116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3889 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Corrections Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

5 (a) OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

6 REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1998 TECHNICAL CORREC7 TIONS.—The Office of National Drug Control Policy Re8 authorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘National Drug Control Pro11 gram Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘National Drug Control 

12 Program agency’’ each place it appears; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘National Drug Control Pro14 gram Agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘National Drug Con15 trol Program agencies’’ each place it appears; 

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

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

18 (4) in section 703— 

19 (A) in subsection (a)— 

20 (i) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘pro21 gram,’’ and inserting ‘‘programs,’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘High-Intensity’’ and inserting ‘‘High In24 tensity’’; and 

25 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘chap26 ter’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘title’’; 
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1 (5) in section 704— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

3 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sec5 tion 704(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (c)(5)’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘section 704(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub9 section (j)’’; and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director 

12 shall determine whether the coordi13 nator position is a noncareer’’ and in14 serting ‘‘For purposes of carrying out 

15 the previous sentence, the Director 

16 shall designate or appoint an’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘an’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (b)(21)(A)(iii), by strik20 ing ‘‘chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘title’’; 

21 (C) in subsection (c)— 

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

23 ‘‘fo’’ and inserting ‘‘of’’; 

24 (ii) in paragraph (3)(E)(ii)— 
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1 (I) in subclause (I), by striking 

2 ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 

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

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

6 (I)’’; and 

7 (iii) in paragraph (5)(B)— 

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 subparagraph (A), the Director shall 

13 designate or appoint an’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘an’’; 

16 (D) in subsection (d)— 

17 (i) paragraph (8)— 

18 (I) in subparagraph (E)— 

19 (aa) in clause (iii), by mov20 ing subclauses (I) through (V) 2 

21 ems to the left so that the left 

22 margin of such clause is aligned 

23 with the margin of clause (iii); 

24 (bb) by moving clause (iii) 2 

25 ems to the left so that the left 
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1 margin of such clause is aligned 

2 with the margin of subparagraph 

3 (E); and 

4 (cc) by redesignating clause 

5 (iii) as subparagraph (F); and 

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

7 redesignated— 

8 (aa) by redesignating sub9 clauses (I) through (V) as clauses 

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

11 (bb) in clause (v), as so re12 designated, by striking the period 

13 at the end and inserting a semi14 colon; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘sec16 tion 704(f)(5);’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

17 (f)(5); and’’; and 

18 (E) in subsection (j)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘The Director shall de20 termine whether the coordinator position is 

21 a noncareer’’ and inserting ‘‘For purposes 

22 of carrying out the previous sentence, the 

23 Director shall designate or appoint an’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘a career’’ and insert25 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 striking ‘‘DRUG CONTROL’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘DRUG CONTROL PROGRAM’’; 

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’’; 

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’’; 

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 (III) in paragraph (4)(B), by 

11 striking ‘‘in section 1032(b)(1)(A) (21 

12 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)), by striking 

13 clause (iii) and inserting the fol14 lowing’’ and inserting ‘‘by amending 

15 section 1032(b)(3)(D) (21 U.S.C. 

16 1532(b)(3)(D)) to read as follows’’; 

17 and 

18 (iii) in the quoted matter added by 

19 subsection (b)(4)(B)— 

20 (I) in clause (iii), by moving sub21 clauses (I) and (II) 2 ems to the left 

22 so that the left margins of such sub23 clauses are aligned with the margin of 

24 clause (iii); 
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1 (II) by moving clause (iii) 2 ems 

2 to the left so that the left margin of 

3 such clause is aligned with the margin 

4 of subparagraph (B) of subsection 

5 (b)(4); 

6 (III) by redesignating clause (iii) 

7 as subparagraph (D); and 

8 (IV) in subparagraph (D), as so 

9 redesignated— 

10 (aa) by redesignating sub11 clauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) 

12 and (ii), respectively; and 

13 (bb) in clause (ii), as so re14 designated, by striking ‘‘tears’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘years’’; and 

16 (B) in section 8221— 

17 (i) in the quoted matter added by sub18 section (a), by striking ‘‘‘SEC. 706. NA19 TIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY.’’; 

20 and 

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

22 ‘‘amended to read as follows:’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘amended— 

24 ‘‘(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 
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1 ‘‘(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

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

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

4 redesignated, the following:’’. 

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

6 by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 

7 the enactment of the Substance Abuse Prevention 

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

9 115–271). 

10 (3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT REVIVED AND

11 RESTORED.—Section 1032(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Anti12 Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)(1)(A)) 

13 is revived and restored as if the amendment made 

14 by section 8203(b)(4) of the Substance Abuse Pre15 vention Act of 2018 (subtitle K of title VIII of Pub16 lic Law 115–271) had never been enacted. 

17 (d) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE

18 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY REAU19 THORIZATION ACT OF 1998.—Section 706 of the Office 

20 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

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

22 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(N)— 

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

24 and inserting ‘‘Program agencies’’; and 
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1 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘Agencies’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Program agencies’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(2), in the matter preceding 

4 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(M)’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (f)— 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘Office’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)— 

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

11 semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

12 and’’; and 

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

14 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe15 riod; and 

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

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

18 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT.—Section 4 of Pub19 lic Law 107–82 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the Direc23 tor’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘, using amounts author25 ized to be appropriated by subsection (d),’’; and 
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1 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—With respect to a grant made 

5 under subsection (a) in fiscal year 2020, the term of 

6 the grant shall be 4 years. 

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

8 are provided in appropriation Acts for such grant, 

9 the Director shall disburse the amount of the grant 

10 made under subsection (a) on an annual basis.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 

2019. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3889 

AN ACT 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Polnical corrections. icy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make tech-