United States · Bill · S
S. 1951 (97th)
Controlled Substances Amendments Act of 1981
Introduced
14 December 1981
Last action
6 May 1982 · Committee
Status
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of Attorney General.
Sponsors
Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Controlled Substances Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the distinction between penalties for dealing in narcotic and nonnarcotic drugs listed in schedules I and II.
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Timeline
14 December 1981
Introduced
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 December 1981
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
16 December 1981
Committee
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.
Source: Committee
22 December 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.
Source: Committee
6 May 1982
Committee
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of Attorney General.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 December 1981
Sponsors
- Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/1951
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- us · 97-s-1951 · source updated 10 August 2026