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Union Calendar No. 352
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3633
[Report No. 105–629, Part I]
To amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to place limita-
tions on controlled substances brought into the United States from
Mexico.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 1998
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
HUTCHINSON, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
HUNTER, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
JULY 16, 1998
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 16, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not
later than July 16, 1998
JULY 16, 1998
Additional sponsors: Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SOLOMON, and Mr.
OXLEY
JULY 16, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export
Act to place limitations on controlled substances brought
into the United States from Mexico.
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 ‘‘Controlled Substances
Trafficking Prohibition Act’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 1006(a) of the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 956(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Attor-
ney General’’ and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Any individual who enters the United States
through a land border with Mexico with a controlled sub-
stance (except a substance in schedule I) for which such
individual does not possess a prescription written by a
practitioner licensed under the authority of this Act or
documentation which verifies such a prescription and who
meets the requirements of paragraph (1) may bring a con-
trolled substance (except a substance in schedule I) into
the United States but only in an amount—
‘‘(A) which is not more than 50 dosage units
(as defined by the Attorney General in regulation) of
the controlled substances; or
‘‘(B) which, in the case of an individual who
does not lawfully reside in the United States, is con-
sistent with the approximate length of the individ-
ual’s stay in the United States as determined by a
United States Customs official at the United States
border.’’.
(b) FEDERAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.—The re-
quirement of the section 1006(a)(2) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Import and Export Act, added by the amendment
made by subsection (a), is a minimum Federal require-
ment and does not limit any State from imposing an addi-
tional requirement.
(c) EXTENT.—The amendment made by subsection
(a) shall not be construed to affect the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Union Calendar No. 352
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3633
[Report No. 105–629, Part I]
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Import and
Export Act to place limitations on controlled sub-
stances brought into the United States from
Mexico.
JULY 16, 1998
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 16, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a
period ending not later than July 16, 1998
JULY 16, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed