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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Part E · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

§ 872a. Public-private education program

Statutory text

(a)

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.

(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, 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.

  1. 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. 3112

    Enacted 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.

  2. 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,”; and

  3. Tribal 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
  1. 1996Pub. L. 104–237, title V, § 503, , 110 Stat. 3112
  2. 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.)

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