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Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102

§1494 Purposes

Title 48 › CHAPTER 10 — TERRITORIAL PROVISIONS OF A GENERAL NATURE › § 1494

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Strengthen drug enforcement and stop illegal drug shipments in U.S. Caribbean and Pacific territories, commonwealths, and the Trust Territory (or successors); support drug prevention and treatment programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1494

Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of sections 1494 to 1494c of this title are to improve enforcement of drug laws and enhance interdiction of illicit drug shipments in the Caribbean and Pacific territories and commonwealths of the United States and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (or successor governments) and to assist public and private sector drug abuse and other substance prevention and treatment programs in United States associated insular areas.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–690 inserted “and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (or successor governments)” after “commonwealths of the United States”, “and other substance” before “prevention”, and “associated” before “insular areas.”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

of 1988 Amendment Pub. L. 100–690, title IX, § 9301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4535, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle D (§§ 9301–9310) of title IX of Pub. L. 100–690, enacting section 1494c of this title and amending this section and section 1494a and 1494b of this title and section 10603 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] may be cited as the ‘Insular Areas Drug Abuse

Amendments

of 1988’.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 99–570, title V, § 5001, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–154, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 5001–5004) of title V of Pub. L. 99–570, enacting this section and section 1494a and 1494b of this title] may be cited as the ‘United States Insular Areas Drug Abuse Act of 1986’.”

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1494

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102