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HR 3724 112th Congress House

Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled substances from a p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area.

Introduced: December 16, 2011 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Health Disaster relief and insuranceDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth personnel
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Jan 6, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 6, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize a physician registered to dispense, or conduct research with, schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances to enter into an agreement with the Attorney General that authorizes the physician to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area and that requires the physician to: (1) notify the Attorney General in advance of any such transport; (2) identify the controlled substances to be transported, the areas from which and to which the substances will be transported, and the intended dates, mode, time, and duration (not to exceed 72 hours) of transport; and (3) maintain records in the physician's primary practice setting on the dispensing of any substance transported.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3724: Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3724/
MLA
"H.R. 3724: Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3724/.
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H.R. 3724, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3724/.
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[H.R. 3724: Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2011](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3724/)
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