[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1638]
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  SA 1243. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with 
respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORTING.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``fentanyl-
     related substance'' has the meaning given that term under 
     subsection (e) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)), as added by 
     this Act.
       (b) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
     Congress a report that, for the year before the year during 
     which the report is submitted--
       (1) indicates the number of fentanyl-related substances 
     identified by the Attorney General and lists the scientific 
     names of each newly identified fentanyl-related substance;
       (2) describes the extent of scientific and medical 
     evaluation by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, if any, of each substance that was 
     determined to be a fentanyl-related substance;
       (3) identifies any fentanyl-related substance for which 
     results of the scientific and medical evaluation, if any, by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services found the 
     fentanyl-related substance to have some accepted medical use 
     or a lower potential for abuse than substances included in 
     schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) and, for each such fentanyl-related 
     substance, the control status of the substance; and
       (4) for each fentanyl-related substance, indicates the 
     number of criminal cases in which an offense involving the 
     fentanyl-related substance was charged.
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