[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3563 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3563

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exempt from punishment the 
   possession, sale, or purchase of fentanyl drug testing equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2023

Ms. Crockett (for herself, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Allred, Mr. Bacon, 
    Ms. Balint, Mr. Bera, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. 
  Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Craig, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Frost, Mr. Robert 
Garcia of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
  Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
   Moskowitz, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Ross, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
 and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Act to exempt from punishment the 
   possession, sale, or purchase of fentanyl drug testing equipment.

    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 ``Secure Testing Resources Instead of 
Prosecuting Act'' or the ``STRIP Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS.

    Section 422(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 863(f)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the possession, sale, or purchase of fentanyl drug 
        testing equipment, including fentanyl test strips.''.
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