H. R. 2923 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

An Act 

To enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combat Methamphetamine 

Enhancement Act of 2010’’. 

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF SELF-CERTIFICATION BY ALL REGULATED 

PERSONS SELLING SCHEDULED LISTED CHEMICALS. 

Section 310(e)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

830(e)(2)) is amended by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) Each regulated person who makes a sale at retail 

of a scheduled listed chemical product and is required 

under subsection (b)(3) to submit a report of the sales 

transaction to the Attorney General may not sell any scheduled listed chemical product at retail unless such regulated 

person has submitted to the Attorney General a self-certification including a statement that the seller understands 

each of the requirements that apply under this paragraph 

and under subsection (d) and agrees to comply with the 

requirements. The Attorney General shall by regulation 

establish criteria for certifications of mail-order distributors 

that are consistent with the criteria established for the 

certifications of regulated sellers under paragraph (1)(B).’’. 

SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF SELF-CERTIFIED REGULATED SELLERS AND 

REGULATED PERSONS LISTS. 

Section 310(e)(1)(B) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

830(e)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(v) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF SELF-CERTIFIED PERSONS.—The Attorney General shall develop and make 

available a list of all persons who are currently selfcertified in accordance with this section. This list shall 

be made publicly available on the website of the Drug 

Enforcement Administration in an electronically 

downloadable format.’’. 

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT DISTRIBUTORS OF LISTED CHEMICALS 

SELL ONLY TO SELF-CERTIFIED REGULATED SELLERS AND 

REGULATED PERSONS. 

Section 402(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

842(a)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
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(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period and inserting 

‘‘; or’’; 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 

‘‘(15) to distribute a scheduled listed chemical product to 

a regulated seller, or to a regulated person referred to in 

section 310(b)(3)(B), unless such regulated seller or regulated 

person is, at the time of such distribution, currently registered 

with the Drug Enforcement Administration, or on the list of 

persons referred to under section 310(e)(1)(B)(v).’’; and 

(4) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes 

of paragraph (15), if the distributor is temporarily unable to 

access the list of persons referred to under section 

310(e)(1)(B)(v), the distributor may rely on a written, faxed, 

or electronic copy of a certificate of self-certification submitted 

by the regulated seller or regulated person, provided the distributor confirms within 7 business days of the distribution 

that such regulated seller or regulated person is on the list 

referred to under section 310(e)(1)(B)(v).’’. 

SEC. 5. NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO SELF-CERTIFY AS REQUIRED. 

Section 402(a)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

842(a)(10)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘or negligently to fail to self-certify as required under section 

310’’. 

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS. 

(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amendments made 

by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

(b) REGULATIONS.—In promulgating the regulations authorized 

by section 2, the Attorney General may issue regulations on an 

interim basis as necessary to ensure the implementation of this 

Act by the effective date. 

SEC. 7. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.