DEBAR Act of 2020

Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2020 or the DEBAR Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to temporarily or permanently prohibit the registration of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of controlled substances (i.e., substances regulated under federal law because of their potential for dependence and addiction) if the entity (1) meets or has met the conditions for suspension or revocation of a registration, and (2) has a history of prior suspensions or revocations of registration.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4806 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4806

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of 
              certain registrants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2019

  Mr. Latta introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of 
              certain registrants, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor 
Registrants Act of 2019'' or the ``DEBAR Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEBARMENT OF CERTAIN REGISTRANTS.

    Section 304 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) The Attorney General may issue an order to prohibit, 
conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period as 
the Attorney General may determine, any person from being registered 
under this title to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled 
substance or a list I chemical, if the Attorney General finds that--
            ``(1) such person meets or has met any of the conditions 
        for suspension or revocation of registration under subsection 
        (a); and
            ``(2) such person is unfit to manufacture, distribute, or 
        dispense a controlled substance or a list I chemical.''.
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