[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5020 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5020

 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit 
 to Congress a report on the effects on public health of the increased 
                    rate of use of synthetic drugs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2016

Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Collins of New York, and Mr. 
 Butterfield) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit 
 to Congress a report on the effects on public health of the increased 
                    rate of use of synthetic drugs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH OF SYNTHETIC DRUG USE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than three years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service 
shall submit to Congress a report on the effects on public health of 
the increase since January 2010 in the rate of use of synthetic drugs 
in the United States by individuals who are at least 12 years of age 
but not more than 18 years of age.
    (b) Synthetic Drug Defined.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
term ``synthetic drug'' means a drug which is developed and 
manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
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