H. R. 3889 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

An Act 

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 

to make technical corrections. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. 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) by striking ‘‘National Drug Control Program Agency’’ 

and inserting ‘‘National Drug Control Program agency’’ each 

place it appears; 

(2) 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) 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) 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’’; 
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(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) 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’’; and 
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(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) in section 707(o)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘802(33))’’ and 

inserting ‘‘802(33)))’’; and 

(8) 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; 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) 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) by striking paragraph (3); 

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

(V) 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) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

by striking ‘‘National Narcotics Leadership Act of 
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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) 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) 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 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)’’; 
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(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.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.