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On the recordMay 23, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments, so I may call up my amendment No. 2151, as modified, with the changes at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Manchin], for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Rockefeller, proposes an amendment numbered 2151, as modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug) At the end of subtitle C of title XI, add the following: SEC. 1133. HYDROCODONE AMENDMENT. The Controlled Substances Act is amended-- (1) in schedule III(d) in section 202(c) (21 U.S.C. 812(c)), by-- (A) striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and (B) redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and (2) in section 401(b)(1) (21 U.S.C.…
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