[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3373. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 203, add the following:
       (c) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (1) review the prescription drug take back program 
     authorized under subsection (b), including participation 
     rates and stakeholder concerns, in order to catalogue the 
     most significant regulatory barriers for voluntary 
     participation by retail pharmacies; and
       (2) submit to Congress a report that includes 
     recommendations on how the Drug Enforcement Administration 
     and Congress can address existing regulatory barriers in 
     order to expand voluntary participation by retail pharmacies 
     in the program.
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