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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 207

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the placing of 

certain substances on the schedules of controlled substances, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. SWEENEY (for himself and Mr. OSBORNE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Education and the 

Workforce, 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 

A BILL

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to 

the placing of certain substances on the schedules of 

controlled substances, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SCHEDULING OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 102(23) of the Controlled 

5 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(23)) is amended? 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)(i)’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’; 
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iii)’’; and 

2 (4) by inserting after ‘‘means a substance?’’ the 

3 following new subparagraph: 

4 ‘‘(A) which the Attorney General has 

5 found to be, and by regulation designated as 

6 being, the immediate chemical precursor of an 

7 anabolic steroid that has been scheduled as a 

8 controlled substance (hereinafter in this sub9 paragraph referred to as ‘scheduled anabolic 

10 steroid’) which either is a metabolite of a sched11 uled anabolic steroid or is transformed in the 

12 body directly into a scheduled anabolic steroid 

13 or the metabolite of a scheduled anabolic ster14 oid; or’’. 

15 (b) PLACEMENT ON SCHEDULE.—Section 201(e) of 

16 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(e)) is 

17 amended? 

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘or for the immediate pre19 cursor of a scheduled anabolic steroid, without re20 gard to the requirements of section 102(41), includ21 ing the requirement that the substance promote 

22 muscle growth’’ after ‘‘section 202(b)’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘How24 ever, once an immediate precursor described in sec25 tion 102(23)(A) is placed in a schedule pursuant to 
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1 this section, it becomes a controlled substance and 

2 the Attorney General may schedule an immediate 

3 precursor of that substance in accordance with this 

4 section.’’. 

5 SEC. 2. AT-RISK EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR GRADE AND 

6 HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Na8 tional Drug Control Policy (hereinafter in this section re9 ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) is authorized to undertake 

10 education programs at the grade and high school levels 

11 to highlight the harmful effects of steroids and steroid pre12 cursor use by youths. 

13 (b) TARGET REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall, to 

14 the maximum extent feasible, use amounts made available 

15 to carry out subsection (a) for existing State and local 

16 antidrug programs. Furthermore, funds made available 

17 for this purpose shall be used primarily on education pro18 grams that will directly communicate with teachers, prin19 cipals, coaches, as well as grade and high school children 

20 at the school level on the harmful effects of steroids and 

21 steroid precursors. 

22 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap23 propriated for programs under section 2(a) $10,000,000 
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1 for fiscal year 2004, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and 

2 $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.

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