§ 904. Payment of tort claims

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. 1970

   Controlled Substances Act

   Pub. L. 91–513 title II § 709 · 84 Stat. 1236

   Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 904

   Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 709, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1284

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 709, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1284

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 709. appropriations authorizations There are authorized to be appropriated for expenses of the Department of Justice in carrying out its functions under this title Ante, p. 1245. (except section 103) not to exceed $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.

2. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–481 § 1 · 88 Stat. 1455

   1. Amended · 21 U.S.C. § 904

      Pub. L. 93–481 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 904

      Pub. L. 93–481 substituted authorization of appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977, for authorization of appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974

   3. Added · 21 U.S.C. § 904

      Pub. L. 93–481 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–481 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted authorization of appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977, for authorization of appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by inserting “and” at the end of paragraph (5), and

3. 1977

   Pub. L. 95–137 § 1(a) · 91 Stat. 1169

   1. Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 904(a)

      Pub. L. 95–137 substituted “September 30, 1977, $188,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and $215,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979,” for “June 30, 1977,”

   2. Struck · 21 U.S.C. § 904(a)

      Pub. L. 95–137 struck out “(other than its expenses incurred in connection with carrying out section 803(a) of this title)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–137 substituted “September 30, 1977, $188,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and $215,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979,” for “June 30, 1977,” and struck out “(other than its expenses incurred in connection with carrying out section 803(a) of this title)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking out “and” after “1976,”,

4. 1979

   Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980

   Pub. L. 96–132 § 15 · 93 Stat. 1040

   Inserted · 21 U.S.C. § 904(a)

   Pub. L. 96–132, § 15, inserted provisions authorizing appropriations of $198,336,000 for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–132, § 15, inserted provisions authorizing appropriations of $198,336,000 for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 15. Section 709(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 904) is amended— (1) by striking out “and” after “1978,”, and (2) by inserting after “1979,” the following: “and $198,336,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980,”.

5. 1979

   Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980

   Pub. L. 96–132 § 13 · 93 Stat. 1040

   Added · 21 U.S.C. § 904(c)

   Pub. L. 96–132, § 13, added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–132, § 13, added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 13. Section 709 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 904(b)) is amended by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) Notwithstanding section 2680(k) of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General, in carrying out the functions of the Department of Justice under this title, is authorized to pay tort claims in the manner authorized by section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in a foreign country in connection with the operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration abroad.”.

6. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–414 § 9(g)(1) · 96 Stat. 2049

   Struck · 21 U.S.C. § 904

   Pub. L. 97–414 struck out subsecs. (a) and (b) which had provided, respectively, that (a) there were authorized to be appropriated $105,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $188,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $215,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $198,336,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the expenses of the Department of Justice in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, and that (b) no funds appropriated under any other provision of this chapter could be used for the expenses of the Department of Justice for which funds were authorized to be appropriated by former subsection (a) of this section, and removed the subsection designator (c) before “Notwithstanding”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–414 struck out subsecs. (a) and (b) which had provided, respectively, that (a) there were authorized to be appropriated $105,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $188,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $215,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $198,336,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the expenses of the Department of Justice in carrying out its functions under this subchapter, and that (b) no funds appropriated under any other provision of this chapter could be used for the expenses of the Department of Justice for which funds were authorized to be appropriated by former subsection (a) of this section, and removed the subsection designator (c) before “Notwithstanding”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 709 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 904) is amended (1) by striking out subsections (a) and (b), (2) by striking out “(c)”, and (3) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “payment of tort claims”.

9 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision