,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjag,mr4 ,jeffries 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,meehan1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mr4 ,collins of  
,new ,york1 and ,mr4 ,butterfield7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,surgeon ,general of the ,public    
,health ,service to submit to ,congress 
a report on the effects on public health
 of the increased rate of use of        
synthetic drugs4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,synthetic    
,drug ,awareness ,act of #bjag4  #b4    
,report on effects on public health of  
synthetic drug use  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than three years after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,surgeon ,general of the ,public ,health
 ,service shall submit to ,congress a   
report on the effects on public health  
of the increase since ,january #bjaj in 
the rate of use of synthetic drugs in   

the ,united ,states by individuals who  
are at least #ab years of age but not   
more than #ah years of age4  7b7        
,synthetic drug defined ,for purposes of
 subsection 7a71 the term synthetic drug
 means a drug which is developed and    
manufactured to avoid control under the 
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hja et seq474