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Current Hearings List | Currently Tracked Legislation


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
July
There are currently no upcoming events to view in July, 2009
August
There are currently no upcoming events to view in August, 2009

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.

 

S 558 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.

 

HR 5554 Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
Legislative Progress

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders, and for other purposes.

 

HR 6028 Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
Legislative Progress

To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes.

 

S 2685 Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008
Legislative Progress

A bill to prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the Federal Trade Commission.

 

HR 5912 Non-Mailability of Certain Tobacco Products
Legislative Progress

To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products non-mailable, and for other purposes.

 

HR 1108 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Legislative Progress

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.

 

HR 4453 Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage drinking through social sources, to improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, to establish grants to increase parental involvement in school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking, and for other purposes.

 

S 2274 Dextromethorphan Abuse Reduction Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.

 

HR 3749 Methamphetamine Prevention Enhancement Act of 2007
Legislative Progress

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a Drug-Free Workplace Information Clearinghouse, to authorize programs to prevent and improve treatment of methamphetamine addiction, and for other purposes.

 

H Res 700 Supporting the We Don't Serve Teens Campaign
Legislative Progress

The We Don't Serve Teens campaign recognizes that all 3 tiers of the beverage alcohol industry play a key role in the prevention of underage drinking, and unites all of those participants in a concerted effort to protect America's youth.

 

HR 970 Dextromethorphan Distribution Act
Legislative Progress

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.

 

S 2162 Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008
Legislative Progress

A bill to improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes.

 

   






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