[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 36 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3441. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Durbin) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LAWFUL PRESENCE OF PRACTITIONERS REGISTERED UNDER 
                   THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

       Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     823(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In 
     the case of an applicant who is an individual, the Attorney 
     General may not register the applicant under this subsection 
     unless the applicant demonstrates that he or she is a 
     national of the United States or is otherwise lawfully 
     present in the United States under the immigration laws.''.
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