[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2340 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2340

  To amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to remove 
  regulatory barriers to the re-exportation of controlled substances 
              among members of the European Economic Area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2015

  Mr. Pitts 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 Import and Export Act to remove 
  regulatory barriers to the re-exportation of controlled substances 
              among members of the European Economic Area.

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

SECTION 1. RE-EXPORTATION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA.

    Section 1003(f) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act 
(21 U.S.C. 953(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking ``(5)'' and inserting ``(5)(A)'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, except that the controlled 
                substance may be exported from the second country to 
                another country that is a member of the European 
                Economic Area'' before the period at the end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Subsequent to any re-exportation described in 
        subparagraph (A), a controlled substance may continue to be 
        exported from any country that is a member of the European 
        Economic Area to any other such country, provided that--
                    ``(i) the conditions applicable with respect to the 
                first country under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), 
                and (7) are met by each subsequent country from which 
                the controlled substances is exported pursuant to this 
                paragraph; and
                    ``(ii) the conditions applicable with respect to 
                the second country under such paragraphs are met by 
                each subsequent country to which the controlled 
                substance is exported pursuant to this paragraph.''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Limitation.--The Attorney General shall not promulgate nor 
enforce any regulation, subregulatory guidance, or enforcement policy 
which impedes re-exportation among European Economic Area countries (as 
provided in subsection (f)(5)), including by promulgating or enforcing 
any requirement that--
            ``(1) re-exportation from the first country to the second 
        country or re-exportation from the second country to another 
        country (as such terms are used in subsection (f)) occur within 
        a specified period of time; or
            ``(2) information concerning the consignee, country, and 
        product be provided prior to exportation of the controlled 
        substance from the United States.''.
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