Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 242 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 242 : US Code - Notes

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 302, 58 Stat. 692; Pub. L.
91-513, title II, Sec. 701(j), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1282.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Controlled Substances Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is
title II of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, as
amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 801
et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 801 of Title 21 and Tables.
The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, referred to in
subsec. (a), is title III of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84
Stat. 1285, as amended, which is classified principally to
subchapter II (Sec. 951 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 21. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 951 of Title 21 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1970 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-513 inserted references to drug
dependency, drugs other than narcotic drugs, and substances subject
to control under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act, substituted the first day of
April of each year for the first day of September of each year as
the date by which the study results must be submitted, substituted
the Attorney General for the Secretary of the Treasury as the
officer to whom the report is to be submitted, and struck out
references to the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh
calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see section 704 of
Pub. L. 91-513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 801
of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
SAVINGS PROVISION
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 not to affect or abate any
prosecutions for violation of law or any civil seizures or
forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced prior to the
effective date of such amendment, and all administrative
proceedings pending before the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs on Oct. 27, 1970, to be continued and brought to final
determination in accord with laws and regulations in effect prior
to Oct. 27, 1970, see section 702 of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a
note under section 321 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and
functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a
note under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human
Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to
section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
MARIHUANA AND HEALTH REPORTING
Pub. L. 91-296, title V, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 352, as amended
by Pub. L. 95-461, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1268; Pub. L.
96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695, known as
the Marihuana and Health Reporting Act, which required the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the
Surgeon General and other appropriate individuals, to transmit a
report to the Congress on or before January 31, 1971, and
biennially thereafter (1) containing current information on the
health consequences of using marihuana, and (2) containing such
recommendations for legislative and administrative action as he may
deem appropriate, was repealed by Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(d), Apr.
26, 1983, 97 Stat. 182.