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[CITE: 21USC1115]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
    CHAPTER 16--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--DRUG ABUSE POLICY COORDINATION
 
Sec. 1115. Notice relating to the control of dangerous drugs

    Whenever the Attorney General determines that there is evidence 
that--
        (1) a drug or other substance, which is not a controlled 
    substance (as defined in section 802(6) of this title), has a 
    potential for abuse, or
        (2) a controlled substance should be transferred or removed from 
    a schedule under section 812 of this title,

he shall, prior to initiating any proceeding under section 811(a) of 
this title, give the President timely notice of such determination. 
Information forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to section 811(f) 
of this title shall also be forwarded by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to the President.

(Pub. L. 92-255, title II, Sec. 201, formerly Sec. 205, as added Pub. L. 
96-181, Sec. 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1311; amended Pub. L. 97-35, 
title IX, Sec. 973(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 598; renumbered Sec. 201, 
Pub. L. 100-690, title I, Sec. 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4187.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 201 of Pub. L. 92-255, title II, as added Pub. L. 
96-181, Sec. 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1310; amended Pub. L. 98-473, 
title II, Sec. 1306, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2170, related to 
concentration of Federal effort in drug abuse prevention, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 100-690, title I, Sec. 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4187.
    A prior section 1115, Pub. L. 92-255, title II, Sec. 205, as added 
Pub. L. 94-237, Sec. 4(b), Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 242, which provided 
for employment, functions, and travel expenses of employees, was omitted 
in the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96-181, Sec. 4, 
Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.
    Another prior section 1115, Pub. L. 92-255, title II, Sec. 205, Mar. 
21, 1972, 86 Stat. 68, provided for the delegation of functions by the 
Director, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 92-255, title I, Sec. 104, Mar. 21, 
1972, 86 Stat. 67, eff. June 30, 1975.
    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1118 of 
this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
96-181, Sec. 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-35 substituted ``Health and Human Services'' for 
``Health, Education, and Welfare''.
