Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Part E · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
§ 872a. Public-private education program
Statutory text
Advisory panel
The Attorney General shall establish an advisory panel consisting of an appropriate number of representatives from Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies with experience in investigating and prosecuting illegal transactions of precursor chemicals. The Attorney General shall convene the panel as often as necessary to develop and coordinate educational programs for wholesale and retail distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies.
Continuation of current efforts
The Attorney General shall continue to—
maintain an active program of seminars and training to educate wholesale and retail distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies regarding the identification of suspicious transactions and their responsibility to report such transactions; and
provide assistance to State, tribal, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of educational programs for distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies.
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.
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–237 title V § 503 · 110 Stat. 3099
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 872a
Pub. L. 104–237, title V, § 503, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3112
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 104–237, title V, § 503, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3112Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 503. PUBLIC-PRIVATE EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) Advisory Panel.— The Attorney General shall establish an advisory panel consisting of an appropriate number of representatives from Federal, State, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies with experience in investigating and prosecuting illegal transactions of precursor chemicals. The Attorney General shall convene the panel as often as necessary to develop and coordinate educational programs for wholesale and retail distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies. (b) Continuation of Current Efforts.—The Attorney General shall continue to— (1) maintain an active program of seminars and training to educate wholesale and retail distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies regarding the identification of suspicious transactions and their responsibility to report such transactions; and (2) provide assistance to State and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of educational programs for distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies.Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010
Pub. L. 111–211 § 232(b)(1) · 124 Stat. 2258
Inserted · 21 U.S.C. § 872a(a)
Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “tribal,” after “State,”; andTribal Law and Order Act of 2010
Pub. L. 111–211 § 232(b)(2) · 124 Stat. 2258
Inserted · 21 U.S.C. § 872a(b)(2)
Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(2), inserted “, tribal,” after “State”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(2), inserted “, tribal,” after “State”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting “, tribal,” after “State”.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, and not as part of the Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.
Amendments
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(2), inserted “, tribal,” after “State”.
Credits
1996–2010 · 2 acts
- 1996Pub. L. 104–237, title V, § 503, , 110 Stat. 3112
- 2010Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 232(b), , 124 Stat. 2278.
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(Pub. L. 104–237, title V, § 503, , 110 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 232(b), , 124 Stat. 2278.)