(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 20, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014 - 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 transporting and dispensing site is located in a state where the veterinarian is licensed to practice and is not a principal place of business or professional practice.
[113th Congress Public Law 143]
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Public Law 113-143
113th Congress
An Act
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. <<NOTE: Aug. 1,
2014 - [H.R. 1528]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Veterinary
Medicine Mobility Act of 2014. 21 USC 801 note.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORT AND DISPENSING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE
USUAL COURSE OF VETERINARY PRACTICE.
Section 302(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822(e))
is amended--
(1) by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(e)(1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a registrant who is a
veterinarian shall not be 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 the registrant's
registered principal place of business or professional practice, so long
as the site of transporting and dispensing is located in a State where
the veterinarian is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is not
a principal place of business or professional practice.''.
Approved August 1, 2014.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1528:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-457, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
July 8, considered and passed House.
July 16, considered and passed Senate.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-457, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-457, Part I.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 338.
Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5834-5836)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1528.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5834)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5834)
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 458.
Enacted as Public Law 113-143
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4567-4568)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4567-4568)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 113-143.
Became Public Law No: 113-143.