[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 449 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 449

 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit 
 to Congress a report on the effects on public health of the increased 
                    rate of use of synthetic drugs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2017

 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Collins of New 
  York, and Mr. Butterfield) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit 
 to Congress a report on the effects on public health of the increased 
                    rate of use of synthetic drugs.

    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 ``Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH OF SYNTHETIC DRUG USE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than three years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service 
shall submit to Congress a report on the effects on public health of 
the increase since January 2010 in the rate of use of synthetic drugs 
in the United States by individuals who are at least 12 years of age 
but not more than 18 years of age.
    (b) Synthetic Drug Defined.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
term ``synthetic drug'' means a drug which is developed and 
manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
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