21 U.S.C. § 886a : US Code - Section 886A: Diversion Control Fee Account

Search 21 U.S.C. § 886a : US Code - Section 886A: Diversion Control Fee Account

(1) In general
There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a
separate account which shall be known as the Diversion Control Fee
Account. For fiscal year 1993 and thereafter:
(A) There shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into that
account all fees collected by the Drug Enforcement
Administration, in excess of $15,000,000, for the operation of
its diversion control program.
(B) Such amounts as are deposited into the Diversion Control
Fee Account shall remain available until expended and shall be
refunded out of that account by the Secretary of the Treasury, at
least on a quarterly basis, to reimburse the Drug Enforcement
Administration for expenses incurred in the operation of the
diversion control program. Such reimbursements shall be made
without distinguishing between expenses related to controlled
substance activities and expenses related to chemical activities.
(C) Fees charged by the Drug Enforcement Administration under
its diversion control program shall be set at a level that
ensures the recovery of the full costs of operating the various
aspects of that program.
(D) The amount required to be refunded from the Diversion
Control Fee Account for fiscal year 1994 and thereafter shall be
refunded in accordance with estimates made in the budget request
of the Attorney General for those fiscal years. Any proposed
changes in the amounts designated in said budget requests shall
only be made after notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
fifteen days in advance.
(2) Definitions
In this section:
(A) Diversion control program
The term "diversion control program" means the controlled
substance and chemical diversion control activities of the Drug
Enforcement Administration.
(B) Controlled substance and chemical diversion control
activities
The term "controlled substance and chemical diversion control
activities" means those activities related to the registration
and control of the manufacture, distribution, dispensing,
importation, and exportation of controlled substances and listed
chemicals.