An Act To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make technical corrections.

Nov. 27, 2019

[H.R. 3889]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019.

SECTION 1.

21 USC 1701 note.

SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.(a) Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 Technical Corrections.—The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended—(1)

21 USC 1701, 1703–1705, 1708.

by striking “National Drug Control Program Agency” and inserting “National Drug Control Program agency” each place it appears; (2)

21 USC 1702, 1703, 1705, 1708.

by striking “National Drug Control Program Agencies” and inserting “National Drug Control Program agencies” each place it appears; (3) in section 702(15), by striking “tribal” each place it appears and inserting “Tribal”; (4)

21 USC 1702.

in section 703—(A) in subsection (a)—(i) in paragraph (4), by striking “program,” and inserting “programs,”; and (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking “High-Intensity” and inserting “High Intensity”; and (B) in subsection (d), by striking “chapter” each place it appears and inserting “title”; (5)

21 USC 1703.

in section 704—(A) in subsection (a)(1)—(i) in subparagraph (C)—(I) in clause (i), by striking “section 704(c)(4)” and inserting “subsection (c)(5)”; and (II) in clause (iv), by striking “section 704(j)” and inserting “subsection (j)”; and (ii) in subparagraph (D)—(I) by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out the previous sentence, the Director shall designate or appoint an”; and (II) by striking “a career” and inserting “an”;133 STAT. 1156 (B) in subsection (b)(21)(A)(iii), by striking “chapter” and inserting “title”; (C) in subsection (c)—(i) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking “fo” and inserting “of”; (ii) in paragraph (3)(E)(ii)—(I) in subclause (I), by striking “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “clause (i)”; and (II) in subclause (II), by striking “clause (i)” and inserting “subclause (I)”; and (iii) in paragraph (5)(B)—(I) by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out subparagraph (A), the Director shall designate or appoint an”; and (II) by striking “a career” and inserting “an”; (D) in subsection (d)—(i) paragraph (8)—(I) in subparagraph (E)—(aa) in clause (iii), by moving subclauses (I) through (V) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of clause (iii); (bb) by moving clause (iii) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of subparagraph (E); and (cc) by redesignating clause (iii) as subparagraph (F); and (II) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated—(aa) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively; and (bb) in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (ii) in paragraph (9), by striking “section 704(f)(5);” and inserting “subsection (f)(5); and”; and (E) in subsection (j)—(i) by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out the previous sentence, the Director shall designate or appoint an”; (ii) by striking “a career” and inserting “an”; and (iii) by inserting “section” before “706”; (6)

21 USC 1704.

in section 705—(A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “that every” and inserting “than every”; and (B) in subsection (f)—(i) in paragraph (1)—(I) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and (II) in subparagraph (C)—(aa) by inserting “that may impede applicants” after “barriers”; and133 STAT. 1157 (bb) by striking “impediments” and all that follows through “agencies”; and (ii) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by striking “drug control” and inserting “drug control program”; (7)

21 USC 1706.

in section 707(o)(2)(B), by striking “802(33))” and inserting “802(33)))”; and (8)

21 USC 1708.

in section 709—(A) in subsection (a)—(i) in the heading, by inserting “and Continuing” before “Threats”; (ii) by striking “The Director shall determine whether the coordinator position is a noncareer” and inserting “For purposes of carrying out the previous sentence, the Director shall designate or appoint an”; and (iii) by striking “a career” and inserting “an”; (B) in subsection (d)—(i) in paragraph (3)(F), by striking “response of” and inserting “response to”; and (ii) in paragraph (4)(B)(iii), by inserting “the” before “plan, where”; and (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking “subtitle” and inserting “subsection”. (b) Repeal of Annual Report Requirement.—The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 3502) is amended—(1) by repealing section 203;

21 USC 1708a.

and (2) in section 1(c), in the table of contents, by striking the item relating to section 203. (c) Technical Correction to the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018.—(1) Amendments.—The Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271) is amended—(A) in section 8203—(i) in subsection (a)—(I) in the heading, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; (II)

21 USC 1521 note.

in paragraph (1), by striking “the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “subtitle A of title I of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; (III)

21 USC 1506.

by striking paragraph (3); (IV)

21 USC 1524 and note, 1532 and note.

by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and (V)

21 USC 1524, 1532 and note.

in paragraph (3)(A), as so redesignated, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; (ii) in subsection (b)—(I) in the heading, by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; (II)

21 USC

1522–1524,

1531–1533, 1535,

1541–1548.

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “National Narcotics Leadership Act of 133 STAT. 1158 1988” and inserting “Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988”; and (III) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking “in section 1032(b)(1)(A) (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)), by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following” and inserting “by amending section 1032(b)(3)(D) (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(3)(D)) to read as follows”; and (iii) in the quoted matter added by subsection (b)(4)(B)—(I) in clause (iii), by moving subclauses (I) and (II) 2 ems to the left so that the left margins of such subclauses are aligned with the margin of clause (iii); (II) by moving clause (iii) 2 ems to the left so that the left margin of such clause is aligned with the margin of subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(4); (III) by redesignating clause (iii) as subparagraph (D); and (IV) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated—(aa) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (bb) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking “tears” and inserting “years”; and (B)

21 USC 1705.

in section 8221—(i) in the quoted matter added by subsection (a), by striking “‘sec. 706. national drug control strategy.”; and (ii) in subsection (a), by striking “amended to read as follows:” and inserting “amended—“(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); “(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and “(3) by inserting before subsection (h), as so redesignated, the following:” . (2)

21 USC 1522 note.

Effective date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271). (3) Matching requirement revived and restored.—Section 1032(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)) is revived and restored as if the amendment made by section 8203(b)(4) of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 115–271) had never been enacted. (d) Additional Technical Corrections to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998.—Section 706 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998

21 USC 1705.

(21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended—(1) in subsection (c)(1)(N)—(A) in clause (ii), by striking “Programs” and inserting “Program agencies”; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking “Agencies” and inserting “Program agencies”; (2) in subsection (c)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(M)”;133 STAT. 1159 (3) in subsection (f)—(A) in paragraph (2), by striking “office” and inserting “Office”; and (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)—(i) in subclause (III), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and (4) in subsection (g)(3), in subparagraph (B), by striking “chapter;” and inserting “title;”. (e) Administration of Grant.—Section 4 of Public Law 107–82 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) by striking “The Director” and inserting “Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the Director”; and (B) by striking “, using amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (d),”; and (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:“(d) Administration of Grant.—“(1) Duration.—With respect to a grant made under subsection (a) in fiscal year 2020, the term of the grant shall be 4 years. “(2) Disbursement.—To the extent amounts are provided in appropriation Acts for such grant, the Director shall disburse the amount of the grant made under subsection (a) on an annual basis.” .

Approved November 27, 2019.