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[Document affected by Public Law 107-108 Section 104(e)]
[CITE: 21USC873]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
            Part E--Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 873. Cooperative arrangements


(a) Cooperation of Attorney General with local, State, and Federal 
        agencies

    The Attorney General shall cooperate with local, State, and Federal 
agencies concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing 
the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, he is authorized to--
        (1) arrange for the exchange of information between governmental 
    officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances;
        (2) cooperate in the institution and prosecution of cases in the 
    courts of the United States and before the licensing boards and 
    courts of the several States;
        (3) conduct training programs on controlled substance law 
    enforcement for local, State, and Federal personnel;
        (4) maintain in the Department of Justice a unit which will 
    accept, catalog, file, and otherwise utilize all information and 
    statistics, including records of controlled substance abusers and 
    other controlled substance law offenders, which may be received from 
    Federal, State, and local agencies, and make such information 
    available for Federal, State, and local law enforcement purposes;
        (5) conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or 
    illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances may 
    be extracted;
        (6) assist State and local governments in suppressing the 
    diversion of controlled substances from legitimate medical, 
    scientific, and commercial channels by--
            (A) making periodic assessments of the capabilities of State 
        and local governments to adequately control the diversion of 
        controlled substances;
            (B) providing advice and counsel to State and local 
        governments on the methods by which such governments may 
        strengthen their controls against diversion; and
            (C) establishing cooperative investigative efforts to 
        control diversion; and

        (7) notwithstanding any other provision of law, enter into 
    contractual agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies 
    to provide for cooperative enforcement and regulatory activities 
    under this chapter.\1\
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(b) Requests by Attorney General for assistance from Federal agencies or 
        instrumentalities

    When requested by the Attorney General, it shall be the duty of any 
agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government to furnish 
assistance, including technical advice, to him for carrying out his 
functions under this subchapter; except that no such agency or 
instrumentality shall be required to furnish the name of, or other 
identifying information about, a patient or research subject whose 
identity it has undertaken to keep confidential.

(c) Descriptive and analytic reports by Attorney General to State 
        agencies of distribution patterns of schedule II substances 
        having highest rates of abuse

    The Attorney General shall annually (1) select the controlled 
substances (or controlled substances) contained in schedule II which, in 
the Attorney General's discretion, is determined to have the highest 
rate of abuse, and (2) prepare and make available to regulatory, 
licensing, and law enforcement agencies of States descriptive and 
analytic reports on the actual distribution patterns in such States of 
each such controlled substance.

(d) Grants by Attorney General

    (1) The Attorney General may make grants, in accordance with 
paragraph (2), to State and local governments to assist in meeting the 
costs of--
        (A) collecting and analyzing data on the diversion of controlled 
    substances,
        (B) conducting investigations and prosecutions of such 
    diversions,
        (C) improving regulatory controls and other authorities to 
    control such diversions,
        (D) programs to prevent such diversions,
        (E) preventing and detecting forged prescriptions, and
        (F) training law enforcement and regulatory personnel to improve 
    the control of such diversions.

    (2) No grant may be made under paragraph (1) unless an application 
therefor is submitted to the Attorney General in such form and manner as 
the Attorney General may prescribe. No grant may exceed 80 per centum of 
the costs for which the grant is made, and no grant may be made unless 
the recipient of the grant provides assurances satisfactory to the 
Attorney General that it will obligate funds to meet the remaining 20 
per centum of such costs. The Attorney General shall review the 
activities carried out with grants under paragraph (1) and shall report 
annually to Congress on such activities.
    (3) To carry out this subsection there is authorized to be 
appropriated $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1985 and $6,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1986.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 503, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1271; Pub. 
L. 96-359, Sec. 8(a) Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 98-473, 
title II, Sec. 517, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2074; Pub. L. 99-570, title 
I, Sec. 1868, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-55; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 85, 
Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3620.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), was in the original as 
added by Pub. L. 99-646 ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 
1970, 84 Stat. 1236, as amended. In the subsec. (a)(7) added by Pub. L. 
99-570, the reference was ``this title'', meaning title II of Pub. L. 
91-513 which is popularly known as the ``Controlled Substances Act'' and 
is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete 
classification of this Act and title II to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables.
    Schedule II, referred to in subsec. (c), is set out in section 
812(c) of this title.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 99-570 and Pub. L. 99-646 made 
substantially identical amendment, adding par. (7).
    1984--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 517(a), added par. (6).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 517(b), added subsec. (d).
    1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-359 added subsec. (c).


