Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Reduce Exposure and the Threat of Unused Residual Narcotics Act of 2022” or the “RETURN Act of 2022”.
Reduce Exposure and the Threat of Unused Residual Narcotics Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to improve consumer take-back programs by allowing persons who are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction through an authorized consumer return program to open and inspect packages, to provide a secure method of transporting substances to another location of destruction, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Inspection of packages of controlled substances received through mail-back disposal program
by striking “(2) In developing” and inserting “(2)(A) In developing”;
by striking “Such regulations may not” and inserting the following:
“(B) Such regulations may not”
by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
“(C)
“(i) Such regulations shall allow persons who are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction through an authorized mail-back program under this subsection to open a package for identification of the contents of the package for purposes of a consumer incentive program.
“(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term consumer incentive program means a program providing ultimate users who return unused controlled substances through a person described in clause (i) a financial or other incentive that is determined based on the contents of the returned materials.”
Regulations— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall finalize such revisions to regulations as may be necessary to carry out section 302(g)(2)(C) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a), including by revising section 1317.70(f) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
Applicability— Section 302(g)(2)(C) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a), applies beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3 Option of transporting controlled substances received through mail-back disposal program to another location for destruction
In general— Section 302(g)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822(g)(2)), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
“(D) Such regulations shall give persons who are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction through an authorized mail-back program under this subsection, in lieu of having and utilizing at their registered location an authorized method of destruction, the option of providing a secure method of transporting such substances to a location of destruction consistent with applicable regulations.”
Regulations— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall finalize such revisions to regulations as may be necessary to carry out section 302(g)(2)(D) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a), including by revising section 1317.70(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
Applicability— Section 302(g)(2)(D) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a), applies beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.