Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-110
§872a Public-private Education Program
Title 21 › CHAPTER 13 — DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER I — CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT › Part E — Administrative and Enforcement Provisions › § 872a
Summary
Requires the Attorney General to set up an advisory panel of federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement and regulators experienced with illegal transactions of precursor chemicals. The panel must meet as needed to plan education for distributors, and the Attorney General must keep offering seminars and help other agencies run similar training.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §872a
Food and Drugs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Advisory panel
The Attorney General shall establish an advisory panel consisting of an appropriate number of representatives from Federal, State, tribal, 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, tribal, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of educational programs for distributors of precursor chemicals and supplies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
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.
Amendments
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(1), inserted “tribal,” after “State,”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–211, § 232(b)(2), inserted “, tribal,” after “State”.
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 872a
Title 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110