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[CITE: 21USC872a]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
            Part E--Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 872a. 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.

(Pub. L. 104-237, title V, Sec. 503, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3112.)

                          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.
