[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5601 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5601

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label 
of any drug containing an opiate to prominently state that addiction is 
                               possible.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2016

Ms. Kuster (for herself and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label 
of any drug containing an opiate to prominently state that addiction is 
                               possible.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carl's Law''.

SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT TO ALERT ALL CONSUMERS OF OPIATES THAT 
              ADDICTION IS POSSIBLE.

    (a) Misbranding.--Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(dd) If it is a drug containing an opiate (as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act) unless the label prominently 
states that the drug contains an opiate and addiction is possible.''.
    (b) Delayed Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
applies beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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