Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Part E · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
§ 871. Attorney General
Statutory text
Delegation of functions
The Attorney General may delegate any of his functions under this subchapter to any officer or employee of the Department of Justice.
Rules and regulations
The Attorney General may promulgate and enforce any rules, regulations, and procedures which he may deem necessary and appropriate for the efficient execution of his functions under this subchapter.
Acceptance of devises, bequests, gifts, and donations
The Attorney General may accept in the name of the Department of Justice any form of devise, bequest, gift, or donation where the donor intends to donate property for the purpose of preventing or controlling the abuse of controlled substances. He may take all appropriate steps to secure possession of such property and may sell, assign, transfer, or convey any such property other than moneys.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Controlled Substances Act
Pub. L. 91–513 title II § 501 · 84 Stat. 1236
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 871
(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 501, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1270.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 501, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1270.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 501. procedures (a) The Attorney General may delegate any of his functions under this title to any officer or employee of the Department of Justice. (b) The Attorney General may promulgate and enforce any rules, Regulations. regulations, and procedures which he may deem necessary and appropriate for the efficient execution of his functions under this title. (c) The Attorney General may accept in the name of the Department Gifts, etc., acceptance. of Justice any form of devise, bequest, gift, or donation where the donor intends to donate property for the purpose, of preventing or controlling the abuse of controlled substances. He may take all appropriate steps to secure possession of such property and may sell, assign, transfer, or convey any such property other than moneys.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 91–513, , 84 Stat. 1242, and is popularly known as the “Controlled Substances Act”. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see second paragraph of Short Title note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables.