[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 317 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 317

   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should open a 
  dialog with the Government of Canada to discuss the smuggling from 
Canada into the United States of large quantities of pseudoephedrine, a 
      necessary ingredient in the production of methamphetamines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2002

 Mr. Radanovich (for himself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Boswell, and 
 Mr. Cannon) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should open a 
  dialog with the Government of Canada to discuss the smuggling from 
Canada into the United States of large quantities of pseudoephedrine, a 
      necessary ingredient in the production of methamphetamines.

Whereas pseudoephedrine is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter cold 
        medicines;
Whereas pseudoephedrine is also a necessary ingredient in the production of 
        methamphetamines;
Whereas the production and use of methamphetamines is a serious problem in the 
        United States;
Whereas large quantities of pseudoephedrine are necessary to produce large 
        quantities of methamphetamine;
Whereas the Federal Government and the private sector have cooperatively ensured 
        that pseudoephedrine sold in the United States is packaged in blister 
        packs or in bottles containing 24 or fewer grams of pseudoephedrine;
Whereas Canadian manufacturers produce pseudoephedrine in bottles containing as 
        many as 1,920 grams of pseudoephedrine;
Whereas in recent years Federal narcotics investigators have found 
        pseudoephedrine from Canada in methamphetamine labs in the United States 
        with increasing frequency and in larger quantities;
Whereas from 1994 to 2000 the importation of pseudoephedrine powder to Canada 
        increased by 817 percent; and
Whereas large quantities of pseudoephedrine from Canada are being smuggled into 
        the United States to be used in the production of methamphetamines: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President should open a 
dialog with the Government of Canada to discuss--
            (1) the smuggling from Canada into the United States of 
        large quantities of pseudoephedrine, a necessary ingredient in 
        the production of methamphetamines; and
            (2) methods to restrict the quantity of pseudoephedrine 
        that Canadian manufacturers can package in a single container.
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