[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1795. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON POWDERED ALCOHOL.

       Title I of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
     U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 118. POWDERED ALCOHOL.

       ``(a) Designation of Certain Chemicals.--The Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 
     Food and Drugs, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, shall by rule designate any chemical that may be 
     used to convert alcohol in liquid form to alcohol in powder 
     form.
       ``(b) Prohibited Activity.--
       ``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `powdered 
     alcohol' means any alcohol combined with a chemical 
     designated under subsection (a).
       ``(2) Offense.--It shall be unlawful to make, sell, 
     distribute, or possess powdered alcohol.
       ``(3) Penalty.--Any person who violates paragraph (2) shall 
     be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 1 
     year, or both.''.
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