DEBAR Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1002
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Justice

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Licensing and registrations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Became Public Law No: 117-36.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021</b> </p> <p>This bill authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bar an entity from registering to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under certain circumstances. </p> <p>Specifically, the DEA may bar&#8212;temporarily or permanently&#8212;the registration of an entity that (1) meets or has met any condition for suspension or revocation of the registration; and (2) is unfit to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance.</p>

action_date: 2021-04-15
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021</b> </p> <p>This bill authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bar an entity from registering to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under certain circumstances. </p> <p>Specifically, the DEA may bar&#8212;temporarily or permanently&#8212;the registration of an entity that (1) meets or has met any condition for suspension or revocation of the registration, and (2) has a history of prior suspensions or revocations.</p>

action_date: 2021-07-27
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021</b> </p> <p>This bill authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bar an entity from registering to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under certain circumstances. </p> <p>Specifically, the DEA may bar&#8212;temporarily or permanently&#8212;the registration of an entity that (1) meets or has met any condition for suspension or revocation of the registration, and (2) has a history of prior suspensions or revocations.</p>

action_date: 2021-08-06
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021</b> </p> <p>This bill authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bar an entity from registering to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under certain circumstances. </p> <p>Specifically, the DEA may bar&#8212;temporarily or permanently&#8212;the registration of an entity that (1) meets or has met any condition for suspension or revocation of the registration, and (2) has a history of prior suspensions or revocations.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1002 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2021 Mr. Latta 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 A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021 . 2. Debarment of certain registrants Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 824 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that— (1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection (a); and (2) such person is unfit to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical. .

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1002 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 19, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021 . 2. Debarment of certain registrants Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 824 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that— (1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection (a); and (2) such person has a history of prior suspensions or revocations of registration. . 3. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1002 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021 . 2. Debarment of certain registrants Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 824 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that— (1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection (a); and (2) such person has a history of prior suspensions or revocations of registration. . 3. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one H. R. 1002 AN ACT To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021 . 2. Debarment of certain registrants Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 824 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that— (1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection (a); and (2) such person has a history of prior suspensions or revocations of registration. . 3. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.