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SAFE DOSES Act

Introduced: March 20, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-186.
Oct 5, 2012
Signed by President.
Sep 25, 2012
Presented to President.
Sep 24, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 22, 2012
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 22, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 22, 2012
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6671)
Sep 22, 2012
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6671)
Jun 27, 2012
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 26, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 26, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3991-3992)
Jun 26, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3991-3992)
Jun 26, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4223.
Jun 26, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3991-3994)
Jun 26, 2012
Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 25, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
Jun 25, 2012
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-549.
Jun 6, 2012
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 6, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 5, 2012
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Mar 28, 2012
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 20, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 20, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 26, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2012 or the SAFE DOSES Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit, in or using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce: (1) embezzling, stealing, obtaining by fraud or deception, or knowingly and unlawfully taking, carrying away, or concealing a medical product that has not yet been made available for retail purchase by a consumer (pre-retail medical product); (2) knowingly and falsely making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting the labeling or documentation of such a product; (3) knowingly possessing, transporting, or trafficking in a product involved in such a violation; (4) buying or otherwise obtaining, or selling or distributing, with intent to defraud, such a product that has expired or been stolen; or (5) attempting or conspiring to commit such a violation.

Makes such a violation an aggravated offense if: (1) the defendant is employed by, or is an agent of, an organization in the supply chain for the product; or (2) the violation involves the use of violence, force, a threat of violence or force, or the use of a deadly weapon, results in serious bodily injury or death, or is subsequent to a prior conviction for an offense under this Act.

Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations, including a civil penalty of up to the greater of 3 times the economic loss attributable to the violation or $1 million.

Provides for civil forfeiture for any property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to such a violation.

Requires the penalties under this Act to apply for the following offenses involving a pre-retail medical product: (1) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; (2) engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity; (3) breaking into or entering carrier facilities with intent to commit larceny; and (4) the transportation, sale, or receipt of stolen property. Directs the Attorney General to give increased priority to efforts to investigate and prosecute offenses involving pre-retail medical products.

Extends provisions authorizing wiretapping and requiring victim restitution to offenses relating to theft of a pre-retail medical product.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to offenses related to pre-retail medical product theft or robberies and burglaries involving controlled substances to reflect congressional intent that penalties are sufficient to deter and punish such offenses and to appropriately account for actual harm to the public.

What's happening now October 5, 2012

Became Public Law No: 112-186.

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