[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S8244]
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            CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES EXPORT REFORM ACT of 2005

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1395 introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1395) to amend the Controlled Substances Import 
     and Export Act to provide authority for the Attorney General 
     to authorize the export of controlled substances from the 
     United States to another country for subsequent export from 
     that country to a second country, if certain conditions and 
     safeguards are satisfied.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1395) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1395

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

     SECTION 1. REEXPORTATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Controlled 
     Substances Export Reform Act of 2005''.
       (b) In General.--Section 1003 of the Controlled Substances 
     Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 953) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a)(4) and (c)(3), the 
     Attorney General may authorize any controlled substance that 
     is in schedule I or II, or is a narcotic drug in schedule III 
     or IV, to be exported from the United States to a country for 
     subsequent export from that country to another country, if 
     each of the following conditions is met:
       ``(1) Both the country to which the controlled substance is 
     exported from the United States (referred to in this 
     subsection as the `first country') and the country to which 
     the controlled substance is exported from the first country 
     (referred to in this subsection as the `second country') are 
     parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and 
     the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971.
       ``(2) The first country and the second country have each 
     instituted and maintain, in conformity with such Conventions, 
     a system of controls of imports of controlled substances 
     which the Attorney General deems adequate.
       ``(3) With respect to the first country, the controlled 
     substance is consigned to a holder of such permits or 
     licenses as may be required under the laws of such country, 
     and a permit or license to import the controlled substance 
     has been issued by the country.
       ``(4) With respect to the second country, substantial 
     evidence is furnished to the Attorney General by the person 
     who will export the controlled substance from the United 
     States that--
       ``(A) the controlled substance is to be consigned to a 
     holder of such permits or licenses as may be required under 
     the laws of such country, and a permit or license to import 
     the controlled substance is to be issued by the country; and
       ``(B) the controlled substance is to be applied exclusively 
     to medical, scientific, or other legitimate uses within the 
     country.
       ``(5) The controlled substance will not be exported from 
     the second country.
       ``(6) Within 30 days after the controlled substance is 
     exported from the first country to the second country, the 
     person who exported the controlled substance from the United 
     States delivers to the Attorney General documentation 
     certifying that such export from the first country has 
     occurred.
       ``(7) A permit to export the controlled substance from the 
     United States has been issued by the Attorney General.''.

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