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HR 3714 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Drug trafficking and controlled substances Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care

Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013

Introduced: March 24, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 24, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Dec 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 12, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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 12, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Attorney General (AG) to jointly carry out a program under which a member of the Armed Forces (member), an individual receiving or entitled to military retired or retainer pay, a dependent-beneficiary of a member, or any person lawfully entitled to dispose of the property of any of such individuals may deliver a personal-use controlled substance (the prescription medication of a deceased individual) for disposal at a facility to be specified by the Secretary and the AG. Requires the Secretary and AG, in implementing the program, to develop appropriate guidelines and procedures to prevent the diversion, misuse, theft, or loss of such delivered substances.

Directs the Secretary and the AG to jointly carry out a program under which a veteran, a veteran's spouse or dependent, a person in receipt of medical services at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility, or any person lawfully entitled to dispose of the property of any of such individuals may deliver such a controlled substance for disposal at a specified facility, subject to the same guidelines and procedures with respect to such delivered substances.

What's happening now January 27, 2014

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

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2
JONES, WALTER
· Mar 24, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Mar 24, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 7, 2014
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 12, 2013
Farenthold, Blake
· Dec 12, 2013
HOLT, RUSH
· Dec 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3714: Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3714/
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"H.R. 3714: Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3714/.
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