21 U.S.C. § 871a: Semiannual reports to Congress

Summary

Attorney General must, twice a year, send reports to certain congressional committees and groups. The reports must say how the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI are using their people and money to investigate and prosecute methamphetamine crimes. They must also explain what is being done to give priority to cases involving people who imported large amounts of meth or listed chemicals, people who made meth, and cases that put children in danger. The reports go to these House bodies: Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Committee on Government Reform; and these Senate bodies: Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

Title 21, §871a

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(a)In general

The Attorney General shall, on a semiannual basis, submit to the congressional committees and organizations specified in subsection (b) reports that—

(1)describe the allocation of the resources of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation and prosecution of alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] involving methamphetamine; and

(2)the measures being taken to give priority in the allocation of such resources to such violations involving—

(A)persons alleged to have imported into the United States substantial quantities of methamphetamine or scheduled listed chemicals (as defined pursuant to the amendment made by section 711(a)(1));

(B)persons alleged to have manufactured methamphetamine; and

(C)circumstances in which the violations have endangered children.

(b)Congressional committees

The congressional committees and organizations referred to in subsection (a) are—

(1)in the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Government Reform; and

(2)in the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Controlled Substances Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is title II of Pub. L. 91–513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables. section 711(a)(1), referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is section 711(a)(1) of Pub. L. 109–177, which amended section 802 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and also as part of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, and not as part of the Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2019. 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.

§871a Semiannual Reports to Congress