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SALTS Act

Introduced: February 27, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2015
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.
Feb 27, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances Act of 2015 or the SALTS Act

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the following factors to be considered in determining whether a controlled substance analogue was intended for human consumption:

  • the marketing, advertising, and labeling of the substance;
  • the known efficacy or usefulness of the substance for the marketed, advertised, or labeled purpose;
  • the difference between the price at which the substance is sold and the price at which the substance it is purported to be or advertised as is normally sold;
  • the diversion of the substance from legitimate channels and the clandestine importation, manufacture, or distribution of the substance;
  • whether the defendant knew or should have known that the substance was intended to be consumed by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other immediate means; and
  • whether the substance is manufactured, formulated, sold, distributed, or marketed with the intent to avoid the provisions of existing drug laws.

Declares that evidence that a substance was not marketed, advertised, or labeled for human consumption shall not by itself be sufficient to establish that the substance was not intended for human consumption.

What's happening now March 31, 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1327 Related bill SALTS Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 25, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1186: SALTS Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1186/
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"H.R. 1186: SALTS Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1186/.
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H.R. 1186, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1186/.
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