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11-HR1065 on Mar 14, 2011

The Pill Mill Crackdown Act of 2011: Amends the Controlled Substances Act to:
1. double the term of imprisonment and triple the fine for the prohibited distribution of a schedule II or schedule III controlled substance by the operator of a pill mill,
2. increase the penalties for such operator distribution of a controlled substance to a person under age 21 from twice to thrice the maximum punishment or term of supervised release authorized, and
3. exclude such operator distribution from the applicability of provisions authorizing an alternative fine of not more than twice the gross profits or other proceeds derived by a defendant from a drug offense.
   Expresses the sense of Congress that such prohibited operator distribution is a violation for which certain property is subject to forfeiture.
   • Requires the proceeds from disposition of such property to be used for controlled substance monitoring programs in the states and for block grants to states for community mental health services and for prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
   • Changes the classification of specified quantities of dihydrocodeinone from a schedule III to a schedule II controlled substance.

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   Participating counts on VoteMatch question 19. Question 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
   • Topic: Crime
   • Headline: Harsher sentencing for "pill mill" operators (Score: 2)
   • Headline 2: Sponsored bill for harsher sentencing for "pill mills" (Score: 2)
     
     
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   • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
   • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
   • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
   • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
   
   
   

   Democrats participating in 11-HR1065
   Bruce Braley	s1s	Iowa Democrat
   Corrine Brown	s1s	Florida Democrat
   Kathy Castor	s1s	Florida Democrat
   Jim Cooper	s1s	Tennessee Democrat
   Ted Deutch	s1s	Florida Democrat
   Donna Edwards	s1s	Maryland Democrat
   Alcee Hastings	s1s	Florida Democrat
   Bill Keating	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
   Dan Lipinski	s1s	Illinois Democrat
   Steve Lynch	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
   Ed Markey	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat
   Jerry McNerney	s1s	California Democrat
   John Olver	s1s	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
   Nick Rahall	s1s	West Virginia Democrat
   Laura Richardson	s1s	California Democrat
   Debbie Wasserman Schultz	s1s	Florida Democrat
   Frederica Wilson	s1s	Florida Democrat

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 11-HR1065
   Steve Austria	s1s	Ohio Republican (Retiring 2012)
   Rick Berg	s1s	ND Republican Challenger
   Diane Black	s1s	Tennessee Republican
   Mary Bono	s1s	California Republican
   Vern Buchanan	s2p	Florida Republican
   Dan Burton	s1s	Indiana Republican (Retiring 2012)
   Dave Camp	s1s	Michigan Republican
   Ander Crenshaw	s1s	Florida Republican
   Mario Diaz-Balart	s1s	Florida Republican
   Jimmy Duncan	s1s	Tennessee Republican
   Randy Forbes	s1s	Virginia Republican
   Brett Guthrie	s1s	Kentucky Republican
   Mike Kelly	s1s	Pennsylvania Republican
   Steven LaTourette	s1s	Ohio Republican
   Bob Latta	s1s	Ohio Republican
   Jerry Lewis	s1s	California Republican (Retiring 2012)
   Thad McCotter	s1s	Michigan Republican
   David McKinley	s1s	West Virginia Republican
   John Mica	s1s	Florida Republican
   Jeff Miller	s1s	Florida Republican
   Rich Nugent	s1s	Florida Republican
   Bill Posey	s1s	Florida Republican
   Scott Rigell	s1s	Virginia Republican
   David Rivera	s1s	Florida Republican
   Phil Roe	s1s	Tennessee Republican
   Hal Rogers	s1s	Kentucky Republican
   Tom Rooney	s1s	Florida Republican
   Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	s1s	Florida Republican
   Dennis Ross	s1s	Florida Republican
   Aaron Schock	s1s	Illinois Republican
   Bill Shuster	s1s	Pennsylvania Republican
   Christopher Smith	s1s	New Jersey Republican
   Marlin Stutzman	s1s	Indiana Republican
   Lee Terry	s1s	Nebraska Republican
   Pat Tiberi	s1s	Ohio Republican
   Scott Tipton	s1s	Colorado Republican
   Allen West	s1s	Florida Republican
   Lynn Westmoreland	s1s	Georgia Republican
   Joe Wilson	s1s	South Carolina Republican

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 11-HR1065
   Darrell Issa	s1s	CA03 Former Initiator of Gubernatorial Recall (2003)

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 17 Republicans: 39 Independents: 1