I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1065 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for increased penalties 
for operators of pill mills, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2011 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. 
BONO MACK, Mr. MICA, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Ms. BROWN 
of Florida, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. COOPER, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. LYNCH, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BERG, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LEWIS of California, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. RIVERA, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ED-
WARDS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. 
WEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for in-
creased penalties for operators of pill mills, 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 ‘‘Pill Mill Crackdown 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR OPERATION OF A PILL MILL. 
Section 401(b) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 841(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) 
involving distribution of a controlled substance in 
schedule II or schedule III by the operator of a pill 
mill, such operator shall be imprisoned as provided 
in this subsection (except that the term of such im-
prisonment shall be double the term otherwise appli-
cable), fined as provided in this subsection (except 
that such fine shall be in an amount triple the 
amount otherwise applicable), or both.’’. 
SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION TO PERSONS UNDER AGE TWENTY- 
ONE. 
Section 418 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 859) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PILL MILL OPERATORS.—In the case of a per-
son who commits an offense punishable under section 
401(b)(8), this section shall be applied by substituting 
‘thrice’ for ‘twice’ in each of subsections (a) and (b).’’. 
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SEC. 4. ALTERNATIVE FINE NOT APPLICABLE TO PILL MILL 
OPERATORS. 
Section 415 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 855) is amended by striking ‘‘In lieu of’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Except in the case of an offense 
punishable under section 401(b)(8) or 418(c), in lieu of’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CRIMINAL FOR-
FEITURE OF THE PROPERTY OF PILL MILL 
OPERATORS. 
It is the sense of Congress that an offense punishable 
under section 401(a)(8) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 841(a)(8)) is a violation for which certain 
property is subject to forfeiture to the United States under 
section 413 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 853). 
SEC. 6. USE OF CERTAIN FORFEITED PROPERTY FOR THE 
OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL 
DRUG CONTROL POLICY. 
Section 413(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 853(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘In the case of property ordered forfeited under 
this section by reason of a conviction for an offense pun-
ishable under section 401(b)(8) or 418(c), the proceeds 
from any disposition under this subsection of such prop-
erty shall be used, in addition to amounts previously made 
available in appropriations Acts, for the programs under 
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section 399O, 1911, and 1921 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act.’’. 
SEC. 7. TRANSFER BETWEEN SCHEDULES OF CERTAIN SUB-
STANCES. 
(a) Schedule II in section 202 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended by adding at the 
following: 
‘‘(d) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in 
another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 
preparation containing limited quantities of any of the fol-
lowing narcotic drugs, or any salts thereof: 
‘‘(1) Not more than 300 milligrams of 
dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more 
than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold 
or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of 
opium. 
‘‘(2) Not more than 300 milligrams of 
dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more 
than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or 
more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized 
therapeutic amounts.’’. 
(b) Schedule III in section 202 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended by striking the 
following: 
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‘‘(3) Not more than 300 milligrams of 
dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more 
than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold 
or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of 
opium. 
‘‘(4) Not more than 300 milligrams of 
dihydrocodeinone per 100 milliliters or not more 
than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or 
more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized 
therapeutic amounts.’’. 
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