IB 
Union Calendar No. 131 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1492 
[Report No. 115–192, Part I] 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General 
to register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States 
in which the practitioner is not registered under the Act for the purpose 
of administering the substances (under applicable State law) at locations 
other than principal places of business or professional practice. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2017 
Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
JUNE 23, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 23, 2017 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attor-
ney General to register practitioners to transport con-
trolled substances to States in which the practitioner 
is not registered under the Act for the purpose of admin-
istering the substances (under applicable State law) at 
locations other than principal places of business or pro-
fessional practice. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medical Controlled 
Substances Transportation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION FOR TRANSPORT OF CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES TO STATES IN WHICH THE 
PRACTITIONER IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER 
THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT FOR 
THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THE SUB-
STANCES AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF BUSINESS OR PROFES-
SIONAL PRACTICE. 
Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) REGISTRATION
FOR
TRANSPORT
OF
CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES TO STATES IN WHICH THE PRAC-
TITIONER IS NOT REGISTERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF 
ADMINISTERING THE SUBSTANCES AT LOCATIONS OTHER 
THAN PRINCIPAL PLACES
OF BUSINESS
OR PROFES-
SIONAL PRACTICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon application by a 
practitioner (other than a pharmacy) who is reg-
istered under subsection (f), the Attorney General 
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shall issue a separate registration to the practitioner 
authorizing the practitioner— 
‘‘(A) to transport one or more controlled 
substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V from 
the practitioner’s registered location in a State 
to one or more States in which the practitioner 
is not registered under subsection (f) for the 
purpose of the practitioner administering the 
substances at locations other than a principal 
place of business or professional practice; and 
‘‘(B) to so administer the substances. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—For a practitioner to be 
authorized to transport and administer controlled 
substances pursuant to a registration issued under 
paragraph (1), all of the following conditions must 
be satisfied: 
‘‘(A) The practitioner must be licensed, 
registered, or otherwise permitted by the State 
in which the controlled substances are adminis-
tered to carry out such activity at the location 
where it occurs. 
‘‘(B) The practitioner must— 
‘‘(i) limit the time of transport and 
administering of any controlled substance 
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pursuant to such registration to not more 
than 72 consecutive hours; and 
‘‘(ii) by the conclusion of such 72 
hours, return any such controlled sub-
stance so transported but not administered 
to the registered location from which such 
substance was obtained. 
‘‘(C)(i) The practitioner must maintain 
records of the transporting and administering 
of any controlled substance pursuant to this 
subsection. 
‘‘(ii) Such records shall be maintained, in 
accordance with the requirements of section 
307(b), at the practitioner’s registered location 
from which the controlled substances were ob-
tained and shall include— 
‘‘(I) the location where the controlled 
substance was administered; and 
‘‘(II) such other information as may 
be required by regulation of the Attorney 
General with respect to records for dis-
pensers of controlled substances. 
‘‘(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii), the ex-
ception in subsection 307(c)(1)(B) shall not 
apply to records required by this subparagraph. 
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