Senate methamphetamine bill nearing floor vote, Sen. Hatch tells House hearing.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
SENATE NEGOTIATIONS ON HATCH METHAMPHETAMINE BILL are "down to one or two little issues" and "hopefully it can pass within a couple of days," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reported at a Sept. 5 hearing on a similar House bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime. Introduced July 17, the Hatch bill (S 1965) is intended to help control illegal methamphetamine production through a number of means, including limits on the sale of precursor materials such as pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine (PPA) ("The Tan Sheet" Aug. 12, p. 1).