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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3889 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

of 1998 to make technical corrections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2019 

Mr. ROUDA (for himself and Mr. MEADOWS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in 

addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy 

Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make technical corrections. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ONDCP Technical 

5 Corrections Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

7 (a) OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

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1 TIONS.—The Office of National Drug Control Policy Re2 authorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘National Drug Control Pro5 gram Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘National Drug Control 

6 Program agency’’ each place it appears; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘National Drug Control Pro8 gram Agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘National Drug Con9 trol Program agencies’’ each place it appears; 

10 (3) in section 702(15), by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each 

11 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 

12 (4) in section 703— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘pro15 gram,’’ and inserting ‘‘programs,’’; and 

16 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking 

17 ‘‘High-Intensity’’ and inserting ‘‘High In18 tensity’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘chap20 ter’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘title’’; 

21 (5) in section 704— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 704(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 section (c)(5)’’; and 

4 (II) in clause (iv), by striking 

5 ‘‘section 704(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (j)’’; and 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director 

9 shall determine whether the coordi10 nator position is a noncareer’’ and in11 serting ‘‘For purposes of carrying out 

12 the previous sentence, the Director 

13 shall designate or appoint an’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘an’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (b)(21)(A)(iii), by strik17 ing ‘‘chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘title’’; 

18 (C) in subsection (c)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 

20 ‘‘fo’’ and inserting ‘‘of’’; 

21 (ii) in paragraph (3)(E)(ii)— 

22 (I) in subclause (I), by striking 

23 ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 


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1 (II) in subclause (II), by striking 

2 ‘‘clause (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclause 

3 (I)’’; 

4 (iii) in paragraph (5)(B)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director 

6 shall determine whether the coordi7 nator position is a noncareer’’ and in8 serting ‘‘For purposes of carrying out 

9 subparagraph (A), the Director shall 

10 designate or appoint an’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘an’’; 

13 (D) in subsection (d)— 

14 (i) paragraph (8)— 

15 (I) in subparagraph (E)— 

16 (aa) in clause (iii), by mov17 ing subclauses (I) through (V) 

18 two ems to the left so that the 

19 left margin of such clause is 

20 aligned with the margin of clause 

21 (iii); and 

22 (bb) by moving clause (iii) 

23 two ems to the left so that the 

24 left margin of such clause is 


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1 aligned with the margin of sub2 paragraph (E); and 

3 (cc) by redesignating clause 

4 (iii) as subparagraph (F); and 

5 (II) in subparagraph (F), as so 

6 redesignated— 

7 (aa) by redesignating sub8 clauses (I) through (V) as clauses 

9 (i) through (v), respectively; and 

10 (bb) in clause (v), as so re11 designated, by striking the period 

12 at the end and inserting a semi13 colon; and 

14 (ii) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘sec15 tion 704(f)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

16 (f)(5); and’’; and 

17 (E) in subsection (j)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘The Director shall de19 termine whether the coordinator position is 

20 a noncareer’’ and inserting ‘‘For purposes 

21 of carrying out the previous sentence, the 

22 Director shall designate or appoint an’’; 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘an’’; and 


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1 (iii) by inserting ‘‘section’’ before 

2 ‘‘706’’; 

3 (6) in section 705— 

4 (A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘that 

5 every’’ and inserting ‘‘than every’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (f)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (I) in subparagraph (A)(i), by 

9 striking the semicolon at the end and 

10 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (II) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (aa) by inserting ‘‘that may 

13 impede applicants’’ after ‘‘bar14 riers’’; and 

15 (bb) by striking ‘‘impedi16 ments’’ and all that follows 

17 through ‘‘agencies’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (2), in the heading, 

19 by inserting ‘‘PROGRAM’’ before ‘‘AGEN20 CIES’’; 

21 (7) in section 707(o)(2)(B), by striking 

22 ‘‘802(33))’’ and inserting ‘‘802(33)))’’; and 

23 (8) in section 709— 

24 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

2 CONTINUING’’ before ‘‘THREATS’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Director shall 

4 determine whether the coordinator position 

5 is a noncareer’’ and inserting ‘‘For pur6 poses of carrying out the previous sen7 tence, the Director shall designate or ap8 point an’’; and 

9 (iii) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘an’’; 

11 (B) in subsection (d)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (3)(F), by striking 

13 ‘‘response of’’ and inserting ‘‘response to’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (4)(B)(iii), by insert16 ing ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘plan, where’’; and 

17 (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘sub18 title’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 

19 (b) REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 

20 The Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza21 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 120 Stat. 3502) 

22 is amended— 

23 (1) by repealing section 203; and 

24 (2) in section (1)(c), in the table of contents, by 

25 striking the item relating to section 203. 


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1 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE SUBSTANCE

2 ABUSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2018.— 

3 (1) AMENDMENTS.—The Substance Abuse Pre4 vention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Pub5 lic Law 115–271) is amended— 

6 (A) in section 8203— 

7 (i) in subsection (a)— 

8 (I) in the heading, by striking 

9 ‘‘NATIONAL NARCOTICS LEADERSHIP

10 ACT OF 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘ANTI11 DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988’’; 

12 (II) in paragraph (1), by striking 

13 ‘‘the National Narcotics Leadership 

14 Act of 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle 

15 A of title I of the Anti-Drug Abuse 

16 Act of 1988’’; 

17 (III) by striking paragraph (3); 

18 (IV) by redesignating paragraph 

19 (4) as paragraph (3); and 

20 (V) in paragraph (3)(A), as so 

21 redesignated, by striking ‘‘National 

22 Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘Anti-Drug Abuse Act 

24 of 1988’’; and 

25 (ii) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (I) in the heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘NATIONAL NARCOTICS LEADERSHIP

3 ACT OF 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘ANTI4 DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988’’; and 

5 (II) in the matter preceding 

6 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘National 

7 Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Anti-Drug Abuse Act 

9 of 1988’’; and 

10 (B) in section 8221— 

11 (i) in the quoted matter added by sub12 section (a), by striking ‘‘SEC. 706. NA13 TIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) in subsection (a), by striking 

16 ‘‘amended to read as follows:’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘amended— 

18 ‘‘(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 

19 ‘‘(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

20 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and 

21 ‘‘(3) by inserting before subsection (h), as so 

22 redesignated, the following:’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

24 by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 

25 the enactment of the Substance Abuse Prevention 


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1 Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Public Law 

2 115–271). 

3 (d) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE

4 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY REAU5 THORIZATION ACT OF 1998.—Section 706 of the Office 

6 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

7 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(N)— 

9 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Programs’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Program agencies’’; and 

11 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘Agencies’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Program agencies’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)(2), in the matter pro14 ceeding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

15 (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(M)’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (f)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘office’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘Office’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)— 

20 (i) in subclause (III), by striking the 

21 semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

22 and’’; and 

23 (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 

24 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe25 riod; and 


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1 (4) in subsection (g)(3), in subparagraph (B), 

2 by striking ‘‘chapter;’’ and inserting ‘‘title; and’’. 

3 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT; AUTHORIZATION OF

4 APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 4 of Public Law 107–82 (21 

5 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘, using 

7 amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection 

8 (d),’’; 

9 (2) by striking subsection (d); and 

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—The grant made under sub14 section (a) shall be for a term of 5 years. 

15 ‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENT.—To the extent amounts 

16 are provided in appropriation Acts for such grant, 

17 the Director shall disburse the amount of the grant 

18 made under subsection (a) on an annual basis. 

19 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of ac21 tivities under this section, including the grant under sub22 section (a), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

23 through 2024.’’. 

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