Title 21Food and DrugsRelease 119-73not60

§2012 Establishment of Clearinghouse and Advisory Council

Title 21 › Chapter 25— MISCELLANEOUS ANTI-DRUG ABUSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter II— NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE › § 2012

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse overseen by the U.S. Attorney General. It also creates a National Methamphetamine Advisory Council with 10 members picked by the Attorney General. At least 3 members must be from law enforcement, at least 4 must be from nongovernmental or nonprofit groups that provide services, training, or programs about methamphetamine, and 1 must be from the Department of Health and Human Services. Members serve 3-year terms. Vacancies do not stop the council and are filled the same way. Members can be reimbursed for travel and per diem at the rates allowed for federal employees under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, but they do not receive pay for council duties.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §2012

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(a)There is established, under the supervision of the Attorney General of the United States, an information clearinghouse to be known as the National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse.
(b)(1)There is established an advisory council to be known as the National Methamphetamine Advisory Council.
(2)The Council shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Attorney General—
(A)not fewer than 3 of whom shall be representatives of law enforcement agencies;
(B)not fewer than 4 of whom shall be representatives of nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations providing services or training and implementing programs or strategies related to methamphetamines; and
(C)1 of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(3)Members shall be appointed for 3 years. Any vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(4)(A)The members of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Council.
(B)The members of the Council shall not receive compensation for the performance of the duties of a member of the Council.

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21 U.S.C. § 2012

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60