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CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND MARK-UP LIST
For your benefit, CADCA will now update its Congressional Hearings and Mark-Up list every week.

Date Body Committee or other sponsor Title and Bill Number (if applicable) Summary Witnesses/ Agenda Time Location
May
There are currently no upcoming events to view in May, 2008
June
There are currently no upcoming events to view in June, 2008

CURRENTLY TRACKED LEGISLATION

CADCA is currently tracking the following legislation. To read the summary or full text of any legislation, go to http://thomas.loc.gov and enter the bill number.  To view the progression of any CADCA tracked legislation, click on Legislative Progress under the specific bill. Also see CADCA’s Legislative Alerts for more information on the specific programs and their funding level.

HR 405 Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse among non-violent offenders, and for other purposes.

 

HR 365 Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes.

 

HR 1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act
Legislative Progress

To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.

 

HR 1348 NIDA and NIAAA Name Redesignation Act
Legislative Progress

To redesignate the National Institute on Drug Abuse as the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction, and to redesignate the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.

 

HR 1593 Second Chance Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.

 

HR 545 Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine.

 

H Res 108 Supporting the Weed and Seed and COPS Program
Legislative Progress

Whereas Weed and Seed is an innovative, comprehensive, multi-agency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and community revitalization

 

S 1210 Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.

 

S 1211 Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to ammend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors.

 

S 1276 Methamphetamine Production Prvention Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to establish a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes.

 

S 1337 Children's Mental Health Parity Act
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

 

S 1367 Treatment and Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse Act
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to provide methamphetamine prevention and treatment services.

 

S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to address online pharmacies.

 

HR 1700 COPS Improvement Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Sfae Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grabt program, and for other purposes.

 

HR 2425 Stop Marketing Ilegal Drugs to Minors Act
Legislative Progress

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors.

 

HR 955 CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act
Legislative Progress

To respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in the United States, and for other purposes.

 

S Res 225 National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
Legislative Progress

A resolution designating the month of August 2007 as "National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month".

 

S 877 Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III, to prohibit the sale of prescriptions for controlled substances for illegitimate purposes, and for other purposes.

 

S 1011 Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to change the name of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction and to change the name of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.

 

HR 1118 Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes.

 

S 1383 Drug Sentencing Reform Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to reduce the disparity in punishment between crack and powder cocaine offenses, to more broadly focus the punishment for drug offenders on the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender, and for other purposes.

 

S 1711 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

 

S 1685 Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine violations, and to provide increased emphasis on aggravating factors relating to the seriousness of the offense and the culpability of the offender.

 

S 1060 Second Chance Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.

 






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