Title 21Food and DrugsRelease 119-73

§2332 Authorization of appropriations

Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN TRAFFICKERS OF ILLICIT SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - OTHER MATTERS › § 2332

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Treasury can be given whatever money is needed for fiscal year 2020 to carry out the work under this chapter. From the FY2020 funds authorized by section 1403 for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities (Defense-wide), the Secretary of Defense may transfer $5,000,000 to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking to do its duties, even if section 2215 of title 10 would otherwise limit that. Money provided to Treasury must add to, not replace, other funds. The money cannot be spent until 15 days after the President notifies the listed congressional committees. “Appropriate committees of Congress” are: Senate — Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; Select Committee on Intelligence; Judiciary; Appropriations. House — Armed Services; Financial Services; Foreign Affairs; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Oversight and Reform; Appropriations.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §2332

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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 to carry out operations and activities of the Department of the Treasury solely for purposes of carrying out this chapter.
(b)Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 1403 for fiscal year 2020 [133 Stat. 1711] and available for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501 [133 Stat. 2086], the Secretary of Defense may, notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, transfer $5,000,000 to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking established under section 7221 [133 Stat. 2270] in order to carry out the duties of the Commission.
(c)Amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts available to carry out operations and activities described in such subsections.
(d)Amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President notifies the appropriate committees of Congress of the President’s intention to obligate such funds.
(e)In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(1)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title LXXII of div. F of Pub. L. 116–92, known as the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. section 1403, 4501, and section 7221, referred to in subsec. (b), mean sections section 1403, 4501, and section 7221 of Pub. L. 116–92, respectively, which are not classified to the Code.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.

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Citation

21 U.S.C. § 2332

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73