H.R. 1254 · 112th Congress
Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011
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23 cosponsors · 7 D, 16 R
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- House Introduced Mar 30, 2011
- House Passed Dec 8, 2011 317–98
Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add as schedule I controlled substances: (1) any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains specified cannabimimetic agents (or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers thereof); and (2) specified additional hallucinogenic substances (or the salts, isomers, or salts…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Dec 8, 2011
Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add as schedule I controlled substances: (1) any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains specified cannabimimetic agents (or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers thereof); and (2) specified additional hallucinogenic substances (or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers thereof).
Extends the period for which the Attorney General may temporarily schedule a substance in schedule I to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety to two years with a one-year extension (currently, one year with a six-month extension).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011
Latest action (Dec 8, 2011): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 30, 2011
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- House Introduced Mar 30, 2011
- House Passed Dec 8, 2011 317–98
Final vote · House · Dec 8, 2011
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner