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HR 1316 112th Congress House

Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2011

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for the relief of severe-only instead of moderate-to-severe pain, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 1, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationPrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 7, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 1, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 1, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), within 90 days, to take such actions as may be necessary to modify the approval of, and limit any subsequent approval of, any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hychloride to use for the relief of severe-only pain instead of moderate-to-severe pain.

Applies any such modification to drugs introduced into interstate commerce 180 days after enactment of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 1, 2011
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 1, 2011
Mack, Connie
· Apr 1, 2011
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1316: Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1316/
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"H.R. 1316: Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1316/.
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H.R. 1316, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1316/.
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