I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3014 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant 
to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled 
substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to 
a disaster area. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 
SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, Mr. HOLDING, Mrs. 
WAGNER, and Mr. ROTHFUS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physi-
cians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney Gen-
eral, to transport controlled substances from a practice 
setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area. 
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 ‘‘Medical Controlled 
Substances Transportation Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORT BY PHYSICIANS OF CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES TO ANOTHER PRACTICE SETTING 
OR TO A DISASTER AREA. 
Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); 
(2) by striking ‘‘(f) The Attorney General’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(f)(1) The Attorney General’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) If a physician registered under paragraph (1) 
enters into an agreement with the Attorney General de-
scribed in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall au-
thorize the physician to transport one or more controlled 
substances— 
‘‘(A) from a practice setting to another practice 
setting in order to administer the substances (under 
applicable State law) to one or more patients; or 
‘‘(B) from a practice setting to a disaster area 
in order to administer the substances (under appli-
cable State law) for purposes of treating injuries or 
conditions resulting from a major disaster. 
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‘‘(3) An agreement referred to in paragraph (2) shall 
require the physician— 
‘‘(A) to notify the Attorney General in advance 
of any such transport; 
‘‘(B) to identify in any such notification— 
‘‘(i) the controlled substances to be trans-
ported; 
‘‘(ii) the practice setting from which the 
controlled substances will be transported; 
‘‘(iii) the practice setting or disaster area, 
as applicable, to which the controlled substances 
will be transported; 
‘‘(iv) the intended dates of transport; 
‘‘(v) the anticipated travel time; and 
‘‘(vi) the intended mode of transport; 
‘‘(C) to limit the time of transport of any con-
trolled substance pursuant to this paragraph (be-
tween practice settings or between a practice setting 
and a disaster area) to not more than 72 consecutive 
hours; and 
‘‘(D) to maintain records in the physician’s pri-
mary practice setting on the dispensing of any con-
trolled substance transported pursuant to this para-
graph, including identification of— 
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‘‘(i) the location where the controlled sub-
stance was dispensed; and 
‘‘(ii) the quantity of the controlled sub-
stance dispensed. 
‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3): 
‘‘(A) The term ‘disaster area’ means the area 
for which the President has declared a major dis-
aster, during the period of the declaration. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘major disaster’ has the mean-
ing given the term under section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act.’’. 
Æ 
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