[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4624-S4625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDING THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT TO FIX A TECHNICAL ERROR IN THE 
                              DEFINITIONS

  Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 4235 
and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4235) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     fix a technical error in the definitions.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

[[Page S4625]]

  The bill (S. 4235) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 4235

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

     SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

        Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     802) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (58) as paragraph (59);
       (2) by redesignating the second paragraph designated as 
     paragraph (57) (relating to the definition of ``serious drug 
     felony'') as paragraph (58); and
       (3) by moving paragraphs (57), (58) (as so redesignated), 
     and (59) (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the left.

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