[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1947 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1947

 To provide for an assessment of the abuse of and trafficking in gamma 
hydroxybutyric acid and other controlled substances and drugs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 1999

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an assessment of the abuse of and trafficking in gamma 
hydroxybutyric acid and other controlled substances and drugs, 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. SPECIAL UNIT IN DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR 
              ASSESSMENT OF ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING OF GAMMA 
              HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND 
              DRUGS.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish within the 
Operations Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration a special 
unit which shall assess the abuse of and trafficking in gamma 
hydroxybutyric acid, flunitrazepam, ketamine, other controlled 
substances, and other so-called ``designer drugs'' whose use has been 
associated with sexual assault.
    (b) Particular Duties.--In carrying out the assessment under 
subsection (a), the special unit shall--
            (1) examine the threat posed by the substances and drugs 
        referred to in that subsection on a national basis and regional 
        basis; and
            (2) make recommendations to the Attorney General regarding 
        allocations and reallocations of resources in order to address 
        the threat.
    (c) Report on Recommendations.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
        the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of 
        Representatives a report which shall--
                    (A) set forth the recommendations of the special 
                unit under subsection (b)(2): and
                    (B) specify the allocations and reallocations of 
                resources that the Attorney General proposes to make in 
                response to the recommendations.
            (2) Treatment of report.--Nothing in paragraph (1) may be 
        construed to prohibit the Attorney General or the Administrator 
        of the Drug Enforcement Administration from making any 
        reallocation of existing resources that the Attorney General or 
        the Administrator, as the case may be, considers appropriate.
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