21 U.S.C. § 1708a — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(b)(1), Nov

Page 988 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 1708a F.R. 57767; Ex. Ord. No. 13284, § 8, Jan. 23, 2003, 68 F.R. 4076, provided: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Establishment. There is established the President’s Drug Policy Council (‘‘Council’’). SEC. 2. Membership. The Council shall comprise the: (a) President, who shall serve as Chairman of the Council; (b) Vice President; (c) Secretary of State; (d) Secretary of the Treasury; (e) Secretary of Defense; (f) Attorney General; (g) Secretary of the Interior; (h) Secretary of Agriculture; (i) Secretary of Health and Human Services; (j) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (k) Secretary of Transportation; (l) Secretary of Education; (m) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; (n) Secretary of Homeland Security; (o) Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations; (p) Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (q) Chief of Staff to the President; (r) Director of National Drug Control Policy; (s) Director of Central Intelligence; (t) Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; (u) Counsel to the President; (v) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; (w) National Security Advisor to the Vice President; and (x) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. As applicable, the Council shall also comprise such other officials of the departments and agencies as the President may, from time to time, designate. SEC. 3. Meetings of the Council. The President, or upon his direction, the Vice President, may convene meet- ings of the Council. The President shall preside over meetings of the Council, provided that in his absence, the Vice President will preside. The Council will meet at least quarterly. SEC. 4. Functions. (a) The functions of the Council are to advise and assist the President in: (1) providing di- rection and oversight for the national drug control strategy, including relating drug control policy to other national security interests and establishing pri- orities; and (2) ensuring coordination among depart- ments and agencies concerning implementation of the President’s national drug control strategy. (b) The Director of National Drug Control Policy will continue to be the senior drug control policy official in the executive branch and the President’s chief drug control policy spokesman. (c) In matters affecting national security interests, the Director of National Drug Control Policy shall work in conjunction with the Assistant to the Presi- dent for National Security Affairs. SEC. 5. Administration. (a) The Council may utilize es- tablished or ad hoc committees, task forces, or inter- agency groups chaired by the Director of National Drug Control Policy or his representative, in carrying out its functions under this order. (b) The staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in coordination with the staffs of the Vice President and the Assistant to the President for Na- tional Security Affairs, shall act as staff for the Coun- cil. (c) All executive departments and agencies shall co- operate with the Council and provide such assistance, information, and advice as the Council may request, to the extent permitted by law. EX. ORD. NO. 13023. EXPANDING AND CHANGING NAME OF PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS Ex. Ord. No. 13023, Nov. 6, 1996, 61 F.R. 57767, provided: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to change the name of the ‘‘Presi- dent’s Council on Counter-Narcotics’’ to the ‘‘Presi- dent’s Drug Policy Council’’ and to make the Secre- taries of the Interior, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Veterans Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, permanent members of the Council, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Council established by Executive Order 12992 [set out above] shall henceforth be called the ‘‘President’s Drug Policy Council.’’ [SECS. 2, 3. Amended Ex. Ord. No. 12992, set out above.] WILLIAM J. CLINTON. § 1708a. Repealed. Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(b)(1), Nov. 27, 2019, 133 Stat. 1157 Section, Pub. L. 109–469, title II, § 203, Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3517; Pub. L. 112–234, § 2(c), Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1624; Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8218(b), Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4132, required the Government Accountability Of- fice to conduct and supervise an audit and investiga- tion and prepare and report every 3 years. § 1709. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–469, title XI, § 1101(a), Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3539 Section, Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title VII, § 710, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–689, related to Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse. § 1710. Drug Interdiction Coordinator and Com- mittee (a) United States Interdiction Coordinator (1) In general The Director shall designate or appoint an appointee in the Senior Executive Service or an appointee in a position at level 15 of the General Schedule (or equivalent) as the United States Interdiction Coordinator to perform the duties of that position described in para- graph (2) and such other duties as may be de- termined by the Director with respect to co- ordination of efforts to interdict illicit drugs from entering the United States. (2) Responsibilities The United States Interdiction Coordinator shall be responsible to the Director for— (A) coordinating the interdiction activities of the National Drug Control Program agen- cies to ensure consistency with the National Drug Control Strategy; (B) on behalf of the Director, developing and issuing, on or before September 1 of each year and in accordance with paragraph (4), a National Interdiction Command and Control Plan to ensure the coordination and consist- ency described in subparagraph (A); (C) assessing the sufficiency of assets com- mitted to illicit drug interdiction by the rel- evant National Drug Control Program agen- cies; and (D) advising the Director on the efforts of each National Drug Control Program agency to implement the National Interdiction Command and Control Plan. (3) Staff The Director shall assign such permanent staff of the Office as he considers appropriate