H.R. 4502: Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014
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H.R. 4502: Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-28 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014
Plain summary
Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the Attorney General to exempt a scheduled listed chemical product from specified requirements regarding sales quantity, nonliquid forms, and retail transactions upon determining that it is not practical by processes known to be employed by clandestine laboratory operators to use the product in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine (currently, upon determining that the product cannot be used in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine).
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Official text
Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · 2 cosponsors
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Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4502.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4502 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113