 Combating Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Manufacturing and Trafficking

    Pub. L. 106-310, div. B, title XXXVI, Sec. 3625, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 
Stat. 1233, provided that:
    ``(a) Activities.--In order to combat the illegal manufacturing and 
trafficking in amphetamine and methamphetamine, the Administrator of the 
Drug Enforcement Administration may--
        ``(1) assist State and local law enforcement in small and mid-
    sized communities in all phases of investigations related to such 
    manufacturing and trafficking, including assistance with foreign-
    language interpretation;
        ``(2) staff additional regional enforcement and mobile 
    enforcement teams related to such manufacturing and trafficking;
        ``(3) establish additional resident offices and posts of duty to 
    assist State and local law enforcement in rural areas in combating 
    such manufacturing and trafficking;
        ``(4) provide the Special Operations Division of the 
    Administration with additional agents and staff to collect, 
    evaluate, interpret, and disseminate critical intelligence targeting 
    the command and control operations of major amphetamine and 
    methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking organizations;
        ``(5) enhance the investigative and related functions of the 
    Chemical Control Program of the Administration to implement more 
    fully the provisions of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control 
    Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-237) [see Short Title of 1996 Amendments 
    note set out under section 801 of this title];
        ``(6) design an effective means of requiring an accurate 
    accounting of the import and export of list I chemicals, and 
    coordinate investigations relating to the diversion of such 
    chemicals;
        ``(7) develop a computer infrastructure sufficient to receive, 
    process, analyze, and redistribute time-sensitive enforcement 
    information from suspicious order reporting to field offices of the 
    Administration and other law enforcement and regulatory agencies, 
    including the continuing development of the Suspicious Order 
    Reporting and Tracking System (SORTS) and the Chemical Transaction 
    Database (CTRANS) of the Administration;
        ``(8) establish an education, training, and communication 
    process in order to alert the industry to current trends and 
    emerging patterns in the illegal manufacturing of amphetamine and 
    methamphetamine; and
        ``(9) carry out such other activities as the Administrator 
    considers appropriate.
    ``(b) Additional Positions and Personnel.--
        ``(1) In general.--In carrying out activities under subsection 
    (a), the Administrator may establish in the Administration not more 
    than 50 full-time positions, including not more than 31 special-
    agent positions, and may appoint personnel to such positions.
        ``(2) Particular positions.--In carrying out activities under 
    paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection (a), the Administrator may 
    establish in the Administration not more than 15 full-time 
    positions, including not more than 10 diversion investigator 
    positions, and may appoint personnel to such positions. Any 
    positions established under this paragraph are in addition to any 
    positions established under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for each fiscal 
year after fiscal year 1999, $9,500,000 for purposes of carrying out the 
activities authorized by subsection (a) and employing personnel in 
positions established under subsection (b), of which $3,000,000 shall be 
available for activities under paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection 
(a) and for employing personnel in positions established under 
subsection (b)(2).''


                    National Drug Intelligence Center

    Pub. L. 106-567, title I, Sec. 104(e), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2834, provided that:
    ``(1) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
subsection (a) [114 Stat. 2833], $34,100,000 shall be available for the 
National Drug Intelligence Center. Within such amount, funds provided 
for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes shall remain 
available until September 30, 2002, and funds provided for procurement 
purposes shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
    ``(2) Transfer of funds.--The Director of Central Intelligence shall 
transfer to the Attorney General funds available for the National Drug 
Intelligence Center under paragraph (1). The Attorney General shall 
utilize funds so transferred for the activities of the National Drug 
Intelligence Center.
    ``(3) Limitation.--Amounts available for the National Drug 
Intelligence Center may not be used in contravention of the provisions 
of section 103(d)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
403-3(d)(1)).
    ``(4) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Attorney General shall retain full authority over the operations of the 
National Drug Intelligence Center.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 106-120, title I, Sec. 104(e), Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1609.
    Pub. L. 105-272, title I, Sec. 104(e), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2398.
    Pub. L. 105-107, title I, Sec. 104(e), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2250.
    Pub. L. 104-293, title I, Sec. 104(d), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3464.

    Pub. L. 103-139, title VIII, Sec. 8056, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 
1452, provided that: ``During the current fiscal year and thereafter, 
there is established, under the direction and control of the Attorney 
General, the National Drug Intelligence Center, whose mission it shall 
be to coordinate and consolidate drug intelligence from all national 
security and law enforcement agencies, and produce information regarding 
the structure, membership, finances, communications, and activities of 
drug trafficking organizations: Provided, That funding for the operation 
of the National Drug Intelligence Center, including personnel costs 
associated therewith, shall be provided from the funds appropriated to 
the Department of Defense.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation act:
    Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, Sec. 9078, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1919.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 42 section 14081.
