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S 1171 113th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Drug trafficking and controlled substances Licensing and registrations Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow a veterinarian to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location.

Introduced: June 17, 2013 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 10, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 9, 2014
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.
Jan 9, 2014
Received in the House.
Jan 9, 2014
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jan 8, 2014
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S185)
Jan 8, 2014
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S185)
Jan 8, 2014
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S185)
Jan 8, 2014
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S185)
Jun 17, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 17, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a veterinarian who is registered to manufacture or distribute controlled substances from being required to have a separate registration in order to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice at a site other than such veterinarian's principal place of business or professional practice, as long as the site of transporting and dispensing is located in a state where the veterinarian is licensed to practice.

What's happening now March 20, 2014

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1528 Related bill Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014
  • S 950 Related bill Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2013
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 4 Independent 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 12, 2013
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 16, 2013
 R
Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jul 11, 2013
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 17, 2013
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 17, 2013
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 17, 2013
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 17, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1171: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow a veterinarian to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1171/
MLA
"S. 1171: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow a veterinarian to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1171/.
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S. 1171, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1171/.
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