with recordkeeping requirements.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 349 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed416–2 | Jul 12, 2017 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2017Markup Jun 7, 2017Reported Jun 23, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2017Discharged Jun 7, 2017 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2017Discharged Jun 23, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2017 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 13, 2017 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jul 12, 2017Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5485)
- Jul 12, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 349). (text: CR 07/11/2017 H5396)
- Jul 12, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 11, 2017Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 11, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5396-5398)
- Jul 11, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1492.
- Jul 11, 2017At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jun 23, 2017Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-192, Part I.
- Jun 23, 2017Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Jun 23, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 131.
- Jun 7, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 7, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 7, 2017Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Mar 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2017Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H5485enact | — | Jul 12, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5396–H5398Text printed H5396 | Gene Green D-TX, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Pete Sessions R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jul 11, 2017 |
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
- May 10, 2018H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017As passed by the House of Representatives on July 12, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 42, March 10, 2017, page H2052.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States in which the practitioner is not registered under the Act for the purpose of administering the substances (under applicable State law) at locations other than principal places of business or professional practice.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jul 12, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jun 23, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
