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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 280

PUBLIC LAW 98-329—JUNE 29, 1984 Public Law 98-329 98th Congress An Act

June 29, 1984 [H.R. 4201]

f o provide for the rescheduling of methaqualone into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Drugs and drug United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand^ ing the schedule requirements of section 202(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(a)) and the requirements of section 201 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 811) respecting the scheduling of controlled substances, the Attorney General shall, by order, transfer methaqualone from schedule II of such Act to schedule I of such Act. The transfer shall take effect not later than the expiration of ninety days from the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. Effective thirty days after the date methaqualone is transferred to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall by order withdraw the approval 21 USC 355. under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of the new drug application for methaqualone. Approved June 29, 1984.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4201: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-534 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 129 (1983): Nov. 16, considered and passed House. Vol. 130 (1984): June 15, considered and passed Senate.