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Public Law 116–74

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make technical corrections.

Approved November 27, 2019

Statutory text

An Act

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make technical corrections.

Nov. 27, 2019

[H.R. 3889]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 Technical Corrections.—

The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended—

by striking “National Drug Control Program Agency” and inserting “National Drug Control Program agency” each place it appears;

by striking “National Drug Control Program Agencies” and inserting “National Drug Control Program agencies” each place it appears;

in section 702(15), by striking “tribal” each place it appears and inserting “Tribal”;

in section 703—

in subsection (a)—

in paragraph (4), by striking “program,” and inserting “programs,”; and

in paragraph (6), by striking “High-Intensity” and inserting “High Intensity”; and

in subsection (d), by striking “chapter” each place it appears and inserting “title”;

in section 704—

in subsection (a)(1)—

in subparagraph (C)—

in clause (i), by striking “section 704(c)(4)” and inserting “subsection (c)(5)”; and

in clause (iv), by striking “section 704(j)” and inserting “subsection (j)”; and

in subparagraph (D)—

by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out the previous sentence, the Director shall designate or appoint an”; and

by striking “a career” and inserting “an”;

in subsection (b)(21)(A)(iii), by striking “chapter” and inserting “title”;

in subsection (c)—

in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking “fo” and inserting “of”;

in paragraph (3)(E)(ii)—

in subclause (I), by striking “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “clause (i)”; and

in subclause (II), by striking “clause (i)” and inserting “subclause (I)”; and

in paragraph (5)(B)—

by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out subparagraph (A), the Director shall designate or appoint an”; and

by striking “a career” and inserting “an”;

in subsection (d)—

paragraph (8)—

in subparagraph (E)—

in clause (iii), by moving subclauses (I) through (V) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of clause (iii);

by moving clause (iii) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of subparagraph (E); and

by redesignating clause (iii) as subparagraph (F); and

in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated—

by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively; and

in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

in paragraph (9), by striking “section 704(f)(5);” and inserting “subsection (f)(5); and”; and

in subsection (j)—

by striking “a career” and inserting “an”; and

by inserting “section” before “706”;

in section 705—

in subsection (d)(1), by striking “that every” and inserting “than every”; and

in subsection (f)—

in paragraph (1)—

in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and

in subparagraph (C)—

by inserting “that may impede applicants” after “barriers”; and

by striking “impediments” and all that follows through “agencies”; and

in paragraph (2), in the heading, by striking “drug control” and inserting “drug control program”;

in section 707(o)(2)(B), by striking “802(33))” and inserting “802(33)))”; and

in section 709—

in subsection (a)—

in the heading, by inserting “and Continuing” before “Threats”;

by striking “a career” and inserting “an”;

in subsection (d)—

in paragraph (3)(F), by striking “response of” and inserting “response to”; and

in paragraph (4)(B)(iii), by inserting “the” before “plan, where”; and

in subsection (f)(1), by striking “subtitle” and inserting “subsection”.

Repeal of Annual Report Requirement.—

The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 3502) is amended—

by repealing section 203;

21 USC 1708a.

and

in section 1(c), in the table of contents, by striking the item relating to section 203.

Technical Correction to the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018.—

Amendments.—

The Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271) is amended—

in section 8203—

in subsection (a)—

in the heading, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”;

in paragraph (1), by striking “the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “subtitle A of title I of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”;

by striking paragraph (3);

by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and

in paragraph (3)(A), as so redesignated, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”;

in subsection (b)—

in the heading, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”;

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; and

in paragraph (4)(B), by striking “in section 1032(b)(1)(A) (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)), by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following” and inserting “by amending section 1032(b)(3)(D) (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(3)(D)) to read as follows”; and

in the quoted matter added by subsection (b)(4)(B)—

in clause (iii), by moving subclauses (I) and (II) 2 ems to the left so that the left margins of such subclauses are aligned with the margin of clause (iii);

by moving clause (iii) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(4);

by redesignating clause (iii) as subparagraph (D); and

in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated—

by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and

in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking “tears” and inserting “years”; and

in section 8221—

in the quoted matter added by subsection (a), by striking “‘sec. 706. national drug control strategy.”; and

in subsection (a), by striking “amended to read as follows:” and inserting

“amended—
“(1)
by striking subsections (a) and (b);
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“(2)
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
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“(3)
by inserting before subsection (h), as so redesignated, the following:”
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Effective date.—

The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271).

Matching requirement revived and restored.—

Section 1032(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)) is revived and restored as if the amendment made by section 8203(b)(4) of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271) had never been enacted.

Additional Technical Corrections to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998.—

Section 706 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998

21 USC 1705.

(21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended—

in subsection (c)(1)(N)—

in clause (ii), by striking “Programs” and inserting “Program agencies”; and

in clause (iii), by striking “Agencies” and inserting “Program agencies”;

in subsection (c)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(M)”;

in subsection (f)—

in paragraph (2), by striking “office” and inserting “Office”; and

in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)—

in subclause (III), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and

in subclause (IV), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and

in subsection (g)(3), in subparagraph (B), by striking “chapter;” and inserting “title;”.

Administration of Grant.—

Section 4 of Public Law 107–82 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended—

in subsection (a)—

by striking “The Director” and inserting “Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the Director”; and

by striking “, using amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (d),”; and

by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

“(d)
Administration of Grant.—
“(1)
Duration.—
With respect to a grant made under subsection (a) in fiscal year 2020, the term of the grant shall be 4 years.
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“(2)
Disbursement.—
To the extent amounts are provided in appropriation Acts for such grant, the Director shall disburse the amount of the grant made under subsection (a) on an annual basis.”
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Approved November 27, 2019.