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Union Calendar No. 481 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3878 
[Report No. 116–583, Part I] 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for registrants 
to exercise due diligence upon discovering a suspicious order, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2019 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WALDEN and Ms. STEFANIK 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 23, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the proc-
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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 ‘‘Block, Report, And Sus-
pend 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 amend-
ed 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 Administration) 
a record of the due diligence that was performed; 
‘‘(C) decline to fill the order or series of or-
ders 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 
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‘‘(D) notify the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration and the Special 
Agent in Charge of the Division Office of the 
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) APPLICABILITY.—Section 312(a)(3) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act, as amended by subsection (a), shall 
apply beginning on the day that is 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act. Until such day, section 312(a)(3) 
of the Controlled Substances Act shall apply as such section 
312(a)(3) was in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 481 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3878 
[Report No. 116–583, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify 
the process for registrants to exercise due dili-
gence upon discovering a suspicious order, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
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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