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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 26 — Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

§ 2402. Purpose

Statutory text

It is the purpose of this chapter to—

(1)

authorize and develop a comprehensive, coordinated attack upon the illegal narcotics traffic in Indian country and the deleterious impact of alcohol and substance abuse upon Indian tribes and their members,

(2)

provide needed direction and guidance to those Federal agencies responsible for Indian programs to identify and focus existing programs and resources, including those made available by this chapter, upon this problem,

(3)

provide authority and opportunities for Indian tribes to develop and implement a coordinated program for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse at the local level, and

(4)

to 1 modify or supplement existing programs and authorities in the areas of education, family and social services, law enforcement and judicial services, and health services to further the purposes of this chapter.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original.

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. Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–570 title IV § 4203 · 100 Stat. 3207

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2402

    (Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4203, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–138.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4203, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–138.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4203. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this subtitle to— (1) authorize and develop a comprehensive, coordinated attack upon the illegal narcotics traffic in Indian country and the deleterious impact of alcohol and substance abuse upon Indian tribes and their members, (2) provide needed direction and guidance to those Federal agencies responsible for Indian programs to identify and focus existing programs and resources, including those made available by this subtitle, upon this problem, (3) provide authority and opportunities for Indian tribes to develop and implement a coordinated program for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse at the local level, and (4) to modify or supplement existing programs and authorities in the areas of education, family and social services, law enforcement and judicial services, and health services to further the purposes of this subtitle.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4203, , 100 Stat. 3207–138.)

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