,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,buchanan 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,markey1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4            
,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4 ,duncan of          
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,mica1 ,mr4 ,roe of    
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky1  
,mr4 ,rooney1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4 
,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4  
,edwards1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4        
,rahall1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 
,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1 ,ms4
 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1
 ,mr4 ,fincher1 ,mr4 ,miller of         
,florida1 ,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,tiberi1   
,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,posey1  
,mrs4 ,black1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4        
,marino1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4          
,westmoreland1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4      
,benishek1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,ross1  
,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,southerland1 ,mr4  
,tipton1 ,mr4 ,shuster1 ,mrs4 ,miller of
 ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of      

,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,schock7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,controlled ,substances ,act  
to make any substance containing        
hydrocodone a schedule ,,ii drug4  #a4  
,hydrocodone amendment  7a7 ,in general 
,schedule ,,iii7d7 in section #bjb of   
the ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #hab7 is amended by--  7#a7   
striking paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d72 and  
7#b7 redesignating paragraphs 7#e71     
7#f71 7#g71 and 7#h7 as paragraphs 7#c71
 7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f71 respectively4    
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by subsection 7a7 shall take effect on 
the date that is #f months after the    
date of enactment of this ,act4  #b4    

,physical security requirements         
,notwithstanding the amendments made by 
section #a1 the ,attorney ,general shall
 immediately1 without regard to chapter 
#e of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
amend section #acja4gb of title #ba1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 relating
 to the physical security controls for  
non-practitioners1 narcotic treatment   
programs and compounders for narcotic   
treatment programs1 and storage areas   
for controlled substances1 to allow1 for
 the #c-year period beginning on the    
date of enactment of this ,act1         
manufacturers and distributors to store 
hydrocodone compound products in        
accordance with the physical security   
requirements for schedule ,,iii1 ,,iv1  
and ,v controlled substances4  #c4 ,,gao
 report  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #ah months after the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general 
of the ,united ,states shall submit to  
,congress a report on the               
reclassification of hydrocodone products

 under this ,act4  7b7 ,contents ,the   
report required under subsection 7a7    
shall include--  7#a7 an assessment of  
the degree to which the reclassification
 of hydrocodone products under this ,act
 impacts the ability of patients with   
legitimate medical needs1 particularly  
those in rural areas and nursing home   
facilities1 to access adequate pain     
management2 and  7#b7 recommendations   
necessary to address issues1 if any1    
relating to patient access to adequate  
pain management4