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S 2297 112th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Drug trafficking and controlled substances

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.

Introduced: April 18, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Apr 18, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 18, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove dihydrocodeinone from classification as a schedule III controlled substance.

What's happening now April 18, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 18, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2297: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2297/
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"S. 2297: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2297/.
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S. 2297, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2297/.
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