Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to modify enforcement authorities of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The bill modifies the required elements of an order to show cause issued by the DEA before it denies, revokes, or suspends a registration for a CSA violation.
Additionally, it modifies the standard of review for an immediate suspension order.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5267 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5267

   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for 
    denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, 
distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2018

 Mr. Welch (for himself and Ms. Judy Chu of California) 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 subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for 
    denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, 
distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF FORMAL PROCESS BY WHICH A REGISTRANT WHO IS 
              SUBJECT TO AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE MAY SUBMIT A CORRECTIVE 
              ACTION PLAN.

    Section 304(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C) (relating to 
                submission of a corrective action plan);
            (2) by striking paragraph (3) (relating to clarification of 
        a corrective action plan); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), respectively.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF IMMINENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY 
              FOR PURPOSES OF SUSPENDING A REGISTRATION.

    Section 304(d)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
824(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``there is a substantial likelihood 
of'' and inserting ``there is probable cause to believe that''.
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