Title 27, Intoxicating LiquorsRelease 119-102

§217 Report to Congress

Title 27 › CHAPTER 8 — FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT › SUBCHAPTER II — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING › § 217

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must report to Congress and suggest changes if, after investigating and talking with the Surgeon General following the 24 months after November 18, 1988, scientific information supports changing the required statement.

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Title 27, §217

Intoxicating Liquors, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

If, after appropriate investigation and consultation with the Surgeon General carried out after the expiration of the 24-month period following November 18, 1988, the Secretary finds that available scientific information would justify a change in, addition to, or deletion of the statement, or any part thereof, set forth in section 215(a) of this title, the Secretary shall promptly report such information to the Congress together with specific recommendations for such amendments to this subchapter as the Secretary determines to be appropriate and in the public interest.

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27 U.S.C. § 217

Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102