II 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2923 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 
Received 
AN ACT 
To enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. 
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 ‘‘Combat Methamphet-
amine 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 sched-
uled listed chemical product at retail unless 
such regulated person has submitted to the At-
torney General a self-certification including a 
statement that the seller understands each of 
the requirements that apply under this para-
graph 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 para-
graph (1)(B).’’. 
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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 Gen-
eral shall develop and make available a list 
of all persons who are currently self-cer-
tified in accordance with this section. This 
list shall be made publicly available on the 
website of the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration in an electronically downloadable 
format.’’. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT DISTRIBUTORS OF LISTED 
CHEMICALS SELL ONLY TO SELF-CERTIFIED 
REGULATED SELLERS AND REGULATED PER-
SONS. 
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; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(15) to distribute a scheduled listed chemical 
product to a regulated seller, or to a regulated per-
son 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 re-
ferred to under section 310(e)(1)(B)(v), the dis-
tributor 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 RE-
QUIRED. 
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-cer-
tify as required under section 310’’. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments 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 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 September 22, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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