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[CITE: 21USC862b]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
                     Part D--Offenses and Penalties
 
Sec. 862b. Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled 
        substances
        
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States shall not be 
prohibited by the Federal Government from testing welfare recipients for 
use of controlled substances nor from sanctioning welfare recipients who 
test positive for use of controlled substances.

(Pub. L. 104-193, title IX, Sec. 902, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2347.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and not as part of the 
Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.
