IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3878 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the proc-
ess for registrants to exercise due diligence upon discov-
ering a suspicious order, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Block, Report, And 
Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROCESS FOR REGISTRANTS TO 
EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE UPON DISCOV-
ERING A SUSPICIOUS ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 312(a) 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 832(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) upon discovering a suspicious order or se-
ries of orders— 
‘‘(A) exercise due diligence; 
‘‘(B) establish and maintain (for not less 
than a period to be determined by the Adminis-
trator of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion) a record of the due diligence that was per-
formed; 
‘‘(C) decline to fill the order or series of 
orders if the due diligence fails to resolve all of 
the indicators that gave rise to the suspicion 
that filling the order or series of orders would 
cause a violation of this title by the registrant 
or the prospective purchaser; and 
‘‘(D) notify the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration and the Special 
Agent in Charge of the Division Office of the 
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Drug Enforcement Administration for the area 
in which the registrant is located or conducts 
business of— 
‘‘(i) each suspicious order or series of 
orders discovered by the registrant; and 
‘‘(ii) the indicators giving rise to the 
suspicion that filling the order or series of 
orders would cause a violation of this title 
by the registrant or the prospective pur-
chaser.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, for purposes of section 
312(a)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act, as amended 
by subsection (a), the Attorney General of the United 
States shall promulgate a final regulation specifying the 
indicators that give rise to a suspicion that filling an order 
or series of orders would cause a violation of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) by a reg-
istrant or a prospective purchaser. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 312(a)(3) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act, as amended by subsection (a), 
shall apply beginning on the day that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. Until such day, section 
312(a)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act shall apply as 
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such section 312(a)(3) was in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF 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 Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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