,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dhb #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dhab
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-ehd1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,october #bc1 #bjai,mr4 ,griffith       
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  ,november #af1     
#bjbj;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,walden 
,november #af1 #bjbj,reported from the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,november #af1 #bjbj;,committee on the  
,judiciary discharged2 committed to the 
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,controlled ,substances ,act to provide 
for the modification1 transfer1 and     
termination of a registration to        

manufacture1 distribute1 or dispense    
controlled substances or list ,i        
chemicals1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ensuring ,compliance ,against ,drug
 ,diversion ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,modification1 transfer1 and termination
 of registration ,to manufacture1       
distribute1 or dispense controlled      
substances ,subsection 7a7 of section   
#cjb of the ,controlled ,substances ,act
 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbb7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#c7 7,a7 ,except as        
provided in subparagraph 7,c71 the      
registration of any registrant under    
this title to manufacture1 distribute1  
or dispense controlled substances or    
list ,i chemicals terminates if and when
 such registrant-- 7i7 dies2  7ii7      
ceases legal existence2  7iii7          
discontinues business or professional   
practice2 or  7iv7 surrenders such      
registration4  7,b7 ,in the case of such
 a registrant who ceases legal existence

 or discontinues business or            
professional practice1 such registrant  
shall promptly notify the ,attorney     
,general in writing of such fact4  7,c7 
,no registration under this title to    
manufacture1 distribute1 or dispense    
controlled substances or list ,i        
chemicals1 and no authority conferred   
thereby1 may be assigned or otherwise   
transferred except upon such conditions 
as the ,attorney ,general may specify   
and then only pursuant to written       
consent4 ,a registrant to whom a        
registration is assigned or transferred 
pursuant to the preceding sentence may  
not manufacture1 distribute1 or dispense
 controlled substances or list ,i       
chemicals pursuant to such registration 
until the ,attorney ,general receives   
such written consent4  7,d7 ,in the case
 of a registrant under this title to    
manufacture1 distribute1 or dispense    
controlled substances or list ,i        
chemicals desiring to discontinue       
business or professional practice       

altogether or with respect to controlled
 substances and list ,i chemicals       
7without assigning or transferring such 
business or professional practice to    
another entity71 such registrant shall  
return to the ,attorney ,general for    
cancellation-- 7i7 the registrant's     
certificate of registration2  7ii7 any  
unexecuted order forms in the           
registrant's possession2 and  7iii7 any 
other documentation that the ,attorney  
,general may require4  4  ,november #af1
 #bjbj,reported from the ,committee on  
,energy and ,commerce,november #af1     
#bjbj;,committee on the ,judiciary      
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed