# 117-hr-1899: Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021

117-hr-1899, Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA); status became_law; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-1899
- Congress: 117
- Title: Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2021-03-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**Automatically ends registrations to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances and List I chemicals when a registrant dies, ceases to exist, surrenders, or discontinues practice.** It also tightens transfer rules and requires registrants to notify the Attorney General when they stop operating. - Registrants (manufacturers, distributors, dispensers): Their registration terminates on death, loss of legal existence, surrender, or discontinuance of business or professional practice. If stopping without a transfer they must promptly notify the Attorney General and return their registration certificate and unused order forms. - Buyers or successors of a registrant: No registration may be assigned or transferred except under conditions the Attorney General sets and only with the Attorney General's written consent. A transferee cannot lawfully manufacture, distribute, or dispense under the registration until that consent is received. - Federal accounting: The law directs that its budgetary effects be determined under PAYGO rules by reference to the latest "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" statement submitted by the House Budget Committee chair before the vote.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2021-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 412 | 5 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- New compliance rules for controlled drug registrants: cost, low. Registrations to handle controlled drugs or List I chemicals end automatically if you die, your entity ends, you stop practice, or you surrender it. You cannot assign or transfer a registration unless the Attorney General gives written consent, and a new holder cannot operate until that consent is…
- Technical rule for federal budget scoring: mixed, low. For budget rules, the law uses the last 'Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' statement filed before the House vote to record this law’s impact. This is a scoring procedure and does not change your taxes or benefits.

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## Sources
- [117-hr-1899 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1899)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1899 (as of 2026-01-05).